The elements of photography understanding and creating sophisticated images
Photography is a complex craft. Some excel at the technical side of image-making, focusing perfectly on the subject, releasing the shutter at just the right moment and making exposures with the precise amount of light. Others are artists and storytellers, capturing a fleeting moment in time which in...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Focal Press
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627646806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; THE ELEMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 PART 1: FRAMING AND BORDERS; What Is "The Photographic Image" Exactly?; Framing: The First Photographic Element; Affecting Visual Quality and Photographic Meaning through Conscious Framing; Organizing the Frame: Vantage Point, Juxtaposition, and Picture Planes; Contact Sheets: Key to Choosing the Best Frame; Cropping: Framing After the Fact; Borders: The Exterior Edge of the Frame; Traditional Darkroom Border Techniques
- The Digital Realm: Borders Without Film EdgesChapter Exercises; Portfolio Pages; PART 2: USING MULTIPLE FRAMES; Multi-panel Panoramas; Making Contact Sheet Images; Chapter Exercises; Portfolio Pages; CHAPTER 2 FOCUS: APERTURES, LENSES, AND DEPTH OF FIELD; Focus: The Second Photographic Element; Apertures: A Brief Technical Background; Depth of Field: A Brief Technical Background; Cameras without Lenses; Affecting Visual Quality and Photographic Meaning with Apertures and Lenses; Digital Darkroom Focus Effects; Chapter Exercises; Portfolio Pages; CHAPTER 3 SHUTTER SPEEDS: TIME AND MOTION
- Shutter Speeds: The Third Photographic ElementShutter Speeds: A Brief Technical Background; Affecting Visual Quality and Photographic Meaning Using Shutter Speeds; The Delineation of Time in a Photograph; Traditional Darkroom Techniques for Overlapped and Blurred Time; Chapter Exercises; Portfolio Pages; CHAPTER 4 MATERIALS AND PROCESSES: THE AGGREGATE IMAGE; Materials and Processes: Technical Considerations and Visual Outcomes; A Case Study in the Effects of Materials and Processes; In the Gallery: Display Materials and Considerations; Chapter Exercises; Portfolio Pages; CONCLUSION
- TUTORIALSWORKS CITED; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; INDEX
