Light Science & Magie · An Intruduction to Photographic Lighting by Hunter, Fil -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents 01 How to Learn Lighting

What Are "The Principles"? Why Are The Principles Important? How Were The Example Subjects Chosen For This Book? Do I Need To Do These Exercises? What Kind Of Camera Do I Need? What Lighting Equipment Do I Need? What Else Do I Need To Know To Use This Book? What Is The "Magic" Part of This Book?

02: Light - The Raw Material of Photography

What Is Light How Photographers Describe Light

Brightness Color Contrast

Light Versus Lighting How The Subject Affects The Lighting

Transmission Direct and Diffuse Transmission Absorption Reflection

03 The Management of Reflection and the Family of Angles

Types Of Reflection Diffuse Reflection

The Inverse Square Law

Direct Reflection

Breaking the Inverse Square Law?

The Family of Angles Glare Reflection

Is It Glare or Ordinary Direct Reflection? Turning Ordinary Direct Reflection into Glare

Applying The Theory

04 Surface Appearances

The Photographer As Editor Capitalizing on Direct Reflection

Angle of Light The Success and Failure of the Rule of Thumb The Distance of Light Doing the Impossible Using Diffuse Reflection and Shadow to Reveal Texture

Competing Surfaces

Try a Lens Polarizing Filter Use a Still Larger Light Use More than One Light Use a Gobo

Complex Surfaces

05 Revealing Shape and Contour

Depth Clues Perspective Distortion

Distortion as a Clue of Depth Do Lenses Affect Distortion?

Tonal Variation The Size of the Light

Large Lights versus Small Lights Distance from Subject

Direction of the Light

Light on Side Light Above the Subject Fill Light Add Depth to the Background

How much Tonal Variation is Ideal?

The Glossy Box

Use a Dark Background Eliminate Direct Reflection from the Box Top Eliminate Direct Reflection from the Box Sides Finish with Other Resouces

Use Direct Reflection?

06 Metal 07 The case of the Disapprearing Glass 08 An Arsenal of Light

The Single-Light Setup

The Basic Setup Light Size Skin Texture Where to Put the Main Light Left Side? Right Side? Broad Lighting or Short Lighting Eyeglasses

Additional Lights

Fill Lights Background Lights Hair Lights Kickers Rim Lights

Mood and Key

Low-Key Lighting High-Key Lighting Staying in Key

Dark Skin Available-Light Portraiture

A Window as a Main Light The Sun as Hair Light Keeping the Light Appropriate

Setting Rules?

09 The Extreme 10 Traveling Light Appendix 1 - Let There Be Light Appendix 2 - The Complete Toolbox Index