Lighting Techniques for High Key Portrait Photography

by Norman Phillips

Book Overview

Photographers will learn from a master the impact and beauty that can be created through the precision creation of high key portraits. In photography, the word key is used to describe the overall... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584280751
• ISBN13: 9781584280750
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Amherst Media
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Very helpful reference...

I bought this book because of positive customer reviews and I was not disappointed after reading it myself. The author provides a very comprehensive and informative approach to just about every aspect of high key lighting techniques and none of it goes over your head. I definitely recommend this book to photographers at any level.

Great how to book

I have been able to master most of the lighting set ups it want except of coarse for that challengeing one of high key. This book I found to be a real help with finally understanding why i never could really get the backgrounds gleaming white. This book explains well and gives specific instruction. A good book.

Excellent!!

This give all the info you need to get perfect High Key images. It gives all the light setup, type of backgrounds to use, model placement, and f/stop measurement. There are lot's of photo examples. Very well written.

Aw-Ah...FINALLY!

This book gets a high recommendation from me. You will read this book and often say to yourself, "aw-ah". Lighting Techniques for High Key Portrait Photography is for those of you who are just starting out and those of you who have been at it a while and just can't quite achieve the results you are looking for. It's easy to read, easy to understand, offers great diagrams and wonderful examples. It will definitely help you take the guess work out of studio photography...aw-ah!!

Mystery Revealed

As a proven do-it-yourselfer, I can recommend reading this material for understanding light ratios used in high key lighting. Over the years I stumbled with this and never figured it out on my own. I managed to achieve a style by accident but I never did find the right combination for glowing white portrait lighting. Now I have read just some of the first portion of this book and find it so very worth my money to have this explained to me I look forward to reading the rest and testing more. I have learned portrait technique from some great professional photographers and I never uncovered this info until reading this book. My equipment is professional, my comfort with my skill level is moderate/intermediate but I am producing professional looking work with knowledge like this. Thanks to Norman.