Bill Hurter Simple Lighting Techniques for Portrait Photographers

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With tips for creating natural, hassle-free lighting, this reference shows photographers how to abandon complex lighting scenarios in favor of more straightforward, uncomplicated ones. Photographers will learn the advantages of simpler lightingsuch as saving money by avoiding excessive equipment purchases and maintenance and making location shoots less cumbersome and more convenient. Emphasizing that photographers should imitate the suns natural lightnot only to create a realistic setting but also to allow for genuine facial expressions frommore relaxed portrait subjectsthis guidebookillustrates how to create one- and two-light setups, making simple refinements with lightweight, inexpensive, and portable reflectors. Covering the basics of lighting and applying them to