Focus On Lighting Photos Focus on the Fundamentals.pdf

Robin Reid: Trained as a
classical pianist, loves Motown
and the Rolling Stones anyway.
Degree in international politics,
danced professionally for
15 years. Still works as a portrait
and commercial photographer
and graphic designer, with a
particular penchant for book
design. Teaches regularly for the
Alexandria Art League.
Rishi Saikia: Rishi is an up and
coming photographer from India,
specializing in portraiture. He has
a distinctive minimalist style of
lighting that helps preserve, and
at times create, a signature mood
in his images. Rishi embarked on
his photographic journey about
7 years back when he happened
to come across Fil Hunter and Paul
Fuqua’s amazing book Light—
Science & Magic: An Introduction
to Photographic <strong>Lighting</strong>. He is
self-taught but considers the online
photographic community at Flickr
as a major source of learning and
inspiration. Rishi’s latest images
can be found on his Flickr stream
(Rishi S). He also maintains a
blog (www.rollon.in) where he
documents his photographic
journey, detailing every photo
shoot—the entire process of
conceptualizing, executing, and
postprocessing his images. He
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accepts requests for photo shoots
via his Flickr mail. Page 74,
smoker; page 116, woman.
Adam Sewell: I am 37 years
old and have lived in and around
South East England all my life.
I first started photography to
document the growth of my
family, preferring the power of the
still image as a medium; it is an
ongoing and wonderful project. I
also venture into still life as a way
of exploring shape and form and
have taken on some commercial
work, although my family project
remains my passion. Contact me
at asimaging@btinternet.com.
Page 64, mountain snow;
page 105, clock tower.
Ivan Sorenson: Ivan Sorensen
is from Hamilton, <strong>On</strong>tario,
Canada, and has been involved
in photography since the mid-
1970s, shooting weddings and
developing and printing from a
home darkroom. Although he
has not been a full-time hobby
photographer for many years
because of the vagaries of career
and family, he has returned to
the world of digital imaging,
specializing in fine art landscape
prints and the odd portrait thrown
in for balance. Ivan’s work has
been included in several galleries,
such as the summer issue of
PhotoNews magazine, several
commercial websites, and this
fine instructional book by Fil
Hunter and Robin Reid. Contact
him at ivan.sorensen@hotmail
.com or visit www.flickr.com/
photos/pics_by_ivan. Page 60,
morning lake; page 3, grapes.
Tony Traub: I am totally selftaught
and have been shooting
since I was a teenager. I started
with a Minolta xg1, I believe, and
have used various film cameras
over time. My favorite types of
photos back then were mostly
about my camping trips with
friends and the scenery around our
different campsites. I got into digital
about 3 to 4 years back. My first
digital camera was a Nikon d50,
which I still own. I now use a
Nikon d300, which is an excellent
body. I still use my d50 though and
think it’s also an excellent camera
as well. I also have a Nikon n80
for when I like to play with film.
I hope to get into medium format
photography some day and start
to learn landscape photography.
As of now, I mostly shoot still life/
tabletop photography because
I like the total control you have
over lighting and setup. Page 75,
whisks.
All unattributed images and
diagrams are by Robin and Fil.