Jenn M
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Apr 23, 2007, 11:33 AM
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Re: [szerangue] lighting questions answered... ask and ye shall receive
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Hi Shane,
I know exactly what you mean - there are so many books and training materials available, it's hard to decide which ones will actually be worthy of your limited time!
Of all the books I've gotten thus far, this one and the Glen Johnson book have been most helpful for shooting, and the Skin book and the Scott Kelby PS CS2 book have been the most helpful for editing.
For lighting, I was looking for something that would give me a solid understanding of lighting (esp. flash), explain how to get optimal results in a practical way, and maybe touch on some more advanced techniques for when I'm ready. Many books I saw mentioned lighting set-ups in passing, as part of a description of how the image was achieved, but often the explanation was vague and general - in other words, background knowledge was necessary to understand it.
This book, however, defined as well as explained how to execute primary (and some advanced) lighting techniques - from set-up to shooting, from natural light to flash to mixed lighting. It was more text-book than theory, if that makes sense, and that's what I was looking for. It didn't only explain how, but also why.
IMO, the best supplimental reading after going thru this book would be the flash manual, b/c now I actually understand much of the terminology found there, which before I was like, huh?
I will probably have to go back and re-read it again in parts, b/c I went through it so quickly as I am often impatient and anxious to absorb it all at once!
Another thing that helped immensely was that I was able to shoot in a real-world situation that next day so I could immediately apply much of what I read. I was a second-shooter, and the main photog was gracious enough to give me 'direction' and luckily, after reading this book, I knew exactly was he was telling me.
Hope this helps.
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