Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography
Posted by brian | Posted in General Photography Books | Posted on 10-21-2009
Tags: Lighting, Location, Minimalist, minimalist lighting professional techniques for location photography, Photography, Professional, Techniques
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- ISBN13: 9781584282303
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Packed with incredible images and step-by-step techniques, this book is a must have for commercial, wedding, and portrait photographers working on location who want to maximize their time behind the camera and minimize their time spent hauling cumbersome lighting equipment. The tips show how to select easily portable and versatile equipment for location shoots, cutting down on the packing and porting of expensive equipment. With techniques and information on the latest technology—including battery-powered flashes and accessories—this reference shows photographers how to work with smaller and lighter-weight lighting equipment without sacrificing quality. Whether shooting portraits, landscapes, or interiors, whether indoors or out, photographers will embrace the portable approach offered in this valuable resource.
Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography
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I was really anxious about this book whiile interested in minimalist scenarios for location and portraits. By the end, I got a feeling of good hardware book describing how to understand equipmets, brands, choosing and so. For those who is expeting Portraits techinics go for Master Lighting Guide for Portraits “Christopher Grey” – *****
Rating: 3 / 5
I’m starting out as an amateur photographer and I’d like to learn more about lighting. This book was recommended by Strobist, so I added it to my wishlist. After receiving it as a gift, I’m disappointed to see that readers are expected to have copious amounts of expensive equipment, including multiple off-camera flashes, shoot-through umbrellas, etc. The information seems very good for those with this equipment, but it certainly isn’t “minimalist” or for the new amateur photographer.
Rating: 3 / 5
Since you are reading the reviews of this book, you are probably aware of the Strobist “movement”?
Well, this book is using 88 out of 124 pages to explain what gear you need, how do you setup, snoots, receivers, gels, what are the pros and cons of using the minimalist-strobist way of lighting, etc.
The author included just 36 pages (actually even less) for the “case studies” – how to light the particular subjects, what are the problems, etc. together with (useful) lighting diagrams.
I expected a lot more. I mean, you have the first 88 pages for free on a Strobist site or elsewhere. The author acknowledged the Strobist and surely knows for David Hobby’s work, he could at least try to add something new or to use 44 pages for introduction instead of 88.
The other thing that I didn’t quite like were the models/subjects he used for this book. Some were Dell/AMD CEOs, vice-presidents, employees, etc. Okay, no problem with that. But majority of portraits in this book are ordinary, cheesy, plain, nothing really stands out (with few exceptions though!). Actually the portraits on the cover are the most interesting (and no, you won’t find the lady in the red dress inside).
On the other hand, this can be a good thing: if you pursue a career of minimalist / on-location photographer, most of the time you’ll meet with plain, dull and bored people that you have to photograph. I just expected a book to have more interesting people/portraits inside and ideas of how to use your flash in a creative way.
All in all, this book is good as a starter guide, when you don’t have [...] with you or when you simply want to hold the real thing and not to stare at your monitor. There are some good tips and how-to’s, but don’t expect anything ground-breaking.
Rating: 3 / 5
If you’re new to the idea of location lighting with a minimal amount of gear, you might find some useful information in here. If, however, you have any experience with this kind of photography and have already had to address some issues with quick thinking and creative solutions, you’re already well beyond what you can pick up from this book.
It’s not a bad book, I just didn’t find it to have any new ideas for me.
And, I can’t say that I am overly impressed when a book about minimalist lighting uses a lot of illustrations that were shot with a collection of gear I would not consider minimalist at all.
Good information for the newcomer. Old hat for anyone with more than three or four months of real-world experience.
Rating: 3 / 5
As the title suggests, the scope of this book is how to produce images without the burdensome lighting equipment and without sacrificing quality. The concept in itself drew me into this book as I found it hard to put down. Kirk Tuck always kept my interest as the ability and advantage of creating more with less is revealed. Advancements in camera technology and the clever use of flashes are two such examples of how this is achieved. An equipment overview, lighting set ups, techniques and case studies make this a well rounded book.
Rating: 5 / 5