Covers the equipment needed, including the cameras, lenses, and the accessories that are essential to creating high-quality film noir images. Explores the type of images that are classed as film noir, and the difference between the film noir look and standard black and white portraits. Shares tips and tricks to improve your images, keep your costs down, and make your lighting set-ups easy. Guides you through lighting set-ups in detail, especially speedlights and studio flash heads. Recreates some classic film noir images and ideas, and explains the main components of chiaroscuro light (quantity, quality, color, and direction). Explains how to shoot film noir images inside, covering lighting, setting ideas, and potential set-ups, then moves outside on location. Advises how to finish your images in a digital darkroom and achieve a true film noir look.