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Dedication To Polly Frye, who tirel
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Contents 127 The wrinkle 128 Eyegla
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oating publications including Chesa
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Robin Reid: Trained as a classical
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learn to work with simple, dumb lig
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Chapter 1: There’s More Than <str
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Built-in flash Shot with built-in f
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Modifier 1: A mirror Having the fla
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Modifier 2: A big white reflector I
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Other modifiers: Fill light, hair l
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Same principle: We can control the
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how many pictures shouLd i shoot? G
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Later, turn on all the automation y
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can also get anything in between: a
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The wrinkle Some people are proud o
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Antiglare-coated lenses are also su
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Groups For a couple or a small fami
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By posing the people so they are fa
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Pets Pet portraiture can be challen
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So opt for seamless, if you can. Of
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overhead lighting was done with a s
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Chapter 7: So, Where Do We Put This
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The first step is to figure out whe
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So, Where Do We Put This Light for
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Round metal Just as with flat metal
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a Last touch We could have stopped
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Dark-field lighting Dark-field ligh
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Bright-field lighting Bright-field
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158 With the use of the shorter len
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Bottles and more The final image in
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So far, so good. But we’re missin
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Okay, We Want to shoot a picture of
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Lots of motion Sometimes we actuall
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In the images on this and the next
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Freezing motion We can shoot this p
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Setup for the image of the strawber
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combining these little lights on th
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a small room if it has a historic p
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We’ve cOvered a lot of ground, an
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Boom: A stand with an adjustable ar
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judgment calls. They depend not onl
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protection and rigidity. Cuts easil
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light may lead to psychological imp
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fish. This is just one example, one
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available in several sizes. Can cla
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E Electronically controlled trigger
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neutral density material and popup,
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