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Edition: 8th
Author: Barbara London, John Upton, Jim Stone, Ken KobrÃ
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date: 2004-04-19
ISBN-10: 0131896091
ISBN-13: 9780131896093
List Price: $110.20
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This best-selling, comprehensive guide to photography—featuring superb instructional illustrations—is the most cutting-edge photography book on the market. It offers extensive coverage of digital imaging—with the latest technological developments, such as Web page design and formatting photos on CD-ROMs. Chapter topics explore the process of getting started, camera, lens, film and light, exposure, processing the negative, mounting and finishing, color, digital camera, digital darkroom, lighting, special techniques, view camera, zone system, seeing photographs, and the history of photography. Step-by-step instructions include a “Lights Out” feature to help learners better identify darkroom techniques. For anyone with a personal or professional interest in photography.
A rehashing of dated material equals a declining value in the digital world
| Customer Rating:  | This book at one time was a must have resource, but more and more it is becoming "long in the tooth" in the digital world. Sure some material is still valid to both digital and film photography, but the books value as a resource does not live up to the lofty price tag for a new addition.
I had originally owned the 6th Edition as a course book. Recently a photography group in which I participate decided to do a focus discussion on the book. I purchased the 8th edition and found very minimal differences between the 8th and 6th. Save yourself money and don't bother with the 9th and latest version as you can get bargains on older versions in which the major differences may be which photos are used as demonstrations of a point. |
Perfect for all photographers
| Customer Rating: | "Photography (9th Edition)" is perfect for any kind of photographer, whether it's someone who is picking up a camera for the first time or someone who is much more experienced. From the seemingly endless supply of information to the immense number of beautiful photographs, there is nothing this book doesn't cover.
It is thorough and very detailed. The book provides images and explanations of film processing, charts of indicated exposures in particular lighting situations, and also illustrates composition and framing. It even has a chapter devoted to the history of the photography. A very important aspect to know, however, is "Photography" leans toward black and white 35 mm film photography. Knowing how to use a camera manually is an important technical and creative aspect of photography, so this book emphasizes that.
"Photography" is just as inspirational as it is informative. Besides the technical data, there are famous photographs like Bresson's "Place de l'Europe, Paris" and Man Ray's "Solarization." There are also short biographies of well-known artists, such as Clint Clemens, Annie Leibovitz, and John Sexton, incorporating their work. The information in the biographies applies to particular techniques within different chapters. I find these pictures motivating and inspirational because of the variety of approaches, styles, and successful techniques covered. This wonderful visual aspect of the book instructs the reader through other artists' work and also encourages them to grab a camera and start shooting.
When I think of the money, supplies, time and frustration saved because of the knowledge gained from this book, I can't find a single reason why anyone who's truly passionate about photography wouldn't need to buy it. The combination of technical information and visual examples "Photography" provides is an important way to improve any person's photographic abilities.
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An All-Purpose Photography Book
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This photography text is recommended for learners in or out of school. It offers both a general and in-depth comprehension of the craft. |
a Really resourseful book
| Customer Rating: | | This book was really resourseful when i was looking through it. It has alot of pictures, and tells a few things about the picture, and what kind of camera that they used. |
Worth over $100?
| Customer Rating: | | I've received and read the book, and enjoy the content. However, compared to many other books in the marketplace, I'm having a hard time comprehending where there is over $100 worth of value. It seems that everytime something is written by an academic and presented as a textbook, regardless of the content or quality, that the price is jacked up by 3 to 4 times what it is really worth. I'd suggest looking for a used version of this book unless you really want a pristine copy to show off to others. |
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