I am a Nikon shooter and shoot solely in raw (limited exceptions). My status as a photographer is greatest described as part-time professional in that I've a day job but make low stage money on nights and weekends utilizing my skills. My workflow involves SHOOT>transfer & tag using NIKON VIEW> Basic raw file modifying in NIKON CAPTURE NX2> advanced editing in CS5> and general picture management (watermarking) and output via LIGHTROOM 3. Granted, my workflow may be streamlined by utilizing LightRoom as a substitute of Nikon View. However, I am still engaged on my best resolution and uncomfortable ditching Nikon at this level (despite the fact that Seize crashes commonly in Win 7). My lighting options are mult-fold. I exploit quite a few Nikon SB-900's and SB-600's when on location. For stationary event images and studio photography, I exploit a mid-range set of Interfit monolights (EXD400's) and a again-gentle (EXD200).
Superior digital pictures is all about lighting and lenses. This guide fully covers the lighting side, typically very difficult and laborious to grasp, in such a approach that it's a implausible transition to extra complicated reading comparable to Hot Shoe Diaries. In that sense, consider this ebook foundational in scope. It could never change Scorching Shoe Diaries. Special word, Fletcher is in the identical league as McNally and Kelby when it comes to photographic skill. He just managed to put in writing a ebook that's intended to focus on the lighting beginners.
Not like many other books, youtube training supplies, etc.., Fletcher doesn't compel you to wish to go and buy tons of gear. As an alternative, he shows that just about anything can be utilized as a lightweight modifier and depends on a simplistic approach (not that having eight SB-900's fire at once is just not an awesome feeling). The earlier than/after images really drive residence his points as it can be very tough to visualise outcomes if you are not exposed to it on a daily basis. He assumes a more reasoned and sensible approach. As lighting is a really technical topic, Fletcher does a great job avoiding being overly technical, which is real straightforward to do when discussing this subject. In reality, I argue it is a lot simpler to use technical terms between power users.
From describing what light is to discussing specific lighting eventualities and critical differences between controlled versus uncontrolled environments (corresponding to event photography), the ebook is packed with valuable data that even critical photogs would refer to. Nonetheless, it's perhaps greatest fitted to the superior shooter that's now ready to maneuver into the next stage of taking pictures as many shooters get into lighting solely as a "final resort", preferring the pure mild options, which are far simpler and of course free of tons of gear.
I extremely recommend this ebook to anybody severe about photography or simply desirous to explore whether they wish to get into lighting aspects.
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