Portrait Photography Lighting Guide - For Digital and Film Photographers

Author: Christopher
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book covers top-tier professional techniques for traditional film photography and new digital imaging. It teaches how to select high-quality lighting equipment for portrait photography studios, master the concept of light ratio, learn how to use the "inverse square law," classic lighting patterns, and how to establish these patterns. It also guides on designing more flexible and practical lighting combinations for different subjects, choosing creative backgrounds and lighting them correctly, high-key and low-key lighting control techniques, simulating daylight in a photography studio, and creating "Hollywood-style" portrait scenes. More examples include business photos, cover photos, glamour portraits, and wedding photos, among others.