Lights, Camera, Capture - Creative Lighting Techniques for Digital Photographers.pdf

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Learn to achieve the best possible images with minimal lighting equipment

Author Bob Davis is a photographer whose high-profile clients include Oprah Winfrey and Eva Longoria, and whose work has appeared in Time, OMagazine, and People. Along with his invaluable professional advice, this beautiful full-color book includes a DVD featuring portions of his workshop curriculum. He covers the elements of lighting and shares his two-strobe technique that will enable you to create studio-quality lighting anywhere with only minimal equipment.

High-profile photographer Bob Davis is especially known for his lighting techniques; this book shares his advice on lighting for professional photographers and serious amateurs
Covers all the key elements of photographic lighting, with informative illustrations and lighting grids
Details the author's pioneering two-strobe technique that reduces the amount of equipment a photographer must carry to a shoot and dramatically lowers equipment costs
Features professional tips and stunning full-color images
60-Minute DVD includes video from the author's three-day lighting and photography workshop

Lights, Camera, Capture: Creative Lighting Techniques for Digital Photographersoffers your professional advice worth many times the cost of the book.

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From the Back Cover
Become a seeker of light

Photography is all about light: finding it, creating it, combining different types of light, working with its various colors. Bob Davis has achieved a unique relationship with light. In this beautifully illustrated volume and DVD, he shares secrets and techniques that will advance your photographic skills. Master the basics, then step outside your comfort zone and harness the full creative power of light.

Understand the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and the effects of different lenses

Learn how to deal with direct sunlight and how to take advantage of the "golden hour"

Combine various types of light for different effects

Know what external lighting equipment you need and how to use it

Explore various flash modifiers and the effects you can create with them

Achieve studio-quality lighting outside the studio

Discover what to take when you travel and how to take full advantage of available light sources


Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 3, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 047054953X
ISBN-13: 978-0470549537