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Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting | 
 enlarge | Authors: Fil Hunter, Paul Fuqua
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
List Price: $51.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 337766
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0240802756
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.72
EAN: 9780240802756
ASIN: 0240802756
Publication Date: February 26, 1997
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Product Description
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 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.
*Now in paperback
*Highly respected text on lighting theory covering the principles, applications, and equipment for informed lighting decisions
*Sidebars highlight special lighting questions
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Great Book! December 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I would highly recommend this book to photographers and artists of different mediums looking for a better understanding of light and it's effects. It's been very helpful.
Should have bought this sooner November 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
All I can say is this is a must have reference tool for any aspiring or pro photographer.
I learned more in one reading of this book than I learned in 3 years of trial and error.
This is a book I will read over and keep as a reference guide.
I only wished I had bought this 3 years ago.
Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
Essential November 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was just telling a friend about this book and realized that I had never posted a review of it myself. What I told her: I have a bookshelf packed full of books on various aspects of photography and lighting. If I could keep only one, this would be the one I would keep.
As David Hobby of Strobist says in his review, this book does not teach you HOW to light, it teaches you HOW TO THINK about light, which is many times more valuable. If you can learn how to think about light, you can teach yourself *how* to light, and do so much more efficiently and easily.
This book is an essential part of any photographer's library.
Light Scince & Magic November 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book. I am still on Chapter 2 of the book, but a great source of information regarding lighting. Essential for people who want to grasp the concept of photographic lighting.
Absolutely terrific - read it more than once! November 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best photography books I've read, and hands down the best lighting book! If you're new to lighting, you'll want to read this book more than once, because it has so much information! Dedicated chapters on lighting principles, reflection and the "family of angles," surface appearances, shape and contour, lighting metal, lighting glass, types of lights, portrait lighting, lighting white-on-white and black-on-black all work together to make this an essential text book for any photographer. Be sure to pick this book up at the store!
Irene Abdou Photography
http://www.photoswithsoul.com
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