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Petersen's How to Photographic library is one of the best ways to teach yourself about photography. Based in the U.K. it provides a solid discussion with illustration without over-simplifying the subject.
Topics covered in this book
- Introduction - What is available light?
- Outdoor Fashion - direct sunlight, controlled shadow, heavy overcast, backlit sun, open shade, reflected shade. A final tip.
- Outdoor illustration - Direct sun and reflector. Backlit sun and reflector. Overcast and reflectors. Direct low sun. Tent lighting. Gradated background.
- Indoor illustration - Window lighting, exposure and development, bottles and jewelry, directional light.
- Outdoor portraits - Open shadow, directional shadow, back-lighting, Sun and reflector. Direct sunlight.
- Indoor Portraits - One window, one window plus table, one window plus door, two windows, open room lighting.
- Color - Differences between color and black and white, how to deal with them.
- North Light - How to produce it. How to compensate for it. Advantage of soft lighting
- Scenics and abstracts - Areas of specialty. Using filters. Abstract ideas
- Low Light - Films, push-processing, latensification, intensification, long exposure, lenses, light meters.
- Action and Night - Showing action, to freeze or not to freeze, tripods, separation in night scenes
- General photography - day to day situations, an available light system
CONDITION: Soft cover, 80 pages, Very Good, 1976
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