Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Basics of Good Lighting and Exposure -- High-Contrast Lighting -- Low-Contrast Lighting -- High-Key Lighting -- Low-Key Lighting -- Light and the Exposure Triangle -- F/Stops -- Shutter Speeds -- Focal Planes and Shutter Speeds -- Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings -- 2 Optimizing Exposure -- Metering Modes -- Evaluative/Matrix -- Partial -- Spot -- Center-Weighted -- Averaging -- Aperture Priority -- Shutter Priority -- Programmed Exposure Modes -- Manual Exposure -- Adjusting Exposure/EV -- Bracketing -- Histograms -- Gray Cards, Light Meters, and Do-It-Yourself Exposure -- 3 Available Light -- White Balance -- Manual White Balance -- Creating Your Own White Balance Settings -- Color and Mood -- Filling in Shadows -- Using Reflectors -- White Poster Board -- Foam Board -- Aluminum Foil -- Mylar Sheets -- Auto Sunscreens -- Umbrellas -- Black Cardboard or Cloth -- Polarizing Filters -- Polarizers and Wide-Angle Lenses -- Lighting and the Sky -- Using Graduated Neutral Density Filters -- 4 Electronic Flash Fundamentals -- How Flash Works -- Types of Portable Electronic Flash -- Built-in Flash -- Add-on Flash -- Studio Flash -- Using Flash Creatively -- Bounce Flash -- Flash on a Bracket -- Off-Camera Flash -- Multiple Flash -- Paint with Light -- Determining Exposure -- Automatic TTL Flash Exposure -- Guide Numbers -- Flash Meters -- Choosing a Flash Sync Mode -- Ghost Images -- High-Speed (FP) Sync -- Studio Flash -- Fill Flash -- 5 Using Portrait Lighting Tools -- Soft Lighting and Distance -- Balancing Light -- The Inverse Square Law -- Using Lighting Ratios -- Using a Main Light -- Fill Light -- Other Lights -- Background Light -- Hair Light -- Reflectors -- Umbrellas -- Soft Boxes -- Strip Lights -- 6 Portrait Lighting Techniques -- Lighting Setup Basics -- Split Lighting -- Side/Profile Lighting.

Backlighting -- 45-Degree Lighting -- Short Lighting -- Broad Lighting -- Butterfly Lighting -- Rembrandt Lighting -- 7 Lighting and Action -- Indoor Lighting -- Fast Shutter Speeds -- Slow Shutter Speeds -- Outdoor Lighting -- Flash or Existing Light? -- 8 Close-up and Macro Lighting -- Lighting Challenges -- Magnification and Perspective -- Working with Existing Light -- Working with Electronic Flash -- Working with Continuous Lighting -- High- and Low-Contrast Close-ups -- Tent Lighting -- 9 Travel and Architecture -- Choosing the Best Light and Best Angle -- Monuments and Museums -- Interiors -- Mixed Illumination -- Sunsets and Sunrises -- Night Lighting -- Fireworks -- Water, Beaches, and Snow -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.