John is the author of Lighting for Digital Video & Television (2010, Elsevier press).  The newly-released and greatly expanded third edition is entirely in color, with international references for electrical codes and terminology!  For several years the previous two editions have ranked as the top-selling books on the topic at Amazon.com; it is used as a textbook in many college and university film programs.

He is also the author of Bluescreen Compositing (2006, Focal Press), an in-depth tutorial on all the facets of creating special effects through color-based compositing, so common in films today.


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John is currently working on a theological book with the working title Deinstitutionalizing Jesus.  Probably for a different audience than his previous tomes!