Lighting Books

This book is a great workshop in glmaor photography. It explains photo by photo (60 of them in all), the lighting, props, equipment and settings used for a shot. A must-have for those interested in photography.

This book is a great workshop in glmaor photography. It explains photo by photo (60 of them in all), the lighting, props, equipment and settings used for a shot. A must-have for those interested in photography.

Book is a little outdated but had useful info on basic function.Info was mostly for R12 systems. I would suggest a newer printing if one is wanting info about R134a systems and/or converting R12 to R134a.

an absolute must for anyone wanting to learn about automotive air conditioning

I picked up this book as an amateur wanting to learn more about black and white photography.

The book clearly elucidates the joy and sorrow (more joy than sorrow) of where the passion of black and white photography will take you.

Layer by layer, George Schaub peels the moods and experiences, sharing his tactics and finesse of observation with the reader.

You get to feel how much of an art AND science black and white photography really is. And you learn to learn from the kind of mistakes you make.

The book is as much a joy to read as to think about in your free time or while you're out there in the outdoors with a camera dying to be used.

George Schaub's book is packed with insight about his craft. The world we begin to see from behind the camera lens and the moments we so capture are given a timeless rendition in this book.

An absolute must for those who care!

I ordered this book with high hopes but must say I'm a little disappointed with the coverage and subject material. Here is a summary of the book contents:

Part 1: An appreciation of the Medium - a very quick summary of the field. Covers lots of territory with little depth

Part 2: Seeing Pictures - portion of the book I would like to see expanded, only 8 pages long. This covers composition and how to see pictures.

Part 3: Film - obvious. Covers grain, types, use a tripod, etc.

Part 4: Techniques - Light metering. Be aware of how your meter can fool you. Also filters.

Part 5: Completing the Vision - How to Print. Contact sheets, variable contrast papers, toning.

Part 6: Photo Diary - Artist's statement.

I think where the book fails is that it covers everything with such little depth. The Zone System gets maybe a paragraph. The one area where it does spend time is in using the light meter. If you aren't familiar with how white or black objects can fool a meter looking for middle gray, then maybe you could benefit from this book. I think it is more designed for the beginner/intermediate photographer. I think a book in this series which covers landscape composition a bit better is "How to Photograph Landscapes" by Joe Lange.

Most of the information presented in this book is not specific to landscape. The author makes clear that one of his favorite types of photographs is to find faces in cliffs and rocks. Not really my cup of tea. Again not terrible for basics but there are many books which cover the same material. I wish the book would have focused more on a few areas, particular to outdoors, and added more depth. Also note there is no index.

Although this book has important info for the HVAC/R tech, It's not a complete dialog.

I'm a non-technical person working with HVAC processes and equipment, and I find this book to be an excellent resource. Anytime I hear an unfamiliar term, I jot it down and look it up in this guide, and there it will be, clearly explained! If you're trying to quickly become familiar with the jargon of this industry, I recommend this book to you.

I did not think this was a MASTERCLASS. Has a lot of black and white prints...but, short on text. I was looking for more in the instruction area as a MASTERCLASS on photography.

This is really an excellent book for teaching, or just for the public. It gives you great pointers on how to achieve a certain look for a particular picture. It is also interesting to see how different pictures can look when certain effects are applied to it. I would recommend this book to anyone as a gift or a personal collection of their own.

If you are looking for a beginner lighting course, this books is just what you need. It goes through lighting applications per room/area, explains how to calculate foot candles, but if you want to read more about lighting plans, layouts, electrical requirements.....I would say - keep looking.

This is a good quick resource with little technical detail.

This book is great for designers! It covers everything you need to know and has some great ways for doing calculations for lighting!

Esse livro contém enfoque próprio sobre a possibilidade do espaço arquitetônico tornar-se complexo através da plástica da luz. E ainda chama a atenção para a necessidade de pensar o edifício e da cidade no ambiente noturno

This must be one of the most insightful and beautiful books on light ever written. It should inspire every lighting designer . . . and architect

Let me first off say I never made any models as a kid. I wanted to get a book in order to explore the possibilities for making stages in animation production. This was one of the only modelling books I could find. And for my purpose it was very helpful. It details materials you can use and how to build the model stages. The book is intended for set designers making models as a tool, but I found the crossover to my purposes quite easy.

The pictures in the book are very impressive and make my own attempts seem feeble and amateurish, but that is a question of ability and training. I wish I could find more good books like this on modelling.

This is a vary useful book on a lot of levels. I have been building models since I was 12 and this book had some good advice for me. I like the fact that it take the time to go through several different areas of the set design model and gives detailed examples of how to make items.

For me, the other strength of this book is that it looks at set models as tools for the set designer. It isn't just about how to make a nice looking model, but rather it is about how to make a set model that functions as a tool for expressing the design.

The one negative I have with the book is it's size. I wish that the book was bigger thus allowing for larger pictures.

Fraser, an veteran instructor at RADA, takes a indirect method of teaching design, calling for self-discovery through the book's exercises. While commendable and valuable, the reader may be frustrated at times with the myriad of questions often left without answers. It is helpful to think of this as not a book in lighting, but rather a course. Much like any other class, you will get as much out as you put in to it.

The book is filled with over 70 hand-on exercises. These range from learning to appreciate natural lighting to hanging hanging various rigs in a lighting lab. However, readers who do not have extensive access to a lighting lab or studio space likely will not find much of this text useful as it calls for direct access to luminaries and a grid for a majority of the exercises.

American readers will often be confounded with the instrumentation used throughout the book. This is complicated with the voltage difference in the UK, as well as the odd terminological colloquialism.

For the American reader, this is a great self-paced course in lighting design for a student with the time and facilities to work hands on with hanging and focusing a plot. I would not recommend this book to a novice LD as this is not this best first source for learning the most basic terms and technique when working in American theaters.

Neil Fraser, Head of Lighting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art has continued his excellent guides to the world of theatre lighting design with "Stage Lighting Design, A Practical Guide". This book gives a fantastic first time insight into lighting design for beginners as well as giving useful tips to slightly more experienced designers and students.

Sections are concise and maintain your interest with the use of innovative exercise suggestions and links to real life situations from Neil's own career. This is a valuable commodidty in a book of this kind, where it is easy to become bogged down in essential but unexciting theory - the book covers all the essentials in an easy to digest fashion as well as expanding on them to support their relvance to the career.

It will shortly be followed by its partner book on Lighting Theory in order to complete the knowledge base required to begin lighting theatre.

This book is a good reference for the beginner. It does have some older references, however, it provides important needed information to a beginner. I would not recommend this book for the advanced user. It is directed at beginners, and probably not proffesionals.

This is the definitive book on lighting for stage. Simple and complete, offering a comprehensive look at instruments and design.