Chroma: A Photographer’s Guide to Lighting with Color

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Learning to work with light is the most important milestone in every photographer’s career, and the ability to craft light to fit your vision for an image is a skill that cannot be overrated. Most regularly, that crafting of light is spoken of in relation to the quality and quantity of light. But there is the most important, third component of light that heavily influences the final look of the image: the color of light. In Chroma: A Photographer’s Guide to Lighting with Color, photographer Nick Fancher helps you elevate your game in relation to introducing the bold, creative, and intentional use of color into your work.

Whether you’re the usage of a high-powered strobe or a small hotshoe flash, Chroma is for you. Nick begins with a discussion of color theory, gels, and white balance, then examines how to decide which colors complement your subject matter (whether that’s people or products). He moves on to cover topics such as:

  • Balancing, mixing, and overpowering ambient light with artificial light
  • Layering colors for unique color combinations
  • Mixing hard and soft light to achieve extremely rich color
  • Lighting detail and texture
  • Modifier options, such as ring flash, snoots, barn doors, softboxes, and filters
  • Gobos to keep an eye on the light
  • Post-processing for vibrant, powerful colors
  • How (and why) to light with color, even when the end goal is a black and white image

Illustrated during with innovative and expressive imagery, Chroma also includes at the back of-the-scenes photos, lighting diagrams, and Lightroom settings so you’ll follow along from the initial concept through to the final edit.

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