Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography | 
 enlarge | Author: Kirk Tuck
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 6999
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1584282304
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9781584282303
ASIN: 1584282304
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
Packed with incredible images and step-by-step techniques, this book is a must have for commercial, wedding, and portrait photographers working on location who want to maximize their time behind the camera and minimize their time spent hauling cumbersome lighting equipment. The tips show how to select easily portable and versatile equipment for location shoots, cutting down on the packing and porting of expensive equipment. With techniques and information on the latest technology—including battery-powered flashes and accessories—this reference shows photographers how to work with smaller and lighter-weight lighting equipment without sacrificing quality. Whether shooting portraits, landscapes, or interiors, whether indoors or out, photographers will embrace the portable approach offered in this valuable resource.
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 Minimalist Lighting June 30, 2008
Jim Mucklin (Harrisburg PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally a book that not tells you but shows you with diagrams to match the photos. Real unbias info on portable strobes and gear. Kirk really embraces the portable approach with real people on real locations.Shot on location, not in a pro studio. If you want to bring the photograher to the subject this is how you do it.
Info on what you need and don't need and a section on color correction filters that is worth the price of the book alone. I had a friend who is just starting with stobes and he saw it on the coffe table and ask to borrow it, after reading it he said "now that make sense" Thanks Kirk you saved me hours of helping him. Looking forward to the next one.
Jim Mucklin
One of the best lighting books I've found June 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought Minimalist Lighting was a great read. The information is bountiful and easy to understand. I don't get some of the reviews that talk about Tuck's approach not being Minimalist. He clearly shows how to do more with much less. I have friends who use traditional studio black boxes and heads and it is obvious that his approach gives you the control you want at a much lower cost and weight.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is trying to go beyond using a light stuck right on top of their camera. It's amazing what can be done with one or two small lights if you also incorporate the existing light. This is something that Tuck does very well.
Great Read! June 28, 2008
Jason Caine Photography
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the parts of photography that always stumped me was getting the lighting right. I was always scared to play with off camera lighting because I thought it would require massive set-ups, assistants, etc. Mr. Tuck broke through that myth for me. His book, Minimalist Lighting, provides a great explanation of the amazingly small amount of gear that is actually needed to produce great photos. The chapters go so far as even to describe how to rig your gear and even shows several DIY mods you can make to your current equipment. The book truly lives up to it's name and demonstrates a multitude of ways to light a variety of situations to get great results with a minimal amount of gear.
Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography
One of the best books on lighting for digital I've read!!!! June 27, 2008
Ada Romanova
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely loved this book. I felt as thought the writer, Kirk Tuck, was speaking directly to me and he made the text so enjoyable compared to some of the dry "how to" photography books I've read. As a woman I am glad that the examples didn't center around pictures of half naked young glamour models who invariably look kind of trailer trashy. Some people think the book "borrows" from Strobist.com but I think Kirk's methodology is more in line with a pro who does a wide range of jobs for a living and less like a photojournalist discovering good lighting for the first time.
Contrary to some reviews, I think this is much more than a "brochure". Sure, specific cameras and lights come and go but if you are actually reading the text instead of trying to cobble together a trendy shopping list you'll find that it delves into basic lighting theory in a very understandable way. And it's theory that works no matter what the latest and greatest toys evolve into.
As a photographer it is obvious that Tuck's approach is more like akido and less like boxing. He doesn't try to create a totally obvious, "in your face" style of lighting, rather, he uses the natural light that exists and blends it with his subtle flash lighting to make images that seem timeless and natural. Just the way you'd see things in real life but with the color casts corrected and the shadows filled in just right. Much better than the belligerent lighting you see in the typically over-produced shots on the web.
I've read the book twice and each time I've learned lots of little tips and tricks to use in my own business.
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My recommendation? Buy the book. Read it. And then incorporate it into your own style.
The Key! June 26, 2008
Daniel A. Massaro (Madison,WI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book has the key to easy portable beautiful lighting. All the best gear, gizmos and ideas are layed out. Excellent!
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