Learn how to masterfully use outdoor light to create perfect portraits with this must-have book. Stephen Dantzig shows you how to use natural light, when and how to supplement that light with flash fill, barebulb, and strobes, and how to use light modifiers to sculpt and flatter the subject. Detailed lighting diagrams are included, showing you how to re-create lighting styles and create the images your clients demand.

FEATURES

*The laws that govern outdoor lighting: how to use some simple calculations to predict the effects of the light

*Modifying light for the best effect

*Lighting ratios: how to sculpt your clients' faces for flattering images

*Adding flash fill, barebulb, and strobes to enhance existing light

*Lighting diagrams show you how to quickly and precisely duplicate the lighting styles shown in the book

*Photoshop tips for perfecting the most common image flaws

Stephen Dantzig, PsyD is an award winning photographer who is a former Vice President of the Professional Photographers of Los Angeles County and former editor of PPLAC's monthly publication Reflector. Stephen is the author of numerous articles and lessons on photographic lighting and ethics. His work has appeared in Rangefinder, Studio Photography and Design, Professional Photographer, ProPhoto West, This Week Magazine (Hawaii), Pleasant Hawaii Magazine, Doll Reader, Metropolitan Home, Studio City Lifestyles Magazine, Santa Clarita Valley Living, the Portrait Photographer's Handbook, and the Los Angeles Times. He is a frequent contributor to the Photoflex Web Photo School. Stephen holds a Doctor of Psychology degree from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology and also works with school children with severe physical and cognitive disabilities.