Review: A lot to digest here
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2013
The book is again chock full of information. Ambient light, soft light, hard light, key light, etc.  Dan gives a description of each and shows a sample photo using each light.  Being a visual person that helps me.  He discusses using black and white and hard light to create shadows for more interesting photos.  I have not done much in black and white since I started with film as a youngster many decades ago.  Just might have to experiment with that again. Generally I just light up a scene or photograph in daylight.  Dan helps explain, and shows examples, of using flash, umbrellas, soft boxes, etc in order to create your own light and how to angle it to create a more interesting photo using shadows to help define the various contours of the human face or body.  Actually, this same technique could be used to create better photos of just about any subject - human, animal, product, architecture, etc.  Just have to keep an open mind on the techniques used.  As a bonus he also gives a few suggestions on substituting expensive studio lights with some inexpensive sources like shop lights.  There is a lot to digest in this book; but also a lot of usable information for the price.  I have not downloaded one of Dan's books without finding some useful and creative information that I could use or learn from.  As I have said before, even if I knew already some of the things he is saying I need all the reminders I can get.  There is so many ways of doing something, sometimes I forget everything.  I am recently breaking into flash photography and this book has a lot of info.  Thanks, Dan... Again.