Picture Perfect Lighting

Informationen zum Autor Roberto Valenzuela is a photographer based in Beverly Hills, CA. He has been honored by Canon USA to be one of the few chosen photographers to be part of their prestigious Canon Explorers of Light program. Roberto believes that it is not talent but deliberate practice that is at the core of skill and achievement. He has traveled to every corner of the world motivating photographers to practice and break down the various elements of photography in order to master them through goal-setting, self-training, and constant dedication. He is the author of the bes-selling books Picture Perfect Practice and Picture Perfect Posing . Klappentext In this third installment of his portrait photography series, best-selling author Roberto Valenzuela thoroughly instructs on light's behavior in photographyThis book leaves readers feeling as if they can comfortably, thoughtfully, and deliberately work with light - a true sign of photographic masteryAuthor and Photographer Roberto Valenzuela understands that mastering the manipulation of light is a crucial skill-set in photography and covers the topic extensivelyWith Picture Perfect Lighting one can learn to master light. With this mastery, the reader will finally have the ability to create that true "wow" factor in camera-and in photographsPicture Perfect Lighting takes the same approach as Roberto's two previous books, Picture Perfect Practice and Picture Perfect Posing, which recreated the mold of instructional photography books as they empowered readers to advance their composition and posing skills This book empowers photographers to embrace lighting as a source of creativity and expression, rather than a source of fearIllustrated throughout with helpful diagrams and example images that help grasp the concepts and techniques in action, Picture Perfect Lighting is a book on lighting like no other seen beforeBreaks down the main characteristics of light into three categories - circumstantial light, problem-solving light, and helper lightPerfectly illustrates how to convey dimension and importance in photographs Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Replacing a Lighting "Style" with a Lighting "Vision" (Light travels in straight lines, Inverse Square Law of Light, Relative Size of a Light Source, Absorption and Reflection, Color of Light)Part 2: Recognizing Light's Behavior in Any Environment with Lighting Helper (Tools, Diffusers, Reflectors, Flash/Strobes,Constant Light)Part 3: Circumstantial LightPart 4: Helper LightPart 5: Controlled LightPart 6: The Five Senses of Light (A Sense of Importance, A Sense of Separation, A Sense of Connection, A Sense of Texture, A Sense of Shadows)Conclusion...

Klappentext

• In this third installment of his portrait photography series, best-selling author Roberto Valenzuela thoroughly instructs on light's behavior in photography
• This book leaves readers feeling as if they can comfortably, thoughtfully, and deliberately work with light - a true sign of photographic mastery
• Author and Photographer Roberto Valenzuela understands that mastering the manipulation of light is a crucial skill-set in photography and covers the topic extensively
• With Picture Perfect Lighting one can learn to master light. With this mastery, the reader will finally have the ability to create that true "wow" factor in camera-and in photographs
• Picture Perfect Lighting takes the same approach as Roberto's two previous books, Picture Perfect Practice and Picture Perfect Posing, which recreated the mold of instructional photography books as they empowered readers to advance their composition and posing skills
• This book empowers photographers to embrace lighting as a source of creativity and expression, rather than a source of fear
• Illustrated throughout with helpful diagrams and example images that help grasp the concepts and techniques in action, Picture Perfect Lighting is a book on lighting like no other seen before
• Breaks down the main characteristics of light into three categories - circumstantial light, problem-solving light, and helper light
• Perfectly illustrates how to convey dimension and importance in photographs

Inhalt

Part 1: Replacing a Lighting "Style" with a Lighting "Vision" (Light travels in straight lines, Inverse Square Law of Light, Relative Size of a Light Source, Absorption and Reflection, Color of Light) Part 2: Recognizing Light's Behavior in Any Environment with Lighting Helper (Tools, Diffusers, Reflectors, Flash/Strobes,Constant Light) Part 3: Circumstantial Light Part 4: Helper Light Part 5: Controlled Light Part 6: The Five Senses of Light (A Sense of Importance, A Sense of Separation, A Sense of Connection, A Sense of Texture, A Sense of Shadows) Conclusion