Photography The Essential Way

by London, Barbara; Stone, Jim; Upton, John

• ISBN13: 9780136142768
• ISBN10: 0136142761
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-31
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Photography: The Essential Wayis a departure from tradition that moves boldly into the digital age with you. This new book embraces the new photography that is captured, shaped, transmitted, printed, and saved electronically, while retaining coverage of film and its exposure and development. Comprehensive coverage of essential topics such as digital and film cameras, lenses, exposure, sensors and film, and developing black-and-white film.

Author Biography

Jim Stone is an Associate Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico. His photographs have been collected by the Museum of Modern Art and The Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others. Books of his work include Stranger Than Fiction (Light Work, 1993),Historiostomy (Piltdown Press, 2001), and Why My Pictures are Good (Nazraeli Press, 2005).

He has also published six higher education titles that are widely used in university courses: A User¹s Guide to the View Camera, Darkroom Dynamics, Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, and A Short Course in Digital Photography.

Barbara London has authored and co-authored many photography books from their first editions to their current ones, including Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, A Short Course in Digital Photography, The Photograph Collector's Guide, and more.

John Upton, Professor Emeritus, was for many years Chair of Photography at Orange Coast College, one of the largest photography departments in the U.S. He has curated a number of exhibitions, including Color as Form: A History of Color Photography. His work is included in many private and public collections, including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.

Table of Contents

Photography: The Essential Way By London, Stone, and Upton

getting started Camera and Film

Getting your camera ready Focusing and Setting the Exposure

Taking Your Picture

What Will You Photograph?

Some Basic Guidelines

To Get You Started

Photographing People

Photographing Places

Camera

Basic Camera Controls The Shutter

The Shutter and Light

The Shutter and Motion

Conveying Motion in a Still Photograph The Aperture

The Aperture and Light

The Aperture and Depth of Field

Using Shutter and Aperture Together

Choosing a Camera

Keeping the Camera Steady

Photographer at Work: Photojournalist James Nachtwey

Lens

From Pinhole to Lens

Lens Focal Length

Normal Focal Length

Long Focal Length

Short Focal Length

Zoom Lenses

Special-Purpose Lenses

Focusing Your Lens

Manual Focus

Automatic Focus

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