Learning to use light creatively is one of the key skills required for better picture taking. The Essential Lighting Manual for Photographers offers a guide to mastering the art, empowering the amateur photographer and enabling the professional. The book is organized thematically by types of lighting and lighting technique with inspirational illustrations from portrait, landscape, natural history, travel, close-up, architecture, interior, and animal photography. Technical information covered includes; methods of metering light and achieving correct exposure, and why reflectors are so important; the use of natural daylight, both indoors and out: the use of artificial light: and techniques to push photographic results beyond the realms of "the snapshot." There is also a detailed guide to studio lighting equipment.