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Indeholder "Dedications", "Introduction", "Chapter 1. How to learn lighting", " What are 'The Principles'?", " Why are the Principles Important?", " How were the Example Subjects Chosen for This Book?", " Do I Need to Do These Exercises?", " What Kind of Camera Do I Need?", " Should I Shoot Film or
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Digital?", " What Lighting Equipment Do I Need?", " What Else Do I Need to Know to Use This Book?", "Chapter 2. Light: The Raw Material of Photography", " What Is Light?", " How Photographers Describe Light", " Brightness", " Color", " Contrast", " How the Subject Affects the Lighting", " Transmission", " Direct and Diffuse Transmission", " Absorption", " Reflection", "Chapter 3. The Management of Reflection and the Family of Angles", " Types of Reflection", " Diffuse Reflection", " The Inverse Square Law", " Direct Reflection", " Breaking the Inverse Square Law", " The Family of Angles", " Polarized Direct Reflection", " Is It Polarized Reflection or Ordinary Direct Reflection?", " Turning Ordinary Direct Reflection into Polarized Reflection", " Applying the Theory", "Chapter 4. Surface Appearances", " The Photographer as Editor", " Capitalizing on Diffuse Reflection", " The Angle of Light", " The Success and Failure of the General Rule", " The Distance of Light", " Doing the Impossible", " Using Diffuse Reflection and Shadow to Reveal Texture", " Capitalizing on Direct Reflection", " Competing Surfaces", " Try a Lens Polarizing Filter", " Use a Still Larger Light", " Use More Than One Light", " Use a Gobo", " Complex Surfaces", "Chapter 5. Revealing Shape and Contour", " Depth Clues", " Perspective Distortion", " Distortion as a Clue to Depth", " Manipulating Distortion", " Tonal Variation", " The Size of the Light", " Large Lights versus Small Lights", " Distance from the Subject", " The Direction of the Light", " Light on Side", " Light above the Subject", " Fill Light", " Adding Depth to the Background", " How Much Tonal Variation Is Ideal?", " Photographing Buildings: Decreasing Tonal Variation", " Photographing Cylinders: Increasing Tonal Variation", " Remember Surface Detail", " The Glossy Box", " Use a Dark Background", " Eliminate Direct Reflection from the Box Top", " Eliminate Direct Reflection from the Box Sides", " Finish with Other Resources", " Use Direct Reflection?", "Chapter 6. Metal", " Flat Metal", " Bright or Dark?", " Finding the Family of Angles", " Lighting the Metal", " Keeping the Metal Bright", " What Is a 'Normal' Exposure for Metal?", " Keeping the Metal Dark", " The Elegant Compromise", " Controlling the Effective Size of the Light", " Keeping the Metal Square", " Metal Boxes", " A Light Background", " A Transparent Background", " A Glossy Background", " Round Metal", " Camouflage", " Keeping the Light off the Camera", " Using a Tent", " Other Resources", " Polarizing Filters", " Black Magic", " Dulling Spray", " Where Else Do These Techniques Apply?", "Chapter 7. The Case of the Disappearing Glass", " The Principles", " The Problems", " The Solutions", " Two Attractive Opposites", " Bright-Field Lighting", " Dark-Field Lighting", " The Best of Both Worlds", " Some Finishing Toucheds", " Defining the Surface of Glassware", " Illuminating the Background", " Minimizing the Horizon", " Stopping Flare", " Eliminating Extraneous Reflections", " Complications from Nonglass Subjects", " Liquids in Glass", " Secondary Opaque Subjects", " Recognizing the Principal Subject", "Chapter 8. An Arsenal of Lights", " The Single-Light Setup", " The Basic Setup", " Light Size", " Skin Texture", " Where to Put the Main Light", " Left Side? Right Side?", " Broad Lighting or Short Lighting", " Eyeglasses", " Additional Lights", " Fill Lights", " Background Lights", " Hair Lights", " Kickers", " Rim Lights", " Mood and Key", " Low-Key Lighting", " High-Key Lighting", " Staying in Key", " Dark Skin", " Available-Light Portraiture", " A Window as a Main Light", " The Sun as a Hair Light", " Combining Studio and Environmental Light", " Keeping the Light Appropriate", " Setting Rules?", "Chapter 9. The Extremes", " The Characteristic Curve", " The Perfect 'Curve'", " A Bad Camera", " Overexposure", " Underexposure", " A Real CCD", " Using Every Resource", " White-on-White", " Exposing White-on-White Scenes", " Lighting White-on-White Scenes", " Subject and Background", " Using an Opaque White Background", " Using a Translucent White Background", " Using a Mirror Background", " In Any Case, Keep the Background Small", " Black-on-Black", " Exposing Black-on-Black Scenes", " Lighting Black-on-Black Scenes", " Subject and Background", " Using an Opaque Black Background", " Using a Glossy Black Surface", " Keep the Subject away from the Background", " The Histogram", " Preventing Problems", " Overmanipulation", " Curves", " New Principles?", "Chapter 10. Traveling Light", " Choosing the Right Strobe", " Getting the Exposure Right", " Letting the Strobe Determine the Exposure", " Using a Flash Meter", " Calculating the Exposure", " Calculating the Guide Number", " Using the Guide Number", " Getting More Light", " Focused Flash", " Multiple Strobes", " Multiple Flash", " Improving the Quality of Light", " Bounce Flash", " Feathering the Light", " Lights of Different Colors", " Why Is the Color of the Light Important?", " Nonstandard Light Sources", " Do the Colors Mix?", " The Remedies", " Lights of Different Duration", " Is Studio Lighting Possible on Location?", "Index".En hel stor bog alene om lyssætning! Super!
