May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
7h 3m
English
“Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.”
–Sam Francis
“Light is therefore colour.”
–J. M. W. Turner
“Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
–Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
While I suppose nearly every book on photo technique teaches “color” photography (save for maybe a book about Ansel Adams’ Zone System), this book will delve into the many possibilities afforded to you once you begin implementing color into your lighting. I’ve long been inspired and motivated by bold uses of vibrant colors by photographers such as Nadav Kander and Miles Aldridge. Kander’s subtle use of color in the shadow portions of his portraits are just as powerful and exciting to me as Aldridge’s calculated, yet playful, ...