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Thank goodness for Smartflix because if I had paid $40 for this dvd, I'd be upset. It's very scant on info and extremely short. Covers 2 basic lighting setups very quickly. A 3rd light setup is covered, and is even more basic than the first two. Trust me here, it cannot possibly get any more basic than the 3rd setup. What this all revealed to me is, Mr Hauser is either not revealing his signature methods(why should he? oh yeah, cuz he was paid to)or more likely, I feel, he gets 90% of his signature style from personal interaction (something very hard to teach) and the darkroom, as he shoots film. If you're a beginning photographer you will get "some" basic info from this dvd. Experienced photographers look elsewhere, as the info here has been covered everywhere else. Nothing new. Even if you shoot film.
Light is light and the methods of using it for photography haven't changed. This is a very good video series. It's also a nostalgia trip. :-)
This dvd set, and I recommend the set be rented not just one disc, covers a lot of ground. Various shooting setups and not just the lighting setups but the reasoning/rationale behind controlling the light. The video and styles are dated but the principals are not. If there is one nit to pick it's that Dean talks about a gazillion miles an hour in the first two dvd's. He slows down later in the series and there is always the narrator throughout the set that is clear, deliberate and easy to understand.
