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1 online resource |
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| Series |
A Focal Pess Book
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| Note |
"A Focal Press book"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Artist Contributors; Chapter 1â#x80;#x94;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; Before Photoshop; Combination Printing; The Advent of Straight Photography; The Pictorialists; The Photo-Secessionists; The Arrival of Straight Photography; Modernistic Approaches; Documentary/Photojournalistic Approach. |
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Straight Photography and PrevisualizationGroup f/64 and the Zone System; Postvisualization; Social Landscape and the Snapshot Aesthetic; The Alternative Scene; The Rise of Color Photography; Postmodernism; Electronic Imaging: New Ways of Thinking; The Digital Imaging Transformation; New Media; Questions Regarding Photo-Based Imagemaking; References; Chapter 2â#x80;#x94;Design: Visual Foundations; Learning to See: Communicating with Design; Beginnerâ#x80;#x99;s Mind; The Design Process; The Nature of Photography: Subtractive Composition; Departure Point; Attention Span and Staying Power. |
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Photographyâ#x80;#x99;s PrivilegeThe Language of Vision; Photographyâ#x80;#x99;s Native Characteristics; Design Principles; Unity and Variety; Emphasis; Scale and Proportion; The Golden Mean: The Rule of Thirds; Balance; Visual Elements; Line; Shape; Space; Texture; Pattern; Symbolism; General Symbol Categories; Shapes and Their General Symbolic Associations; Color Symbolism; Common Symbols and Some Potential Associations; References; Chapter 3â#x80;#x94;Image Capture: Cameras, Lenses, and Scanners; The Role of a Camera; What Is a Camera?; How a Camera Imaging System Works; Digital Cameras; Digital Observations. |
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Image Sensors: CCD and CMOSColor Filter Array: Bayer Filter Mosaic; Pixels; Image Resolution; PPI: Pixels per Square Inch and Digital Camera Resolution; DPI: Dots per Square Inch and Printer Resolution; The Differences between PPI and DPI; Visual Acuity and 300 DPI; Types of Digital Cameras; Compact Digital Cameras; Digital Single-Lens Reflex Cameras; Single-Lens Translucent Cameras; Mirrorless Cameras; Smartphone Cameras; Other Camera Types; Choosing a Camera; Camera File Formats; Image Compression Algorithms: Lossless and Lossy; Major Image File Formats; JPEG; HEIC; TIFF. |
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RAW and Post-ProcessingDNG; Opening Files; The Lens System and Exposure; Aperture; Aperture/f-Stop Control/Shutter Control/ Exposure Modes; Depth of Field; Lens Focal Length; Focusing the Image; Autofocus Modes; Types of Lenses; Zoom Lens; Normal Lens; Wide-Angle Lens; Telephoto Lens; Special-Use Lenses; Shutters: Rolling and Global; Shutter Speed Control; Shutter Lag; Shutter Modes; Determining Exposure; Digital Camera Features; Resolution and Print Size; Monitor; Monitor Playback Mode and Histogram; Metadata/EXIF; Optical and Digital Zoom; Digital ISO/Sensitivity. |
| Summary |
"The new edition of this pioneering book allows students to acquire an essential foundation for digital photography. Fully updated, it clearly and concisely covers the fundamental concepts of imagemaking, how to use digital technologyto create compelling images, and how to output and preserve images in the digital world. Exploring history, methods, and theory, this text offers classroom-tested assignments and exercises from leading photographic educators, approaches for analyzing, discussing, and writing about photographs, and tools to critically explore and make imageswith increased visual literacy. New to this edition: New larger page format Revised and renewed to reflect technological advances Expanded coverage of smartphone/mobile photography Extended coverage of the careers section More than 100 new images"--Provided by publisher |
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Photography -- Digital techniques.
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Photographie numérique. |
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Photography -- Digital techniques |
| Added Author |
Erf, Greg, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hirsch, Robert, 1949- Light and lens. Third edition. New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018 9781138213029 (DLC) 2017034997 |
| ISBN |
9781315671956 (ebk) |
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1315671956 |
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9781317371700 (electronic bk.) |
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1317371704 (electronic bk.) |
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1138213020 |
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1138944394 |
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9781138213029 |
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9781138944398 |
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9781317371717 (ebook) |
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1317371712 |
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(hbk.) |
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(pbk.) |
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