I can’t remember how I found out about this book – I’m sure it was recommended to me. Anyway, I’ve had this book for 4 or 5 years now (first edition), and it is easily my most borrowed book at work. Jeremy Birn is currently a Lighting Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios, (he’s worked on Cars and The Incredibles), so you can be assured he knows his stuff.

The book itself is non-application specific, but deals with light theory (did you know that red things appear closer than blue things, so you can add artificial depth to a scene just by the choice of your lighting colours?), and it’s worth the money if you simply want to learn how to use a simple 3 point light setup for your portfolio.

Anyway, the book is now in its second edition, with a massive amount of new content, so there really is no excuse for me not buying it.

“Digital Lighting and Rendering” (Jeremy Birn)

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