Another very limited book from this publisher. It's a basic book and helpful if you've not done any considered portrait photography before.

This book begins with a section on lighting equipment and the basic techniques (loop, butterfly lighting, etc). The second part, Portrait Lighting Lessons are specific lighting scenarios such as high key lighting and simulating sunlight as well as lighting for specific client needs such as a business portrait. I'm hoping to try out the double key lighting technique he goes through. I was also happy to see lighting for dark skin tones with light clothing and light skin tones with dark clothing - that this one is not as hard as it gets made out to be. This is simply a great all around lighting book.

Christopher Grey delivers in this fine volume on lighting techniques for portraits. One of the few portrait photography books that provides consistent lighting diagrams for many of the photos. An ideal reference book for the amateur to professional photographer.

Speaking as an advanced photographer but relatively neophyte to studio portraiture, this book is exactly what I needed. It gives you quite a few “typical” lighting scenarios, with very specific instructions of how to achieve them. It’s kind of a course in studio portrait lighting. To be honest, I found it almost as useful as the $300 course I took at a nationally renowned art/design school.

What I liked about this book was the simplicity of the lighting setups and the down to earth way he explains why they're used. Very helpful.

A solid overview of various portrait lighting techniques. The sample photos and his talk on ratios is some of the best I've read on the topic. While there is nothing new and "edgy" here, this book covers all the basic setups for portraiture really well.

Highly recommended as a reference

Now that I am getting into studio photography this book is invaluable. Well-written and useful.