Techniques of Natural Light Photography - Softcover

Zuckerman, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898797160 ISBN 13: 9780898797169

Publisher: Writers Digest Books, 1996

Synopsis

Sometimes the light the heavens pour down can make you wonder how on earth you'll take a good photograph. But when you know how best to read it, you can shoot in virtually any kind of natural light and pull magnificent images through your lens.
Here, Jim Zuckerman shows how you can take great pictures morning, noon and nearly night - outdoors and in - with natural light. Clear sky, clouds, industrial haze, snow and rain; Zuckerman has seen it all and turned challenge into enchantment. Use his techniques and you can do the same.

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Review:

What makes or breaks a picture? Composition, of course, and perhaps less obvious but equally fundamental--light. "Subtle or dramatic, the impact of light on an image completely alters how that image is perceived," asserts Jim Zuckerman, who discusses the qualities of light--direction, diffusion, harshness--and how to use them as creative tools. There are many impressive color photographs (including twilight panoramas of Rio de Janeiro and interiors of Spanish architectural wonders), but few illuminate Zuckerman's text like his multiple images of a bikini-clad model on a beach, taken during a rapidly-changing sunset. While he is generous with technical details and data, he does not cover black and white photography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0898797160
• ISBN 13: 9780898797169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134