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Focal Press Book: Light - Science & Magic - An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

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Focal Press 9780240808192 Overview

This highly respected text, now in paperback, has been thoroughly updated and revised. It introduces a logical theory of photographic lighting --- one that teaches beginning photographers to predict results before setting up lights.

This is not primarily a how-to book with only set examples for photographers to follow. Rather, Light - Science and Magic, third Edition provides the reader with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light to allow individual photographers to use lighting to express their own creativity. Numerous photographs and illustrations provide clear examples of the theories delineated within the text, while sidebars highlight special lighting questions.

Although styles of photographic lighting continue to change, Light - Science and Magic does not go out of fashion because it is not based on style; rather it is based on the behavior of light. These principles will not change until fundamental physics does.

Readership: Academic photography and lighting courses; trade potential in both still and motion picture/video photography markets; specialty accounts with lighting distributors, Lighting Dimensions. Now in paperback. Highly respected text on lighting theory covering the principles, applications, and equipment for informed lighting decisions. Sidebars highlight special lighting questions.

About the Author: Fil Hunter, Commercial photographer specializing in still life and special effects photographs for advertising and editorial illustration.

Paul Fuqua, Professional writer and photographer

Focal Press 9780240808192 Specs

Subject
Lighting
Author
Fil Hunter, Steven Biver and Paul Fuqua
Edition
Third
Hard/Soft Cover
Paperback
Pages
360
Dimensions
10 x 7" (254 x 178mm)
Illustrations
Yes
ISBN Number
0240802756
Publisher
Focal Press
Date Published
March 2007

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