Creative Photography Lab

Creative Photography Lab

by Steve Sonheim, Carla Sonheim
Released August 2013
Publisher(s): Quarry Books
ISBN: 9781610589307

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Book description

Go ahead, have fun with your photography. Creative Photography Lab is a collection of fun and silly photography exercises designed to teach you something about your camera (and yourself!). Whether you’re rockin’ a digital SLR, a point and shoot, or even a phone camera, this book will: - Provide easy exercises to help you discover your own personal style.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction (1/3)
  5. Introduction (2/3)
  6. Introduction (3/3)
  7. UNIT 1 Fire Away
    1. Lab 1: Smartphone 30/30
    2. Lab 2: Blink!
    3. Lab 3: Blink! Revisited
    4. Lab 4: Shot in the Dark
    5. Lab 5: Hocus Focus
    6. Lab 6: Walk with a Blind Camera
    7. Lab 7: 100 Shots
    8. Lab 8: Spin Like a Top
    9. Lab 9: Mixed-Media Project with Carla: Textured Photo Flags
  8. UNIT 2 Seeing the Light
    1. Lab 10: Plus and Minus
    2. Lab 11: Light and Dark
    3. Lab 12: Shadows in Black and White
    4. Lab 13: Backlight
    5. Lab 14: Hunter
    6. Lab 15: Roaming Pony
    7. Lab 16: Same But Different
    8. Lab 17: On White
    9. Lab 18: Reflection
    10. Lab 19: Mixed-Media Project with Carla: Cereal Box Photo Paintings
  9. UNIT 3 Fellow Travelers
    1. Lab 20: Cat and Mouse
    2. Lab 21: Make Believe
    3. Lab 22: Faceless
    4. Lab 23: Window Light
    5. Lab 24: Animal Parts
    6. Lab 25: Tension
    7. Lab 26: Bugs
    8. Lab 27: Stranger Danger
    9. Lab 28: Moody Portrait
    10. Lab 29: Mixed-Media Project with Carla: Put a Fairy on It!
  10. UNIT 4 Talking to Yourself
    1. Lab 30: Camera-to-Work Day
    2. Lab 31: Hate It
    3. Lab 32: Step by Step
    4. Lab 33: Self Portrait
    5. Lab 34: Observation Friday
    6. Lab 35: Collection
    7. Lab 36: Document
    8. Lab 37: Mixed-Media Project with Carla: Mini Photo Journal
  11. UNIT 5 Finger Painting
    1. Lab 38: Blur
    2. Lab 39: Squiggle Drawing
    3. Lab 40: Head Like a Hole
    4. Lab 41: Night Vision
    5. Lab 42: Light Painting
    6. Lab 43: Bokeh
    7. Lab 44: Mixed-Media Project with Carla: Dots
  12. UNIT 6 Deeper Waters
    1. Lab 45: Splat!
    2. Lab 46: Emulate Nonphotographs
    3. Lab 47: Picture in Picture
    4. Lab 48: Seriously?
    5. Lab 49: Abstraction
    6. Lab 50: 25 Strangers
    7. Lab 51: Lose Yourself
    8. Lab 52: Mixed-Media Project with Carla: Abstract Painting
  13. Glossary of Terms
  14. Contributing Artists
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. About the Authors

Product information

  • Title: Creative Photography Lab
  • Author(s): Steve Sonheim, Carla Sonheim
  • Release date: August 2013
  • Publisher(s): Quarry Books
  • ISBN: 9781610589307