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Title: Good Guide for Lighting Analysis
Review: This book is proving to be a good source for learning to look a photo and figure out how it was lit. Each photograh is shown accompanied by a sketch of the lighting arrangement. Of course, the lighting is derived from the finished photo since these photographers are, sad,y, long gone. The author, though, takes care, in the text, to explain the reasoning behind the sketch. If you are interested in making photographs in this style, then I recommend the three books by Kobal (also available on Amazon and very inexpensive): "Movie Star Portraits of the Forties", "Film-Star Portaits of the Fifties", and "Hollywood Glamor Portraits". With this book and the others on hand, you can pick your favorite poses and apply the lessons learned in this volume to arrive at a reasonable starting point for your own lighting setup.
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