Collection of lighting threads on DP Review

[srwatters]

This is a cut and paste from the lighting technique forum over on DP Review by Chuck Gardner. I find his writing style to be easy to read and his technique excellent. Bookmark this thread and give it a read.

Here are a collection of tutorial threads I've posted here in the past which you may find helpful:

Basics for Beginners:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=11810851

Lighting 101:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...essage=7351593

Lighting 102:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...essage=7490406

Using "Inside-Out" Cropping to isolate your center of interest:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=12312255

Human Perception Exercise
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...essage=9544546

Criteria for selecting backgrounds:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=12307659

Lighting ratios and flash metering techniques:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...essage=8206126

Comparison of Beauty Dish with Softbox:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=10139440

Using dual camera style (hotshoe) flashes for candids:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=12307416

Also read this one by Joe Zeltsman. The equipment advice and examples are a dated, by his simple to understand explainations of the human form and how to best reveal it with pose and light are among the best I've read.

http://jzportraits.home.att.net/chapter-01.html

[dquisenberry]

To supplement that:

on prophotoforum:
http://www.prophotoforum.com/index.php?topic=286.0

on zuga:
http://www.zuga.net/forums/showthread.php?t=28658

[Redmouse]

Thanks for putting these together!

[Abel]

great info! thanks