Starting Photography
Focal Press (Verlag)
978-0-240-51484-0 (ISBN)
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A practical book for the absolute beginner. Learn how to compose your pictures for more visual effect, understand the camera controls that will allow you more creative freedom, tackle different subjects and difficult lighting conditions, photograph in a studio and process and print your own pictures in the darkroom. Each chapter is fully illustrated with colour examples and suggestions for practical exercises allow you to practice and explore different effects.
Features include:
* how to select and compose a good shot
* how different cameras operate: whether film, digital or APS
* how to use camera controls; shutter speed, focus, zoom setting, use of flash etc. for creative effect
* advice on tackling different subjects
* visually identifying and overcoming common faults
* exploring simple special effects and unusual images
* setting up an indoor studio
* processing and printing your own black and white prints in the darkroom
* ways of mounting and presenting your work
'Starting Photography' is an authoritative start-up guide written by a leading photography writer with an international reputation. This edition is eminently suited to practical photography courses and has been updated to cover the latest City and Guilds 9231 syllabus. It also includes projects designed to encourage experimentation.
Michael Langford, renowned author, teacher, and practitioner, is a legend because of his skill that balanced art and technique. He inspired and taught thousands. As Photography Course Director at the Royal College of Art, London, UK, his key involvement with photography courses and exams set the standard worldwide.
Picture Making: Seeing and photographing, Using the viewfinder - framing up, Creating a point of emphasis, Picking lighting conditions, Pattern, texture and shape, Using colour. Camera and Film: Camera principles, 35mm film cameras, Films, Digital cameras. Creative use of Camera Controls: Shutter speeds and movement, Focus and aperture, Choice of exposure, Changing focal length, Flash and its control, Projects. Tackling Subjects: People, Places, Animal portraits, Landscapes, Close-up subjects, Tackling self set-themes, Projects. Troubleshooting: Assessing results from the lab. Experimental and Constructed Pictures: Letting the image move, Exploring reflections, Using lens attachments, Combining pictures, Manipulating prints. Projects. Using a Studio: Setting up, Controlling lighting. Film Processing and Printing (B & W): Processing a film, Contact printing, Enlarging. Presenting and Assessing Your Work: Finishing off, presenting pictures in sets, Evaluating your results.
Appendices: Roll-film and sheet-fed cameras, Using a hand-held meter, Batteries, Health and safety in photography, Chemically treating B & W prints. Glossary; How they were taken
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.9.1999 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-240-51484-X / 024051484X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-240-51484-0 / 9780240514840 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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