Outstanding | Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

Most helpful photo book yet... | Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting | Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, ...

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	• Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, ... Focal Press, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 98 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Required Reading for my Cinematography Class

I've read virtually every book about lighting, and this is my favorite. The principles are clearly illustrated, and the writing is straightforward. I teach cinematography at a local college, and this book is required reading for my students.

Outstanding

I would like to thank the authors, Hunter, Biver, Fuqua on a outstanding book on lighting. Once I started reading the book, I could not put it down. This book covers alot into detail, as to, how lighting works and how to use it. This is a must have book. I would suggest that those out there (photographers) that want to learn lighting, pick this book up and forget about the others. But, I must say that you do learn more as you read more, that's why I purchased 6 books on lighting. But by far, this is a good book to read. Little on the high price side, but get it, you won't be disappointed. Thank you.

D. Porter, AZ.

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Most helpful photo book yet...

Although I've read many books about photography, this one really hit the nail on the head for me. Most other books I've read don't spend nearly enough time on lighting except for a few notes on outdoor back lighting versus front lighting, but this entire book is about it! Of course, the other books I've read didn't have the word "lighting" in their title, so this may be a little unfair.

Aside from learning about photographing still subjects: metal, glass, black on black, white on white, etc., you will learn about how to light a portrait both indoors and out. The book goes into some details on the physics of light, reflected versus diffuse light, and how to position your lighting equipment to get the desired effect. Highly recommended - there may well be better books on this subject out there, but I haven't run into them yet. I think I've learned more from this book than the other ten or so books I have laying around.

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Just what I was hoping for

This book was just what I was hoping it would be, easy to follow with clear explanations and examples.

It takes so much of the guess work out of the difficult situations covered in the book, replacing self doubt with solid principles to be applied to a wide variety of other lighting situations you might encounter.

A very good book, which I highly recommend.

Great beginer book and reference material!

I use this book as a text for my beginning lighting photo class. It is a great book with easy to understand illustrations. The text handles 'dry' material very well and in my opinion is a classic educational book for anyone interested in understanding lighting. I have been asked by the educational institutions to find a more up to date text, and I can not find one better! I am pleased with the updated version and inclusion of color illustrations. Thank you!

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