Composition: From Snapshots to Great Shots

Now that you've bought an amazing new DSLR, you need a book that goes beyond the camera manual to teach you how to take great shots. One key component to that is understanding composition--the creative arrangement of elements in the shot, and the way a viewer's eye travels through an image...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Excell, Laurie Author (author), Battdorff, John Contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Peachpit Press 2010
Edición:1st edition
Colección:From Snapshots to Great Shots
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629229506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS-
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1: EQUIPMENT
  • The Equipment You Use Directly Affects Your Photographic Style
  • Poring Over the Equipment
  • Poring Over the Equipment
  • What's In My Bag
  • My Top Ten Basic Camera Settings
  • Chapter 1 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 2: EXPOSURE TRIANGLE
  • ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed, and Their Relationship to Each Other and to Light
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Understanding the Exposure Triangle
  • Chapter 2 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 3: LIGHT
  • Light Is the Key Element in Image Making!
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • The Quality and Quantity of Light
  • Direction of Light
  • Exposure Compensation
  • Chapter 3 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 4: LINES, SHAPES, AND PATTERNS
  • Lines, Shapes, and Patterns Make Up the Visual Path that Leads Your Eye Through the Frame to the Point of Interest
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Curves
  • Lines
  • Patterns
  • Framing
  • Vertical or Horizontal Shots?
  • Layers
  • Chapter 4 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 5: COLOR
  • Understanding Color and Its Role in Making Dynamic Images
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Color Wheel
  • Complementary Colors
  • Emotion of Color
  • Black and White Colors
  • Colors as Patterns
  • Colors and White Balance
  • Significance of Color
  • Chapter 5 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 6: SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
  • The What, Where, When, Why, and How That Go Into the Making of a Good Composition
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Point of View
  • Visual Depth
  • Scale
  • Perspective
  • In Your Face, or, Environmental Composition
  • Horizon Line
  • Subject Placement
  • Chapter 6 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 7: BLACK AND WHITE
  • Learning to See in Black and White
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • When to Go Black and White.
  • Learning to Live and See in a Black-and-White World
  • Approaching the Shot
  • Once I'm Committed: My Thought Process
  • My Standard Camera Settings
  • Postprocessing for Black and White
  • My Kit
  • Break the Rules and Have Fun
  • Chapter 7 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 8: SPORTS AND COMPOSITION
  • A Totally Different Animal
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Learning to Handle the Complexities of Sports Photography
  • Dealing with Speed
  • The Two Most Important Questions
  • Learning Lessons from Your Mistakes
  • Chapter 8 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 9: BEYOND THE RULE OF THIRDS
  • A Brief History, Some Psychology, and Positive and Negative Space
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Where Did Composition Originate?
  • Good Composition Is in Our DNA!
  • Deconstruction and Psychology of a Composition
  • Positive and Negative Space
  • Thoughts on Cropping and Printing
  • Chapter 9 Assignments
  • CHAPTER 10: THE COMPOSITIONAL DANCE
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • Poring Over the Picture
  • The Dance
  • Work the Scene
  • Change Your Vantage Point
  • Be in the Moment
  • Choices and Limitations
  • Have Patience
  • Review Your Work
  • Follow the Magic
  • Experience Leads to Intuition
  • Chapter 10 Assignments
  • INDEX.