Mortensen

[Mark Layne]

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

Mark

 

[Jim Noel]

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.

 

[phfitz]

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.

 

[John Anders]

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]

Mortensen's lighting

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

 

[Mark Layne]

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]

Do a search on addall.com or abebooks.com

One of them is very likely to find several copies.

 

[polaski]

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.