Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting | 
 enlarge | Authors: Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 1532
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0240808193
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780240808192
ASIN: 0240808193
Publication Date: March 21, 2007
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Product Description
An amazing (and some would say magical) resource on photographic lighting that has been talked about in the community and recommended for years. This highly respected guide has been thoroughly updated and revised for content and design - it is now produced in full color! It introduces a logical theory of photographic lighting so if you are starting out in photography you will learn how to predict results before setting up lights. This is not primarily a how-to book with only set examples for you to copy. Rather, Light: Science and Magic provides you with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light to allow you to use lighting to express your own creativity.
Numerous photographs and illustrations provide clear examples of the theories, while sidebars highlight special lighting questions. Expanded chapters on available light in portraiture, as well as new information on digital equipment and terminology make this a must have update!
*New four color art package with contemporary lighting examples
*Based on the behaviour of light
*Theory book for serious photographers
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Basic but the most important for lighting in photography May 30, 2008
Woolf (Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have taken some courses about lighting in my country, I would like to say that I cannot understand very well what I had in the course without what this book's instruction.Every creative lighting skill should be started from here.
Required text for class, should be required text for all Photographers!! May 21, 2008
Mark Wallen (Oxford, Ohio United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a required text for my Commerical 1 photo class, and what a great book it is! I love how it assumes that you know the basics plus, and uses terms that aren't novice level. This book should be in every pro photographer's library, very well written, loads of examples and real world lighting techniques.
Wonderful book on lighting! May 10, 2008
Conan the Librarian (Tarrytown)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lighting is what photography ("light writing", in Greek) is all about, right? If you haven't mastered lighting, you're not taking photographs; you're making snapshots.
This book is a masterful guide to light in all its forms and uses. Read it to learn what you can really do with your camera. I recommend it highly. I find myself returning to this book as a reference time and time again.
Great how-to, great explanations May 10, 2008
Benjamin Frantzdale
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is excellent, describing how to light a variety of common but tricky situations. It discusses all of the necessary physics in non-technical detail and in that way is a good practical accompaniment to technical physics texts such as Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (7th Edition) and Optics (4th Edition). I highly recommend it for those interested in doing photographic lighting as well as those trying to understand the physics of light.
Best book on light April 30, 2008
Harry Zweier (NEPA, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the basic text for how light works. It will introduce you to the behavior of light and the work of handling various surfaces, including what makes good portrait lighting. If you're into product photography, handling glass and metal is in there. If you're just interested in people, everything you need to know is here. Unless you're already in college for photography and are getting a solid grounding in all the technical (physics) aspects of photographic lighting, buy this book and be "enlightened".
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