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Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision, Second Edition

by David duChemin

June 2016

Beginner to intermediate

288 pages

6h 34m

English

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Why I Wrote This BookSpecial FeaturesA Note on the Second Edition
Understanding VisionChasing Vision
Photograph What Moves YouMake Me CarePutting It in the FrameExcluding It from the FrameIndecisive MomentsIt’s All SubjectiveThe Illusion of the ExoticPutting Time Within the FrameLength of TimeChoice of Moment

Gear Is Good, Vision Is BetterDecent ExposuresThe Best Digital NegativeExposing for the HighlightsSeeing the LightChoose Your Lens Based on BehaviorTelephoto LensesPushing the WideThe Rule of ThirdsThere Is No Un-Suck FilterInspiration and Perspiration
Universal ThemesConflict Within the FrameThe Photo EssayRelationshipsAttention ManagementLeaving Clues and Provoking Questions
Approaching PeopleThe Language BarrierThe Eyes Have ItCapturing EmotionOn Giving and TakingIndecent ExposuresPhotographing ChildrenPhotographing the ElderlyCandids vs. PortraitsWhy Photograph Candid Street Scenes?Staying FocusedAbstracting PeopleLighting Challenges on LocationFour More
ResearchScoutingNot-So-Great ExpectationsBe PreparedBeyond the Postcard: The Value of WanderingSlow DownThe Feel of Place: Sensual ExplorationBe Present: Physical and Emotional ReceptivityBe in the Right Place......At the Right Time......In the Right Frame of MindPhotographing Iconic PlacesIconic Images in Mundane PlacesMaking the ImageWait for ItSeek ItMine ItAdding the Human ElementAdding ScaleLandscapesCreating Depth with LayersPhotograph the Big StuffShoot the Details
Cultural SensitivityResearch and Ask QuestionsValues and TaboosDifferent Isn’t WrongWe Are All Different, We Are All the SameHistory and HeroesPhotographing FoodFestivals and CelebrationsPhotographing ArtPhotographing LanguagePhotographing FaithRemember the Deeper Subject and Find a Way to Express ItBe Respectful

Content preview from Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision, Second Edition

Chapter Seven. Photographing Culture

“How do cultures differ from one another? Above all in their customs. Tell me how you dress, how you act, what are your habits, which gods you honor—and I will tell you who you are. Man not only creates culture, he inhabits it, he carries it around with him—man is culture.”

—Ryszard Kapuscinski, Travels with Herodotus

Canon 5D, 100mm, 1/1000 @ f/2.8, ISO 200

Cairo, Egypt.

I never had a chance. I was born to military parents and started traveling months after I was born. I spent my early years in Germany, seeing Europe on weekends while burning my legs on the hot black seats in the back of our yellow Volvo. ...