Capturing the moment : the essence of photography / Michael Freeman ; designer, Kate Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Michael, author.

Contributor:

Haynes, Kate, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Technique.

Photography.

Composition (Photography).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Essence of photography

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Massachusetts : Focal Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This is not a book about the fundamentals of shutter speed or how your camera works; it is a book that will teach photographers of all levels how to work with their cameras to capture moments whether they are occurring quickly or unfolding over many hours. Capturing the Moment is about a gesture, an expression, a ball in the net, a whale breaching, like Marilyn Monroe's skirt flying up or Alfred Eisenstaedt's image of a kiss between a soldier and nurse in Times Square. Moments in all forms are the true core of photography, and this book will explain how to anticipate them, recognise them, choo

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; 1 CAMERAWORK; A HISTORY OF MOMENT; PRIORITIZING MOMENT; THE VIDEO-CLIP APPROACH; URGENCY, PRECISION, SPEED; THREE STYLES OF CAMERAWORK; POSTURE; GESTURE; EXPRESSION; EDITING; INTRODUCTION; 2 IN-CAMERA MOMENTS; SLOTTING IN PLACE; NEAT-FIT MOMENT; ANTICIPATED MOMENT; ORDERED MOMENT; PASSING FIGURE; FRAMING MOMENT; ADVANCING MOMENT; RECEDING MOMENT; SYMMETRICAL MOMENT; COMBINING MOMENTS; ADDING ACTION TO COLOR; SHIFTING LAYERS; TABLEAU MOMENT; WORKED-FOR MOMENT; BLIND MOMENT; PLANNED MOMENT

AMBIGUOUS MOMENTINTRODUCTION; 3 FAST MOMENTS; CLASSIC MOMENT; MID-AIR MOMENT; STILL-POINT; TIGHT MOMENT; INTERACTION MOMENT; EXPRESSIVE MOMENT; MOMENT OF GESTURE; POISED MOMENT; MOVING TARGET; REPEATED MOMENT; MULTIPLE MOMENTS; A REWARD MOMENT; FROM SCENE TO MOMENT; DETAILED MOMENT; SEQUENTIAL MOMENT; HOPED-FOR MOMENT; MOMENT WITHIN MOMENT; INTRODUCTION; 4 SLOW MOMENTS; ACTIVE MOMENT; BACKSTAGE MOMENT; REFLECTIVE MOMENT; MOMENT IN DETAIL; COORDINATED MOMENT; ART-DIRECTED MOMENT; COLOR MOMENT; WEATHER MOMENT; SUNLIGHT MOMENT; LIGHTING MOMENT; SUNSET MOMENT; SHADOW MOMENT; BLUE-EVENING MOMENT

SLO-MO MOMENTEXTENDED MOMENT; AGGREGATED MOMENT; INDEX & PICTURE CREDITS

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 15, 2014).

ISBN:

9781315735504

1315735504

9781317564171

1317564170

OCLC:

900086623