Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

• New four color art package with contemporary lighting examples 
• Now in paperback
• Highly respected text on lighting theory covering the principles, applications, and equipment for informed lighting decisions
• Sidebars highlight special lighting questions
• Numerous photographs and illustrations provide clear examples

• Theory book for serious photographers

   

 

This is not primarily a how-to book with only set examples for photographers to follow; rather, Light: Science and Magic provides the reader with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light to allow individual photographers to use lighting to express their own creativity. Numerous photographs and illustrations provide clear examples of the theories delineated within the text, while sidebars highlight special lighting questions.

Fil Hunter is a highly respected commercial photographer specializing in still life and special effects photographs for advertising and editorial illustration. During a career spanning over three decades, he has worked for such clients as America Online, US News, Time-Life Books, Life Magazine (27 covers), the National Science Foundation, and National Geographic. He has taught photography at the university level and has served as technical consultant on a number of photographic publications. Mr. Hunter has won the Virginia Professional Photographer’s Grand Photographic Award three times. He lives in Alexandria, VA.