Light Science and Magic
An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
4th Edition
Published on 8. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-240-81225-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is renowned for being the book to own to understand lighting!
This is better than all the other how to books on the market which just provide set examples for photographers to follow. Light Science and Magic provides photographers with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light to allow individual photographers to use lighting to express their own creativity. It will show you in-depth how to light the most difficult subjects such as surfaces, metal, glass, liquids, extremes (black-on-black and white-on-white), and people.
With more information specific for degital photographers, a brand new chapter on equipment, much more information on location lighting, and more on photographing people, you'll see why this is one of the only recommended books by www.strobist.com.
This is better than all the other how to books on the market which just provide set examples for photographers to follow. Light Science and Magic provides photographers with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light to allow individual photographers to use lighting to express their own creativity. It will show you in-depth how to light the most difficult subjects such as surfaces, metal, glass, liquids, extremes (black-on-black and white-on-white), and people.
With more information specific for degital photographers, a brand new chapter on equipment, much more information on location lighting, and more on photographing people, you'll see why this is one of the only recommended books by www.strobist.com.
Reviews / Votes
"If you are a photographer of any type, especially on who does studio work, this is a must have reference." ? BC Books (May 2007)"The first book on photographic lighting that is worth using as a text. Light - Science and Magic is about principles, not cheap tricks or the authors' portfolio."
-Pete Christman, Savannah College of Art and Design.
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More details
Edition
4th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
* serious amateur to pro photographer (particularly commercial, studio, portrait, or product photographer rather than fine art)<BR id="CRLF">* photography students in lighting, commercial, studio, portrait, etc. courses<BR id="CRLF">
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-240-81225-0 (9780240812250)
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Fil Hunter | Steven Biver | Paul Fuqua
Light - Science & Magic
An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
Book
04/2021
6th Edition
Routledge
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Fil Hunter | Steven Biver | Paul Fuqua
Light Science & Magic
An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
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Fil Hunter | Steven Biver | Paul Fuqua
Light: Science and Magic
An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
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03/2007
3rd Edition
Focal Press
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Persons
Fil Hunter is a highly respected commercial photographer specializing in still life and special effects photographs for advertising and editorial illustration. During a career spanning over three decades, he has worked for such clients as America Online, US News, Time-Life Books, Life Magazine (27 covers), the National Science Foundation, and National Geographic. He has taught photography at the university level and has served as technical consultant on a number of photographic publications. Mr. Hunter has won the Virginia Professional Photographer's Grand Photographic Award three times. He lives in Alexandria, VA.
Paul Fuqua, Virginia, USA, started his own audiovisual production company in 1970. Dedicated to teaching through visuals, he has written and produced educational and training material in a variety of fields, including law, science, and nature. His photography takes him all over the world, but he makes his home in Arlington, VA.
Steven Biver, Virginia, USA, Commercial photographer, former clients include Adobe, Mobil, Newsweek, Black and Decker
Paul Fuqua, Virginia, USA, started his own audiovisual production company in 1970. Dedicated to teaching through visuals, he has written and produced educational and training material in a variety of fields, including law, science, and nature. His photography takes him all over the world, but he makes his home in Arlington, VA.
Steven Biver, Virginia, USA, Commercial photographer, former clients include Adobe, Mobil, Newsweek, Black and Decker
Content
How to Learn Lighting; Light, The Raw Material of Photography; The Management of Reflection and the Family of Angles; Surface Appearances; Revealing Shape and Contour; Metal; The Case of the Disappearing Glass; An Arsenal of Lights; The Extremes; Traveling Light; Index
NEW: Equipment, Location Lighting
NEW: Equipment, Location Lighting