This definitive guide to studio lighting explains and demonstrates universal lighting principles that help photographers think on their feet and master lighting theory and technique. Explained are essential concepts such as why light behaves the way it does and how to manipulate it to its best effect. Concrete; practical examples illustrate topics such as shooting light; dark; and reflective surfaces; mastering contrast control; modifying shadow formation to effectively shape mid- and light-colored objects; creating definition in black objects; and using Photoshop to fine-tune subjects. Instruction is also provided on creating simulated sunlight; painting with light; using softening filters; and lighting subjects in motion. Compelling photographs and numerous lighting diagrams are included.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Stan was my professor. CU-B; 1979By ZENmudNice to hear the voice of the man who taught us so deeply. to deploy eyes and capture visions... Stan writes as Joyce would film...9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. From a Wide AngleBy Kevin KillianWhat is the nature of art? What is its bottom line? At first when sent this book I was skeptical. thinking it would be a hagiography of a genuinely difficult artist about whom there are only shades of grey. But editor David E. James anticipated me there. and in his beautifully delineated preface goes right to the heart of the matter. the precipitous decline of Brakhages reputation. a drop nearly unparalleled in contemporary art. Was he. as Annette Michelson or P. Adams Sitney once claimed. the sort of genius artist for whom whole eras used to be named? A filmmaker who combined a sincerity and authenticity with a true avant-garde spirit and actual hardcore discoveries that forever changed the medium? Or was he what his latterday rep suggested. a driven. masculinist obsessive who was able to hide behind patriarchy the failures of an overdetermined use rule?James makes it all sound so obvious. and yet he then comes around and suggests that even the haters might find something to cheer about with a new survey of Brakhages voluminous output. (400 films. of which it was sometimes said that even Brakhage himself had only seen maybe three quarters of them.) Completists will sigh that James compilation is too meager to do him justice. just as they balked at the recent Criterion release of 27 films. with far too many from the last 15 years of his life with those wild hand-painted strips of film. And not even women writing about Brakhage. but thats one of the issues in the first place. isnt it. and this book merely reflects that. Even so. Carolee Schneeeman and (especially) Abigail Child contribute two of the most cogent essays here. There are a few "poetic" pieces written by Brakhages contemporaries. such as the essays by Bruce Baillie and Chuck Strand. that not even their mothers could love.As James points out. there are few notable artists about whom so little biographical information is available. I vote for James himself to give it a go. Not only does his introduction represent and condense a whales load of original research. but one of his own pieces. "Amateurs in an Industry Town" (on Warhol and Brakhage wrestling with Los Angeles both as metropolis and conceptual freedomland). is a brilliant and focussed article that sheds light not only on the supposed duality between the two filmmakers. but on their mutual interests and fellowship.1 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Excellent service!By AnonymousI received exactly the book I ordered. It came quickly. as advertised. I am very satisfied.
