With the studio workshops running I thought I’d share a few links to some interesting websites that show not only great pictures, but also explain a little about how the effects are achieved.
- Light an outdoor scene with classical lighting – Joey L / popphoto.com
- Beers with the Old Masters – Rembrandt & Vermeer – Strobist.com
- Lighting lessons at the Photoflex Lighting School
Books you might like…
Some weeks ago at the 1-light many possibilities workshop that I gave, I mentioned a couple of books that are worth a look, and i’ll add another one that I recently purchased myself.
Light, Science and Magic is the standard text on lighting for photographers. Whilst it doesn’t give much specific guidelines of how to achieve a specific lighting setup it does give the tools to work out the setup for yourself. Very good too if you plan on lighting shiny objects.
Scott Kelby’s book is pure gold, instruction doesn’t come much more effective than this. First you see how he lights a shoot, from all the angles including overhead. Then you see the shoot and finally how to retouch it. The formula is great and repeated through the book but with different subjects and end goals.
Another book that I have, it’s much more about the whole process and pays particular attention to the team needed. If you watched www.creativelive.com course with Matthew Jordan Smith you’ll know that team stands for Together Each Achieves More.
If you have some great sites that you’d like to see added then please put them in the comments below…