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Langford's Basic Photography, 10th Edition by Anna Fox, Richard Sawdon Smith

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Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Picture credits
1 WHAT IS PHOTOGRAPHY?
Why Photography?
How Photography Works
Picture Structuring
The Roles Photographs Play
Changing Attitudes Toward Photography
Personal Styles and Approaches
Measuring Success
2 LIGHT: HOW IMAGES ARE FORMED
Light Itself
Wavelengths and Colors
Shadows
When Light Reaches a Surface
Light Intensity and Distance
Making Light form Images
3 LENSES AND FILTERS:CONTROLLING THE IMAGE
Photographic Lenses
Aperture and f-numbers
Depth of Field
How Depth of Field Works
Depth of Focus
Using Different Focal Length Lenses,    Camera Kits
Why Change Focal Length?
Lens Kits
Image Stabilization ...

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