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Design principles for photography / Jeremy Webb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Jeremy, author.
- Series:
- Basics creative photography ; 01.
- Basics creative photography ; 01
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composition (Photography).
- Photography, Artistic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
- Summary:
- In an age over-saturated with photographic imagery, Design Principles for Photography demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Basic design theory
- The role of the viewfinder in photography
- The use of space
- Positional decisions
- The rules and when to break them
- Exercise 1 - Cropping
- Photographic genres - Still life photography
- Styles and movements - Pictorialism
- Further resources
- 2 The elements of design
- Line
- Shape or form
- Space
- Texture
- Light
- Colour
- Exercise 2 - Design limitations
- Photographic genres - Fine art photography
- 3 First design principles
- Pattern
- Repetition
- Interruption
- Variety and unity
- Rhythm
- Contrast
- Exercise 3 - Form and structure
- Photographic genres - Landscape photography
- Styles and movements - Surrealism
- 4 Depth and scale
- Overcoming limitations
- Actual and illusory depth
- Scale and proportion
- The absence of scale
- Abstraction
- Exercise 4 - Abstract images
- Photographic genres - Stock photography
- 5 Movement and flow
- Directional forces
- Containment
- Flow direction
- Exercise 5 - Observation
- Photographic genres - Constructed or staged photography
- Photographic genres - Photojournalism and documentary photography
- Styles and movements - Modernism
- 6 Emphasis and emotion
- Point of interest
- Focus areas vs areas of de-focus
- Juxtaposition
- Incongruity
- Mood and emotion
- Exercise 6 - Themes
- Photographic genres - Editorial photography
- 7 Putting it all together
- Expressing views and visions
- Symbolism as visual shorthand
- Creative strategies
- Exercise 7 - Concepts and ideas
- Photographic genres - Design and conceptual photography
- Styles and movements - Postmodernism: Predominantly 1960s to 1990s
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography.
- Index
- Acknowledgements and picture credits.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-000-21157-6
- 1-000-21323-4
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