Title: Making simple lighting overly complicated
Product review: Good thing I got this book from my local library and didn't pay for it. The book is heavily worded and makes simple lighting setups that are easily learned in the classroom rather confusing. When you're lighting, you shouldn't be doing complicated math or referring to the inverse square law to realize your lighting is too close or two far or not modified correctly. (Not to mention I've caught a small handful of grammatical errors.)This book is good if you're a techie photog, but in my opinion, you're going to miss out on a heck of a lot of shots and really suck the fun out of photography and experimenting with lighting.To be fair, there are a lot of helpful lighting maps and some good basic advice for those who are completely new to lighting in this book. So.. if you don't have a clue.. don't start with this book or make it your bible, but definitely take a look and get the general idea.
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