- Lighting on Location : Professional Techniques for Portrait Photographers (2016, Paperback) download DJV, EPUB, FB2
9781608959891 English 1608959899 Acclaimed portrait photographers Jeff and Carolle Dachowski show you how they conceived and executed sixty of their favorite portraits. For each image, they walk you through the concept, lighting, and posing to reveal the creative approaches and technical solutions that help produce their hallmark style. Choose the right approach to tell the story, Meet the challenges of studio and location lighting, Add, subtract, or modify light for flawless results, Photograph families, kids, brides, and more Book jacket., Location portraiture offers many advantages. The backgrounds are varied, the surroundings can tell a story about the client, and the setting can help tell the subject's story. Working on location presents unique challenges, however. Often, the photographer is working in an unfamiliar place in which the lighting is not ideal for portraiture. Light is the very backbone of a good portrait, so the need to manage and modify the light becomes a top priority in the portrait session. The Dachowskis teach you how to harness the light in any scenario--from direct sun, to window light, to fluorescent light, to household lamp light, and even mixed-lighting scenarios--to create correct exposures and believable image color. You'll learn to restrict and enhance the light, add dramatic highlights and shadows to create dimension, and set the mood in the portrait. With these tips, you'll learn to handle location portrait challenges with ease and confidence., Picture the scene: you're at the beach, strolling along the shore with your family. They all look so happy that you decide to seize the opportunity and take a picture. You don't want to start using equipment that's too fancy; setting up a shot will take too long and the mood will be gone. However, nor do you want to take a hasty snap in which the people's expressions you care about can't be seen because of reflective glare. Lighting on Location provides readers with the information necessary to mediate almost every lighting situation and achieve professional standard shots, quickly.
9781608959891 English 1608959899 Acclaimed portrait photographers Jeff and Carolle Dachowski show you how they conceived and executed sixty of their favorite portraits. For each image, they walk you through the concept, lighting, and posing to reveal the creative approaches and technical solutions that help produce their hallmark style. Choose the right approach to tell the story, Meet the challenges of studio and location lighting, Add, subtract, or modify light for flawless results, Photograph families, kids, brides, and more Book jacket., Location portraiture offers many advantages. The backgrounds are varied, the surroundings can tell a story about the client, and the setting can help tell the subject's story. Working on location presents unique challenges, however. Often, the photographer is working in an unfamiliar place in which the lighting is not ideal for portraiture. Light is the very backbone of a good portrait, so the need to manage and modify the light becomes a top priority in the portrait session. The Dachowskis teach you how to harness the light in any scenario--from direct sun, to window light, to fluorescent light, to household lamp light, and even mixed-lighting scenarios--to create correct exposures and believable image color. You'll learn to restrict and enhance the light, add dramatic highlights and shadows to create dimension, and set the mood in the portrait. With these tips, you'll learn to handle location portrait challenges with ease and confidence., Picture the scene: you're at the beach, strolling along the shore with your family. They all look so happy that you decide to seize the opportunity and take a picture. You don't want to start using equipment that's too fancy; setting up a shot will take too long and the mood will be gone. However, nor do you want to take a hasty snap in which the people's expressions you care about can't be seen because of reflective glare. Lighting on Location provides readers with the information necessary to mediate almost every lighting situation and achieve professional standard shots, quickly.