Kevin Kubota's Lighting Notebook: 101 Lighting Styles and Setups for Digital Photographers

Description

Get professional advice from one of the world's top wedding photographersCreative use of lighting is a hallmark of quality photography. Kevin Kubota has been listed among the world's top 10 wedding photographers by American Photo magazine and named a Legend Behind the Lens by Nikon. This guide features dozens of his unique lighting and post-production recipes and techniques, each illustrated with a spectacular image.
* Author Kevin Kubota enjoys a cult-like following among professional photographers and has earned numerous accolades for his talent
* Includes the author's unique lighting and post-production recipes and techniques that reinforce the theory that good lighting is the key to quality photography
* Presents a number of shooting scenarios with behind-the-scenes setup, a description of the photographer's objective, the equipment used, and the resulting image for each
* Features a companion app that will enable the photographer to search and find lighting suggestions by subject, style, budget, equipment, and other guidelines, all while in the field

Kevin Kubota's Lighting Notebook for Digital Photographers is almost like having the famous photographer sharing his secrets with you one on one.

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments v

Foreword xv

Introduction xvii

Chapter 1 A Brief History of the World (of Lighting) 2

Chapter 2 The Lingo of Lighting 8

Chapter 3 Essential Lighting Skills 18

Chapter 4 An Overview of Essential Lighting Tools 32

Chapter 5 Build Your Lighting Kit 50

Chapter 6 Post-Processing: Making Your Images Really Sing 56

The Notebook 76

Appendix 283

Index 286