Light and lens : photography in the digital age / Robert Hirsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirsch, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Digital techniques.

Photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (539 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; London ; Boston : Focal Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Light & Lens: Photography in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking introductory book that clearly and concisely provides the instruction and building blocks necessary to create thought-provoking digitally based photographs. It is an adventurous idea book that features numerous classroom-tested assignments and exercises from leading photographic educators to encourage you to critically explore and make images from the photographers' eye, an aesthetic point of view. Acquire a basic foundation for digital photography. Light and Lens covers the fundamental

Contents:

Cover; LIGHT AND LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE DIGITAL AGE; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Artist Contributors; Chapter 1 Why We Make Pictures: A Concise History of Visual Ideas; NOT JUST PICTURES BUT PHOTOGRAPHS; THE GRAMMAR OF PHOTOGRAPHY; THE EVOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING; FULL CIRCLE: SOME THINGS REMAIN THE SAME; DETERMINING MEANING; BPS: BEFORE PHOTOSHOP; Combination Printing; The Advent of Straight Photography; The Pictorialists; The Photo-Seccesionists; The Arrival of Straight Photography; Modernistic Approaches; Documentary; Straight Photography and Previsualization

Group f/64 and the Zone SystemPostvisualization; Social Landscape and the Snapshot Aesthetic; The Alternative Scene; The Rise of Color Photography; Postmodernism; Electronic Imaging: New Ways of Thinking; THE DIGITAL IMAGING REVOLUTION; NEW MEDIA; QUESTIONS ABOUT PHOTO-BASED IMAGEMAKING; 1. How does one become a photographer?; 2. What traits do good photographers often possess?; 3. Why is photography important?; 4. Why is it important to find an audience for your work?; 5. What can images do that language cannot do?; 6. What makes a photograph interesting?

7. How is the meaning of a photograph determined?8. How can photographers know and define beauty and truth in the twenty-first century?; 9. What are the advantages of digital imaging over silver-based imagemaking?; 10. What are the disadvantages of digital imaging?; 11. How can I find something intriguing to photograph?; 12. Hasn't it been done before?; 13. What if I'm not in the mood to make photographs?; 14. What happens when I have difficulty photographing a subject?; 15. Why is it important to understand and be proficient in your medium?

16. Why is it important to make your own photographs?17. How much visual information do I need to provide a viewer to sustain meaning?; 18. How much of my output is likely to be "good"?; 19. How do photographers explore subjects like time and space?; 20. Why study the history of photography?; 21. What are the limitations in studying the images of others?; 22. Can too much knowledge interfere with making photographs?; 23. Is it necessary to explain my photographs?; 24. What is the role of critics and critique?; 25. What is the role of theory in relation to contemporary photography?

26. What do good teachers teach?27. How do photographers earn a living?; 28. Which equipment is the best?; 29. Can creative efforts in other fields inspire your work?; 30. Now it is your turn. Add a question and answer to this list; REFERENCES; 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; Unity and Variety

Emphasis

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613920195

9781136104299

1136104291

9781283607742

1283607743

9781136104305

1136104305

9780240818283

0240818288

OCLC:

779141601