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Packed with incredible images and step-by-step techniques, this book is a must have for commercial, wedding, and portrait photographers working on location who want to maximize their time behind the camera and minimize their time spent hauling cumbersome lighting equipment. The tips show how to select easily portable and versatile equipment for location shoots, cutting down on the packing and porting of expensive equipment. With techniques and information on the latest technology--including battery-powered flashes and accessories--this reference shows photographers how to work with smaller and lighter-weight lighting equipment without sacrificing quality. Whether shooting portraits, landscapes, or interiors, whether indoors or out, photographers will embrace the portable approach offered in this valuable resource. FEATURES • Purchasing tips for studio lighting equipment, including budget-conscious options for strobe and continuous sources • Building your lighting arsenal with a trip to the home supply store • Shaping the light with commercial modifiers or inexpensive do-it-yourself devices • Simple tools for big results in table-top photography • Creating outstanding studio portraits with simple tools and backdrops AUTHOR: Kirk Tuck is a former photography professor and creative director of an advertising firm who currently works as a freelance photographer with clients such as IBM, Dell Computer, Motorola, ""Elle"" magazine, and Time Warner. He was chosen as the 2008 chapter president for the Austin/San Antonio American Society of Media Photographers. He lives in Austin, Texas. ILLUSTRATIONS: 225 colour photos

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[ Minimalist Lighting ] is what you need to get you started. --sacramentoreviewofbooks.com The beauty of this book is how much information is packed into 122 pages of content. And yet the information and explanations are deep enough to give the reader an understanding of the subject in order to start experimenting with it. --robmalgieri.com This guide has it all, from studio portraits to product shots and beyond. -- Shutterbug Richly illuminated with location portraits and a few still lifes, and written in a clean down-to-earth style. --ppmag.com I wanted to do a shoot using just the sunlight outside my studio. No electronic flashes, no multiple light sources, and no large studio flashes. --Kirk Tuck, Studio Photography Pure gold, showing real solutions to real lighting situations and along the way creating some of the most natural-looking on-location portraits. -- Shutterbug This is a quiet book full of information, but bubbling with the kind of energy that is created when you realize you can do what you thought you couldn't. --Lighting Essentials.com

The beauty of this book is how much information is packed into 122 pages of content. And yet the information and explanations are deep enough to give the reader an understanding of the subject in order to start experimenting with it. --robmalgieri.com

Richly illuminated with location portraits and a few still lifes, and written in a clean down-to-earth style. --ppmag.com

"""[""Minimalist Lighting""] is what you need to get you started."" --sacramentoreviewofbooks.com ""The beauty of this book is how much information is packed into 122 pages of content. And yet the information and explanations are deep enough to give the reader an understanding of the subject in order to start experimenting with it."" --robmalgieri.com ""This guide has it all, from studio portraits to product shots and beyond."" --""Shutterbug"" ""Richly illuminated with location portraits and a few still lifes, and written in a clean down-to-earth style."" --ppmag.com ""I wanted to do a shoot using just the sunlight outside my studio. No electronic flashes, no multiple light sources, and no large studio flashes."" --Kirk Tuck, ""Studio Photography"" ""Pure gold, showing real solutions to real lighting situations and along the way creating some of the most natural-looking on-location portraits."" --""Shutterbug"" ""This is a quiet book full of information, but bubbling with the kind of energy that is created when you realize you can do what you thought you couldn't."" --Lighting Essentials.com"

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Kirk Tuck is an award-winning advertising photographer whose clients include Dell, ""Elle"" magazine, IBM, and Motorola. He is the author of ""Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography."" He lives in Austin, Texas.

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