Previous news story Next news story

Book Review: Shooting in Sh*tty Light

May 20, 2013 at 20:46:58 GMT

ARTICLE BOOK-REVIEW TECHNIQUE

Pin It

Print view

Lindsay Adler and Erik Valind, both working professionals and educators, have written a beginner’s guide to photographic lighting with an unusual conceit at its core. By structuring a book around a list of common challenges - what they call the 'top ten worst situations' - they've created a digestible, useful 'lighting 101' guide. In this short review, Adam Koplan takes a look at their book 'Shooting in Sh*tty Light: The Top Ten Worst Photography Lighting Situations and How to Conquer Them'.

Click here to read Adam Koplan's review of 'Shooting in Sh*tty Light'

Comments

Total comments: 32

thaks. 5 minutes and i download that book for free.
xoxoxo from pirate Ukraine!

0 upvotes

Eye of Providence (see the shape of her face and hair)

0 upvotes

Countless books about photography so it makes you wonder why DPreview decided to make a news about this one in particular...
Are the authors superstars of photography? or they paid for the "free" promotion? or the title was the reason it caught up? or... fill in you speculation here

2 upvotes

...hopefully for money or would you like them to work for free? Or would you like to pay them instead:D? or, as usual, someone thought it would be fun as a news.. oooooor something like this might be useful to the majority of beginners in photography.. There are other choices to fill in if you add a grain of sugar:D:D

0 upvotes

Are replies allowed in this thread by anyone under 65 years old?

2 upvotes

I'm under 65 so yes.

0 upvotes

If you find any....

0 upvotes

A summary of the book in 3 words:

Use a flash.

2 upvotes

Yes with more assistance !

0 upvotes

Continuing the grand tradition of judging the book by its cover... it's not the censored `shitty' that puts me off, it's the composition with that block of white stuck out of her head in the top-left corner.

0 upvotes

* = h! Ti

0 upvotes

Idiotic title that gives the impression that the book has been written by one of those pathetic kiddies who thinks it's 'cool' to swear. Might be a great book but I won't be buying it.

12 upvotes

My sentiments exactly. I don't get how two adult professionals could be so proud to announce to the world that this is the most compelling title they could dream up for their books.

5 upvotes

Hah! I know that model. <3 Kara. Beautiful model!

0 upvotes

The book is great!! love it!

0 upvotes

Disgusting title. I would never buy this book. A terrible example to young photographers on expressing themselves.

Comment edited 1 minute after posting

12 upvotes

Are you for real? What are you, 90 years old or a monk? It's got to be one of the two.

8 upvotes

Don't feed the troll Welly

2 upvotes

Here sir, you dropped your monocle.

2 upvotes

Pathetic name for a book.

11 upvotes

Don't judge a book by its title.

3 upvotes

Would it it be better if they used the word Cr*ppy?

Cuz the two words are the exact same thing only some doofus thought one is worse than the other, and in America one is on a censored list and the other is not. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

Sh*t is one of the funniest words in the English language in its actual slang use. Ex: Ah sh*t! (admittance of wrongdoing or a mistake, or something gone wrong)- usually funny or at least revealing.

And its hypocrytical to use the word then be offended when it's on a title, I think. It's just that all your life someone told you it's a bad word so ... you think it's bad. But whats bad about it?

Oh that camera is cr*ppy- (same thing as sh*tty). Perfectly acceptable by most people, and yet? What's the difference?

I think the word pathetic is a sh*tty word, especially in its use here. :)

Carl

1 upvote

there is no such thing as sh*tty light - only enough or not enough at good or bad angles ;)

6 upvotes

Doesn't "not enough and at the wrong angles" pretty much describe "shitty light"?

Sounds like a pertinent topic. Although I prefer the challenge of shooting without all that paraphenalia, although I do more nature and street shooting, not so much portraiture.

Comment edited 2 times, last edit 6 minutes after posting

5 upvotes

color, size...

0 upvotes

This is just our share in the flood of books coming out now with Sh**tty in the title. Just like a few years ago we had a flood of titles in the pattern of Secrets of the Horse Whisper (dogs, baby, pets, numbers, turkey, kids, etc) It seemed like there were quite a few old projects gathering dust on a shelf somewhere that the companies decided might sell if they did a slight rewrite and stuck on a formulaic title.

2 upvotes

@OpticsEngineer,

Say what you will but Secrets of the Turkey Whisperer was a fantastic and inspiring read and it might do you some service to read it yourself.

5 upvotes

I did not know. I will see if I can find copy of the Turkey Whisperer the next time I am on Amazon. Thanks.

1 upvote

Pssssst... it was remaindered after Thanksgiving...

0 upvotes

'Secrets of the Turkey Whisperer'?
Yet another title using fowl language

7 upvotes

THIS IS AN AMAZON REMEMBER!!!

0 upvotes

The answer is that this is for beginners. I don't see why a PRO will not use a flash as it was stated in above reply. I wish luck with the sales to the authors.... I don't mind the title :)))

0 upvotes

Total comments: 32


Software technique: Photoshop Gradient Tool: Part 2 - Adjusting Images May 27, 2013	Photographer Greg Heisler and the story behind an ESPN cover photo Mar 18, 2013	Technique: Digital Photo Collages Jun 15, 2012	Martin Evening demonstrates extreme tonal edits in ACR7 and Lightroom 4 Apr 23, 2012

	Pentax Efina Jun 3, 2013
	Olympus PEN E-P5 May 10, 2013
	Samsung NX2000 May 1, 2013
	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V Apr 24, 2013
	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6 Apr 24, 2013
	Panasonic Lumix DMC-LF1 Apr 24, 2013
	Ricoh GR Apr 17, 2013
	Samsung NX1100 Apr 11, 2013
	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 Apr 9, 2013
	Fujifilm FinePix S8400W Mar 22, 2013
	Fujifilm FinePix XP200 Mar 22, 2013

Considering switch from Nikon, to replace D700 ...	150
Sobering Sales Numbers for Mirrorless	150
New Pentax K-50 leaked	75
Hmmm AF fine tuning : Bullsh#t	67
Praise the Macro Lenses. Post your best macros ...	49
How to turn my Canon PowerShot S3 IS into a ...	42
Still no signs of an Olympus f2.8 zoom?	39
Help me create the best 6D system on a $3500 ...	38
electronic first curtain shutter - on or off?	37
Selecting Camera	36
Mirrorless & DSLR Jan-April shipment & ...	34
K5(II) SD Card Door Coming Open	34
USPS... The worst mail servie in the world	34
Sigma 60/2.8... sigma be damned (for its ...	34
What's Happening to Sony Stores?	31
Done Deal - Switched to Fuji XE-1 from ...	31
Replacing Olympus OM-D with Fuji XE-1 or Xpro-1	30
micro 4/3s , Owls IF	30
Focal reducers, why complexity for the sake of ...	30
32mm f/1.2 to start shipping on June 13 !	28

Your email address:
Your name: