PhotographyThis book provides an inspirational education in photography for art, design and photography students as well as young and new photographers. An accessible, original guide, it explores the subjects and themes that have always obsessed photographers and explains technique in a clear and simple way. Embracing the whole spectrum of photography from traditional to digital, it introduces the work of the masters of the art as well as showing fresh, dynamic images created by young photographers from all over the world. An essential resource, the book also provides a valuable overview of careers in photography and a comprehensive reference section. |
Contents
Whats so great about photography? | |
How does filmbased photography work? 16 | |
Where has photography come from? 22 | |
The portrait 28 | |
The selfportrait 38 | |
The city 45 | |
The landscape 54 | |
Fashion 66 | |
Selecting a camera that uses film 156 | |
The controls of the camera 170 | |
Shutter speed all in the timing 176 | |
Composition order or disorder 182 | |
Colour photography 188 | |
Photoshop 202 | |
Photo opportunities 208 | |
Fashion magazines 216 | |
Telling a story with photos 72 | |
Documentary photography 78 | |
Telling a story in a book of pictures 87 | |
Persuasion 94 | |
Finding inspiration 104 | |
IV | |
What do you need to be a photographer? 222 | |
Exhibiting 228 | |
Photography and the law 234 | |
Photo sources and credits 254 | |
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