- ISBN13: 9781584282303
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- 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 la… More >>
Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography
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#1 by Marcelo F. Tavora on March 24, 2010 - 12:24 am
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
#2 by Timothy K. Altman on March 24, 2010 - 1:30 am
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
#3 by Earl J. Mcgehee on March 24, 2010 - 4:23 am
The Kindle edition of this book contains low resolution black and white photos. They will be OK on the Kindle itself but you may be disappointed on your Kindle for iPhone or Kindle for PC. Otherwise the book is still very useful. I think it spends too much time on equipment for a book about minimalist lighting but there is much useful information and many good sample lighting setups are included.
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by Ivan Jekic on March 24, 2010 - 7:13 am
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
#5 by William Van Overbeek on March 24, 2010 - 7:25 am
Okay. Look. Here’s the deal, in years past we used big lights with lots of visual aids like modeling lights and consistent performance. At some point, with digital, all this changed and the emphasis became traveling light and working quick. It’s a new technique and a lot of people need a guide that tells them the nuts and bolts of doing it with consistency and professional results. That is what this book does. It de-mystifies the relationship between off camera flash and your camera.
Tuck’s writing style is clean and direct and he does a good job explaining the different ways in which small flashes can be used. He does a great overview about accessories and peripherals.
This book will save you a lot of time and money by stopping you from re-inventing the wheel. If you want to learn how to use these accessible tools this is the book for you.
Rating: 5 / 5