Lighting is at the very heart of photography. Unlike some of our picture-making colleagues, we will not go quite so far as to claim that “Without great lighting, there can be no great photographs.” However, we do believe that comes close to being the truth.
And that is exactly why we wrote the first edition of this book. In it we wanted to present a number of key lighting concepts in a clear, readily understandable way. Our aim remains exactly the same for this—the fifth edition.
It is important to understand that this is not a “how to” book in the sense that the term is generally used. In it we rarely, if ever, suggest appropriate lens apertures, shutter speeds, flash settings, or other such information—information that is often ...
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