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David Busch’s Sony Alpha a6000/ILCE-6000 Guide to Digital Photography
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David Busch’s Sony Alpha a6000/ILCE-6000 Guide to Digital Photography

by David D. Busch
March 2016
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
10h 49m
English
Rocky Nook
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Making Light Work for You

Successful photographers and artists have an intimate understanding of the importance of light in shaping an image. Rembrandt was a master of using light to create moods and reveal the character of his subjects. The late artist Thomas Kinkade’s official tagline was “Painter of Light.” Dean Collins, co-founder of Finelight Studios, revolutionized how a whole generation of photographers learned and used lighting. It’s impossible to underestimate how the use of light adds to—and how misuse can detract from—your photographs.

All forms of visual art use light to shape the finished product. Sculptors don’t have control over the light used to illuminate their finished work, so they must create shapes using planes and curved ...

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