Photographic Lighting for Everybody: Techniques for Mastering Light with Any Camera-Including iPhone

The best camera is the one you have with you. Whether that's a high-tech DSLR, a consumer point-and-shoot, or simply your SmartPhone, there's a common denominator that will determine the visual impact of the images you create: the light. Identifying beautiful light (or creating/modifying the light) takes experience, observation, and a knowledge the fundamentals of lighting. Learning how to visualize the intended image in your mind's eye and translate that vision onto a two-dimensional plane is, as this book will show, far more important that what device you actually use to record that image. If you have ever looked at an amazing scene or subject but been disappointed by your photos of it--this is the book for you Through examples and exercises, the author challenges you creatively, starting with the very basics of lighting and building a knowledge base that you can apply to your growth as a photographer at any stage, and with any camera.

最好的相機就是你隨身攜帶的那一台。無論是高科技的數位單眼相機、消費級的小型相機，或者只是你的智慧型手機，有一個共同的因素將決定你所創造的影像的視覺效果：光線。辨識美麗的光線（或創造/修改光線）需要經驗、觀察力和對照明基礎知識的了解。學習如何在腦海中形象化所想要的影像，並將那個視覺轉化為二維平面上，正如本書所示，比你實際使用的設備更重要。如果你曾經看過一個令人驚嘆的場景或主題，但對你所拍攝的照片感到失望，那麼這本書就是為你而寫的。通過例子和練習，作者在創造力上對你提出挑戰，從照明的基礎知識開始，建立一個你可以在任何階段、使用任何相機時都能應用的知識基礎，以促進你作為攝影師的成長。