Still life lighting book

[jonathan.lipkin]

I'm teaching a course in the fall which will have some studio photography, and a section on tabletop still life shooting. Can anyone recommend a good book which specifically deals with lighting small still-lifes? I have plenty on lighting basics, and studio photography, but could sue one for them (and for me to brush up on) which deals with lighting. I may use Light, Science and Magic, but it might be a bit too techincal and would like something with examples.

[TH_Alpa]

Dear Jonathan,

If you are not afraid to have it in German, there is a superb book about stills lighting from a very good Swiss photographer, Dennis Savini.
He is a wonderful person to explain in easy words how things are done. I have run many workshops with him together, all about how to light stills (liquids, jewelery, etc ...).
Have a look at his work here:

http://www.srfo.to

The title of his (new) book is "Dennis Savini: Professionelle Studiofotografie"

Hope this helps.
BR
Thierry

I'm teaching a course in the fall which will have some studio photography, and a section on tabletop still life shooting. Can anyone recommend a good book which specifically deals with lighting small still-lifes? I have plenty on lighting basics, and studio photography, but could sue one for them (and for me to brush up on) which deals with lighting. I may use Light, Science and Magic, but it might be a bit too techincal and would like something with examples.

[jonathan.lipkin]

ach du leiber, my german is  a bit non-existant, but the site is quite interesting.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[abdulrahim62]

Hi,

I love this book " STILL LIFE and SPECIAL EFFECTS Photography".

I got it from Amazon and like it very much

[alain]

I may use Light, Science and Magic, but it might be a bit too techincal and would like something with examples.

But a book to have and remember...

You could add you're own examples.  Then you can make them close to the interest the students have.

[paulmoorestudio]

I taught studio lighting a few years back and went back to the book which helped me understand product lighting when I started and it is
still a great reference book .. "the secrets of product lighting" or something like that by Gary Perweiler.. 80's style but the concepts
are the same, and a great starting point to understand studio lighting.

[jonathan.lipkin]

Paul - looks like an excellent book. I'm ordering a copy for myself, but it's out of print and don't think I can adopt it.

I am seriously thinking about the light science and magic text, but it's a bit wordy, and getting my students to read is like pulling teeth sometimes.

[paulmoorestudio]

oh, you need something for the whole class..
I found an chalk board to make lighting diagrams helpful for lectures.. but spent 75% of the time doing hands on demos in studio.. more work than shooting a job!
good luck.

[jonathan.lipkin]

Yeah - going to have to spend some time this summer setting up demos, etc. It always helps if they've done a bit of reading before class to have a place to start.