Book description
Fills a missing gap by taking the traditional educational approach to teaching photography in an art department, with the emphasis on the new angles introduced by digital technologyTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Artist Contributors
- Chapter 1. Why We Make Pictures: A Concise History of Visual Ideas
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Chapter 2. Design: Visual Foundations
- Learning to See: Communicating with Design
- Beginner’s Mind
- The Design Process
- The Nature of Photography: Subtractive Composition
- Departure Point
- Attention Span and Staying Power
- Photography’s Privilege
- The Language of Vision
- Photography’s Native Characteristics
- Design Principles
- Visual Elements
- References
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Chapter 3. Image Capture: Cameras, Lenses, and Scanners
- The Role of a Camera
- What Is a Camera?
- How a Camera Imaging System Works
- Digital Cameras
- Types of Cameras
- Choosing a Camera
- Camera File Formats
- Opening Files
- The Lens System and Exposure
- Digital Camera Features
- Camera, Lens, Monitor, and Sensor Care
- Scanners
- Frame Grabber
- Storing Digital Images
- Living Photography: Authorship, Access, and the World’s Largest Picture Book
- Chapter 4. Exposure and Filters
- Chapter 5. Seeing with Light
- Chapter 6. Observation: Eyes Wide Open
- Chapter 7. Time, Space, Imagination, and the Camera
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Chapter 8. Digital Studio: Where the Virtual Meets the Material World
- Displaying the Image File: Transferring Image Files for Display, Web, or Print
- Working with a Digital Negative: The Original Capture
- True Resolution and the Real World
- Making Photographic-Quality Prints
- Images and the Computer Workstation
- Software and Imaging Applications
- Basic Digital Imaging Categories and Tools
- Common Toolbar Icons from Photoshop
- The Computer as a Multimedia Stage: Moving Images
- The Internet and the World Wide Web
- The Digital Future
- Technical References
- Manufacturers’ Websites
- Chapter 9. Presentation and Preservation
- Chapter 10. Seeing with a Camera
- Chapter 11. Solutions: Thinking and Writing about Images
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Chapter 12. Photographer on Assignment
- Making Portraits: Who Am I and Who Are You?
- Fauxtography: Photography’s Subjective Nature
- Picturing Social Identity
- Interior Experience: The Significance of Daily Life
- Fabrication for the Camera: Directorial Mode
- Time-Honored Themes
- The Display: Another Picture Reality
- Text and Images
- Artists’ Books and Albums
- Artists’ and Photographic Books: References
- Self Assignment: Creation and Evaluation
- Addendum I: Safety: Protecting Yourself and Your Digital Imaging Equipment
- Addendum II: Careers
- Index
Product information
- Title: Light and Lens
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2007
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136104374
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