Christopher Grey's Vintage Lighting: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Portrait Lighting Techniques from 1910 to 1970 Paperback – September 1, 2011

The book is a very hands on study on emulating vintage lighting using modern photography equipment. The author is detailing in his reasoning and the equipment and steps used to produce the effects. The photos in the book illustrate the themes being talked about for each period.The only thing I was missing in the book were actual historical era examples for comparison. They were probably committed for reasons of copyright and the costs in obtaining reproduction rights. Since there are plenty of comparative photos in the internet today it does not reflect poorly own the book.I would recommend the book for mid-range and professional portrait photographers.

This book is informative and easy to understand, There are clear diagrams and a lot of useful information

If vintage portraiture is your thing. Then this book is a must. Very well written.Covers many styles over the decades.

This guide contains information I have found nowhere else to practice lighting as done by our forefathers.

Beautiful book

great thanks

Christopher Grey's books can always be counted on to enrich the skill set of any photographer. This latest version is no exception as Mr Grey tackles some of the more interesting lighting styles used by photographers for seven decades. The essential element for success in photography today is to deliver images that can't be created by your competition. Whether that competition is a point and shoot in the hands of an inspired amateur or another professional in your community, you must distinguish yourself from their work. With the techniques presented in this book, you will be well prepared to expand the looks you can offer your client. I feel that only one good technique is enough to justify the purchase of a book. This book overflows with new ideas and techniques and is easily the best that Mr Grey has produced. I have been working with boudoir, pin-up, and George Hurrell style image creation for some time. I realize that I have barely scratched the surface and I am very excited to take these new techniques into my studio. Great Job!!!!!

I am sorry. But this book is rubbish. It has no in-depth analysis of lighting per period, it doesn't talk much about ratios people used, about actual lighting techniques and how to achieve same results (ok, admittedly you can't cheat physics completely and mimic fresnel lens effect with mere snoot, but come on..).Has few decent photographs, but thats about it. Useless, if you really want to learn something and not just copy. Better spend your money on cinematography operator books if you want to do vintage (pre-70s) , and on 70s/80s photography books...