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Book Review: Light Science & Magic

Nelya often gets upset at me because I often prefer to buy books rather than get them from the library.  With the exception of technical books for work – which go out of date quickly – I prefer to buy books and read them over long periods of time than have the books for only a few short weeks.  In addition, I often refer to books in the future.  Still, a number of times she does have a point.

However, Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting is not one of those books.  This is a book that you will refer over and over to and is well worth the investment.  In fact, in my opinion this book is required reading.  It is not for beginners, but anyone who hopes to understand light at all should have it.

First, let me stress again that this book is not for beginners.  It assumes that you already know the basics of photography and how to properly expose a picture.  What it doesn’t assume, however, is that you know anything about light.

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