I’ve previously mentioned the excellent series of photography books produced by Craft and Vision; today a new book has been released.
Titled Making Light, the new work by Piet Van Den Eynde is an introduction to off-camera flash. At 63 pages, the book follows a great logical structure:
- Why off-camera flash is important
- Characteristics of light in general
- Basic flash fundamentals
- How those fundamentals translate to “real world” scenarios
- A look at basic flash gear (flashes and modifiers)
- Instructions for configuring Nikon and Canon cameras for off-camera flash
- Step by step instructions and deconstructions of various images showing how they were made
Overall it’s a great read and at the price of only $5.00 I might argue that it’s underpriced. The information is easily worth more. If you’re looking to start doing off-camera flash work, buy Making Light now.
