Lighting for People Photography

by: Stephen Crain (Author)

Publisher: Amherst Media

Publication Date: 18 Jun. 2000

Language: English

Print Length: 112 pages

ISBN-10: 1584280166

ISBN-13: 9781584280163

Book Description

Light is the key element of photography, and understanding the principles of light’s color, temperature, intensity, direction, and quality is extremely important in taking quality photos. This book shows how to control these principles to achieve high-quality artistic and commercial photographs of people. The numerous examples and illustrations demonstrate set-ups and results, and the exercises provide practice on the techniques described. With the advice in this book for manipulating studio, strobe, reflected, background, and natural light, consistent results and situation adaptability will come easily to both the novice and professional photographer.
Light is the key element of photography, and understanding the principles of light’s color, temperature, intensity, direction, and quality is extremely important in taking quality photos. This book shows how to control these principles to achieve high-quality artistic and commercial photographs of people. The numerous examples and illustrations demonstrate set-ups and results, and the exercises provide practice on the techniques described. With the advice in this book for manipulating studio, strobe, reflected, background, and natural light, consistent results and situation adaptability will come easily to both the novice and professional photographer.