Light: Science and Magic

I've seen this book get favorable reviews at POTN before, so I finally picked it up. I'm only on chapter 2 right now, but it has been a fantastic read so far.

The book first makes you change from "taking pictures of things" to "taking pictures of the light that is reflected by things".

This is a big concept for me - I always thought that light was just an ingredient. The truth is - light is not an ingredient, it's the whole enchilada!

I'll post more in this thread as I make it through the book. Chapter 1/2 have been worth my price of admission already though.

Edit: Mods - apologize, but I think this thread should have been posted in the "Talk about.." forum as this is an equipment forum.

lhoney2 wrote in post #6202087
I've seen this book get favorable reviews at POTN before, so I finally picked it up. I'm only on chapter 2 right now, but it has been a fantastic read so far.

The book first makes you change from "taking pictures of things" to "taking pictures of the light that is reflected by things".

This is a big concept for me - I always thought that light was just an ingredient. The truth is - light is not an ingredient, it's the whole enchilada!

I'll post more in this thread as I make it through the book. Chapter 1/2 have been worth my price of admission already though.

Edit: Mods - apologize, but I think this thread should have been posted in the "Talk about.." forum as this is an equipment forum.

No, it's fine where it is.

And I agree, that's a great book to have in the library and a really worthwhile reading (it's not a novel, though).

lhoney2 wrote in post #6202087
I've seen this book get favorable reviews at POTN before, so I finally picked it up. I'm only on chapter 2 right now, but it has been a fantastic read so far.

The book first makes you change from "taking pictures of things" to "taking pictures of the light that is reflected by things".

This is a big concept for me - I always thought that light was just an ingredient. The truth is - light is not an ingredient, it's the whole enchilada!

I'll post more in this thread as I make it through the book. Chapter 1/2 have been worth my price of admission already though.

Edit: Mods - apologize, but I think this thread should have been posted in the "Talk about.." forum as this is an equipment forum.

couldnt agree more with you,
took me months to realise that especially portrait photography is 99% dependant on light and 1% on focus/DOF/colour ect

lhoney2 wrote in post #6202087
I've seen this book get favorable reviews at POTN before, so I finally picked it up. I'm only on chapter 2 right now, but it has been a fantastic read so far.

The book first makes you change from "taking pictures of things" to "taking pictures of the light that is reflected by things".

This is a big concept for me - I always thought that light was just an ingredient. The truth is - light is not an ingredient, it's the whole enchilada!

I'll post more in this thread as I make it through the book. Chapter 1/2 have been worth my price of admission already though.

Edit: Mods - apologize, but I think this thread should have been posted in the "Talk about.." forum as this is an equipment forum.

Maybe I missed something, but what is the name of the book?

See the thread title. It's a great book.

cappy1927 wrote in post #6208686
Maybe I missed something, but what is the name of the book?

This is a later edition that what I have but, as SYS said, it's a great book (I noticed this edition has another author listed):

http://www.amazon.com …oks&qid=1220106​565&sr=8-1

It's a great book but don't expect to read it through and have everything make sense right away. It's very comprehensive and there is a lot of theory, so don't mistake it for a quick tutorial or an instructional lighting book or cookbook. It is none of those things.