Preface to the 3rd Edition

This book has been updated with the following items added:

•  Information on newly designed lighting instruments (i.e. LED lights)

•  Expanded sections on HMI and Fluorescent lighting

•  A chapter on how to light specific scenarios with exercises for students to duplicate the set-up in addition to come up with their own lighting plan using the same instruments as well as different ones

•  Lighter and smaller lighting instruments and how to use them effectively

•  Color images throughout

As the title of this book implies (Placing Shadows: Lighting Techniques for Video Production), when you illuminate a set or location, your desire is to have a purpose for each shadow and where it falls. In other words, you are “placing ...

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