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Publication
Oxford : Focal, 2007.
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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.
Media reviews
LearnMyShot.com
"There are numerous photography books available and often it is difficult to make the right choice. 'Light Science and Magic' definitely stands out from the bunch.. This book can get very technical covering scientific end of how light works in all sorts of situations. Do not expect to read this
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resource like a novel, unless you are like me and thrive on technical end of photography. However the book is not created for photography rocket scientists only. It's designed the way that even complex concepts are illustrated in diagrams that any visual folks can understand easily. 'Light Science and Magic' fourth edition was just released at the end of 2011. All the info is up to date!" Show Less
Lancaster Camera Club.org
"I have used the 3rd edition of this book when I teach. The 4th Edition improves on the earlier version and brings one "up-to-date." This is a text I'll continue to recommend. This is a book that all photographers should have in their library."
NeoPopRealismJournal.com
"This new edition of the book is based on the behavior of light, and its principles that will not change because the fundamental physics does not. Light: Science & Magic is a book to deal adequately with how light behaves when it reflects from a surface and how the material making the subject
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determines the appearance of this reflection. This important understanding is not intended to enable photographer to shoot good pictures like those in this book but rather to transfer those images to any subject matter, using any equipment." Show Less
Wetpaint.com
"Over the past several years, manufacturers have swamped photographers with a seemingly endless flood of truly amazing gear. New generations of cameras, lighting gear, high-resolution printers, and sophisticated software have revolutionized how photographers work and think. This book provides
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reader with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light. This 4th edition includes dozens of new photographs and lighting diagrams; new information on how to work with color gels, portable strobes, motion, and more." Show Less
CoolTools
"This is the essential book for learning about how light and lighting works in photography. It is used as the textbook for many college photography studio lighting courses (which is how I discovered it, when taking a studio lighting course at CCSF). Even after taking the class and "mastering" all
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the exercises, I still re- read this book frequently, and am surprised at little tricks or nuances I never learned before, or learned and then forgot (because that particular thing doesn't come up with most of my photography work)." Show Less
User reviews
LibraryThing member BrianDewey
One of the best photography books I've read. It's helped me understand the *science* behind photography, instead of just the art, and it's literally altered the way I see the world. (I now walk around and think, "Look! There's a direct reflection off my boot. To photograph that well, I need to move
The drawback for me right now is I don't do studio photography, nor with a 20-month-old will I be able to do studio photography any time soon. So it's a bit overkill for the photos I take everyday.
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the light over there, or get a light large enough to completely fill the family of angles...")The drawback for me right now is I don't do studio photography, nor with a 20-month-old will I be able to do studio photography any time soon. So it's a bit overkill for the photos I take everyday.
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LibraryThing member jaygheiser
Very useful introduction to the properties of light, reflection and photographic lighting
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2011-09-08 (4th Edition)
Physical description
xii, 308 p.; 24.6 cm
ISBN
0240808193 / 9780240808192
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Omslag: Alisa Andreola
Omslaget viser en fingerring med små slebne ædelsten på
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Omslaget viser en fingerring med små slebne ædelsten på
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Pages
xii; 308
DDC/MDS
| 778.7 |