Also known as the “Dean of Photography” was the very first person to present lighting in a way that I could grasp. His explanations of 3 Dimensional Contrast lighting, describing specular, diffuse and shadow areas of the subject got me thinking in whole new ways about photography and how the light affects what we are seeing.
Sadly Dean was gone before I had ever heard of him, but his videos are still available from Software Cinema and I have watched a number of them.
His videos allowed me to develop new ideas about how I might light and shoot different subjects. It was amazing to me how he would produce drastically different images outdoors by simply using a reflector and a scrim. Subject on one side you get a high-key image, move to the other side and get a low-key image.
He also wrote a booklet about Do-It-Yourself scrims, reflectors and flash modifiers using schedule 40 PVC pipe called Tinker Tubes. I have seen this booklet on the web, but it is copyrighted work so please do not download it illegally. There are plenty of copy-cat productions on the web like this, but Dean’s designs are better, in my opinion.
It is well worth your time to watch more of his presentations, especially if you are trying to learn lighting and exposure.