lighting

I believe MR Krist has written a book that allows photographers who have progressed or wish to progress beyond a one flash light "system" to use as an all purpose guide. This book is NOT just for Nikon users! MR Krist used several different lighting systems in the book. He has a flair for mixing available light, battery powered flashs and portable strobe systems with gels, umbrellas, WEIN triggers/optical slaves to create his images. MR Krist creates environment portraits as the signature style for his coporpate photography. These skills translate well when we want to "spice" up mundane locations with just enough light to make the images look like candid photography. MR Krist's photography can also easily translate into tools for creating product shots, dynamic still life shots and a host of other subjects.
The book follows a logical and easy to read sequence. He addresses basics of lighting. The book gradually builds up to include lighting schemes needed to create complex images.
MR Krist provides sound advice for people who are building or wish to buy a lighting system. See pages page 75 and pages 119 - 127 before making decisions on what lighting system you may want to own. These pages are also helpful if you are looking to upgrade your equipment. MR Krist gives sound advice on selecting light stands, umbrellas, lighting cases, gels, optical slaves, flash cords, batteries and small details that we need to consider when we assemble a flexible lighting system. I wish I'd seen this book three years ago, when I first started to put together a multiple flash kit.

This is a great book if you already have some knowledge of photography and own Nikon equipments. I already owned Nikon gear when I bought this book. So it was very helpful. Also there are lots of things that you can learn from it even if you have camera other than Nikon. The quality of pictures were very good and his writing style is easy to understand. He really shows way to get great effects with one or more than one light source. This book motivated me to shoot more challenging pictures.

I find this book to be fairly easy read (english is not my first language) though you probably need to have some basic knowledge of photography. He illustrates and describes how he has taken the pictures shown in the book, and it seems to me that it is more a book on personal experiences, and therefor it's mainly about use of his own equiptment (Nikon SLR, Nikon SB24/26 flash etc.)