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Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Comment: 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.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Should have bought this sooner
Comment: 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

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Essential
Comment: 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.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Light Scince & Magic
Comment: 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.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely terrific - read it more than once!
Comment: 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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