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Mark Layne

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Anyone have a photocopiable copy of William Mortensen's treatise on portrait lighting using a single light?

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why not just search for a copy of the book. They rarely go for more than $15 - 20 and then you will have the whole story.
 

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Mark,

Look for:

Pictorial Lighting
Outdoor Portraiture
The Model

all by William Mortensen, he didn't cover it all in 1 book.

Have fun with the hunt.
 

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Mortensen's lighting

There's a useful bit about the Mortensen one light technique in Barry Thornton's "The Edge of Darkness".(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
 

John Anders

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Mortensen's lighting

There's a useful bit about the Mortensen one light technique in Barry Thornton's "The Edge of Darkness".
 
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Mark Layne

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There's a useful bit about the Mortensen one light technique in Barry Thornton's "The Edge of Darkness".
That's where I got the info. Haven't been able to find the Mortensen book however.
Mark
 

Jim Noel

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Do a search on addall.com or abebooks.com

One of them is very likely to find several copies.
 

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Easier to buy the book.

Pictorial Lighting is available at www.abebooks starting at US$7.50. I have a copy, and it's well worth reading -- and reading again.

You may also be interested in Light on People, by Paul Petzold.
 
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