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MASTER PHOTOGRAPHY
Written not by an academic but a highly experienced and widely travelled professional who has covered almost every area of the subject during his twenty years in the business, master photography brings the knowledge and expertise of the working photographer to every camera owner. By approaching creative photography in a practical way, this book shows you how to take better pictures; by explaining dearly and concisely the secrets of even the most advanced darkroom techniques, it shows you how to make better pictures.
Unlike oil other lavishly illustrated books on the subject, the beautiful photographs in master photography were token specifically to illustrate those points about techniques and perception thai are otherwise difficult to grasp. Comparative shots graphically capture subtle points that are so important in understanding those elusive elements which give a superior photograph its special quality.
They show you what to look for in a picture, how to...
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Fülszöveg
MASTER PHOTOGRAPHY
Written not by an academic but a highly experienced and widely travelled professional who has covered almost every area of the subject during his twenty years in the business, master photography brings the knowledge and expertise of the working photographer to every camera owner. By approaching creative photography in a practical way, this book shows you how to take better pictures; by explaining dearly and concisely the secrets of even the most advanced darkroom techniques, it shows you how to make better pictures.
Unlike oil other lavishly illustrated books on the subject, the beautiful photographs in master photography were token specifically to illustrate those points about techniques and perception thai are otherwise difficult to grasp. Comparative shots graphically capture subtle points that are so important in understanding those elusive elements which give a superior photograph its special quality.
They show you what to look for in a picture, how to anticipate a situation, how to analyze a scene-in short how you con become more perceptive. Text and pictures combine to illustrate how you can use this increased awareness to photograph so many different subjects-people, landscape, nature, architecture, sport and still life.
The workings of the different parts of the camera ore explained, along with how and when to use the various attachments, the selection and use of different lighting, filters and films. Mastery of these technical aspects of photography will enable you to take better pictures in almost all conceivable lighting and weather conditions.
Developing and printing of block and white film and the more complex methods of colour processing ore demonstrated in easy-to-follow step-by-step diagrams. The full range of darkroom techniques, including exciting special effects, ore explained and illustrated. Command of these will give you total control over your photographs. Special sections explain what to iook for in equipment of all kinds, from cameras to developers, from light meters to floodlights, pointing out their advantages and their limitations. A comprehensive glosson/ explains the technical terms.
Containing more than 800 photographs and diagrams, many of them in colour, master photography will enhance the knowledge and improve the abilities of even the most gifted photographer.
ISBN 0 85533 125 9
MITCHEll BEAZLEY PUBLISHERS LIMITED, LONDOti,
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