Exploring color photography from film to pixels
The classic book on color photography is back in print and completely revamped for a digital photography audience! Learn from step-by-step instruction, illustrative charts, and unbelievably inspirational imagery in this guide meant just for color photographers. World renowned artists give you insigh...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington, Mass. :
Focal Press
2011.
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| Edición: | 5th ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628223306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Exploring Color Photography; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Contributors to Exploring Color Photography; Chapter 1. Color Photography Concepts; Newton's Light Experiment; Dual Nature of Light: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle; How We See Color; Young's Theory Applied to Color Photography; Color Reality; Color Description-Hue, Saturation, and Luminance (hsl); Color Relativity; Color Contrast; Color Harmony; Color Observations; Subtraction of Color; Afterimage; Cooking with Color; Chapter 2. A Concise History of Color Photography
- The First Color Photographs: Applied Color ProcessesDirect Color Process: First Experiments; The Hillotype Controversy; The Additive Theory: First Photographic Image in Color; Direct Interference Method of Gabriel Lippmann; Additive Screen Processes; Additive Equipment; The Subtractive Method; Subtractive Film and Chromogenic Development; The Kodachrome Process; Additional Color Processes; Color Gains Acceptance in the Art World; Digital Imaging; Chapter 3. Exposing the Light; An Exposure Starting Place; How a Camera Light Meter Works; Reflective and Incident Light; How a Histogram Works
- Using a Gray CardCamera Metering Methods and Programs; Brightness Range; Basic Light Reading Methods; Light Metering Techniques; White Balance; Color Modes; Image Enhancement Modes; Electronic Flash and Basic Fill Flash; Unusual Lighting Conditions; Reciprocity Law; Chapter 4. Filtering the Light; Our Sun: a Continuous Spectrum Source; Color Temperature and the Kelvin Scale; The Color of Light; What Does a Filter Do?; Filter Categories for Color Films; Reflections: Polarized and Unpolarized Light; Ultraviolet Light Filters; Special Effects Filters; Fluorescent and Other Gas-filled Lights
- Why a Color May Not Reproduce CorrectlyTaking Chances; Chapter 5. Seeing the Light; How We See; Visual or Haptic-Which Are You?; Photography's Visual Transformation; The Color Key and the Composition Key; Figure-ground Relationships; Natural Light; The Time of Day/types of Light; The Weather and Color Materials; Chapter 6. The Visual Language of Color Design; Seeing Is Thinking; What Is a Good Photograph?; Making an Effective Photograph That Communicates; Putting It All Together; The Photographer's Special License; The Language of Vision; Chapter 7. Working Color Strategies; The Angle of View
- Selective FocusContrast with Color; Color Harmony; Dominant Color; Isolated Use of Color; Monochrome; Perspective; Subdued Color; Opposites: Colors Attract and Repel; Chapter 8. The Interaction of Color, Movement, Space, and Time; The Search for Time; Mastering Digital Layers; Controlling Photographic Time; Postvisualization; Composite Pictures; Appropriation: Where Does Art Come From?; Penetrating the Photographic Mirror; Chapter 9. Digital Input; Digital Photography: an Introduction; The Comparative and the Cultural Eye; Appropriation, Stock Images, and Copyright Issues
- Pixels and Silver Crystals
