Chapter 5. Composing the Night

Image

The digital camera can do almost anything... except think! Regrettably, its simple operation doesn’t prompt us to be more creative—that part has to come from us. The camera can calculate exposure, adjust flash output, and automatically focus the lens under low-light conditions in less time than it takes you to read this sentence. But it needs your vision and thought process to make a picture spectacular.

Visual Literacy

THE ART OF ASSEMBLING three-dimensional objects in a way that will work in two-dimensions determines the effectiveness of a photograph. This cohesive arrangement of the scene is as important to the ...

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