Aimed at photographers who pack away their cameras as soon as light levels fall, this brilliant book shows how, with just a little skill and imagination, even amateurs can produce breathtaking photographs in nighttime or low-light settings. The guide begins with a clear explanation of technical aspects that must be considered, such as the best equipment to use for low-light indoor or nighttime outdoor shots, which color and black-and-white films to choose, how to ensure correct exposure in tricky situations, and details relating to both natural and artificial light. The book then tackles a wide range of themes and lighting situations, presenting specific guidance for shooting low-light landscapes, portraits, buildings, carnivals, fireworks displays, and weather phenomena such as lightning, sunrises, and sunsets.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Good introductory book, but outdated:
This book is a great introduction to low-light photography. It covers many of the basics, and gives some very interesting hints, like the fact that it never really gets completely dark. The comparison between two pictures of the author's house blew me away. One was taken with a multi-hour exposure at night, the other during the day, and you can barely tell the difference. The book, however, suffers from being very, very out of date. The only mention of digital cameras is right at the beginning where it... more info
Low Light Photography Review:
I found this book both very interesting and very helpful. There is a good amount of technique specific information as well as supporting photographs. There are amazing photographs to be taken by just using a tripod and the Bulb setting on the camera. The only downside is the book was published before digital photography really started to take off so all the information is presented using film and film cameras as the media. An updated version of this book could be useful.
Nice book, but not for the digital age:
As above its a very nice book, most of the topics will work for digital cameras, but its not aimed at digital cameras. Hopefully it will be updated one day. For the digital age its missing HDR photography and Software post processing and image manipulation it does mention digital cameras, but they take up 1/2 of one page in the book, and the cameras they talk about have "mega pixel" imaging. A far cry from todays 10 and 12 megapixel cameras.
Night & Low light photography:
I received an email about a new edition of this book coming out the 18th of March .
I ordered it .
Today I got an email saying I would arrive Friday or Saturday [ today ]
It came today . It's the 2006 version - it's the same as the other copy I have .
This book is mainly for film and very little on Digital cameras .I wanted some more information on Digital .
I'm not sending back but won't be buying from this writer and try to find same stuff on a different web site .
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