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Title: MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT
Review: Except for the beautiful reproductions of some of the finest Hollywood portraits, the book is a major disappointment. The cover of the book clearly states "classic shots and how to take them," but the authors' feeble attempt at presenting the lighting setups, at least half of which are totally erroneous, is only remotely informative. Christopher Nisperos, a portrait photographer, includes no recreations of any of the images in the book, which is suggestive in itself, and shares no technical information of any substance. There is no discussion of types of lights used by the photographers in any of the discriptions which would have been fascinating and the lighting diagrams suggest working distances for various lights that are at best misleading. All in all the book is a very superficial look at the creation of Hollywood "style" portrais and will prove of only very limited value to the aspiring portrait photographer.
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