Photographic Composition
A Visual Guide
- 1st Edition - October 11, 2010
- Latest edition
- Authors: Richard D. Zakia, David Page
- Language: English
A note from the author, Richard Zakia: P. H. Emerson reminds us that Every artist is at first an amateur. One of the great American photographers of the 20th Century, Edward We… Read more
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Description
Description
A note from the author, Richard Zakia:
P. H. Emerson reminds us that Every artist is at first an amateur. One of the great American photographers of the 20th Century, Edward Weston, as a young photographer, only got honorable mention in a photographic contest sponsored by an amateur camera magazine. Ansel Adams, Paul Strand and others also began as amateurs. Wynn Bullock began his outstanding photographic career later in life when he was in his 40s
Today, in our digital age, everyone is a photographer. Recognizing this and the fact that there are some basic proven guidelines for creating winning photographs, we put together this highly visual book especially for beginning photographers who want to improve their photography. In doing so we discovered that some professional photographers also found it helpful. One can think of our book as a visual grammar that will help you better compose what you desire to express and to do so with clarity.
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However amazing the subject or technically excellent the photography, the single biggest factor in deciding whether a photograph is good or bad is how well it is composed.
Photographic Composition Visualized offers a unique take on this fundamental issue by offering instruction in a visual format - the book is laid out in a unique spread format of a beautiful image on one page, with an in-depth break down of why the rule of composition works in the image, but also how a photographer can apply it to their own photography.
Inspirational, instructive, and, most importantly, visually stunning and beautiful, photography master Richard Zakia teaches the lessons he has learned from over 40 years as a photographer. This is the book every photographer needs to own in order to create the outstanding images they always wanted to - but didn't know how.
Key features
Key features
*Learn the rules of photographic composition direct from a master photographer
*Unique format SHOWS the reader specific rules of composition with inspirational images and then TELLS them exactly how to apply it to their own photography
*Covers the full range of compositional considerations, from pre-capture to post-processing
Readership
Readership
Beginner to intermediate level photographers who want to learn the rules of composition in an easy to understand way
Table of contents
Table of contents
I INTRODUCTION
II BEFORE CAPTURE
III CAPTURE
1. Balance
2. Geometrics
3. Figure-Ground
4. Depth
5. Framing the Scene
6. Clarity
7. Movement
8. Camera Position (Vantage Point)
9. Gestalt Composition
10. Light and Shadows
11. Color
IV AFTER CAPTURE
1. Print Size
2. Print Cropping
3. Print Captions
4. Print Framing
5. Exhibiting
6. Photoshop
V APPENDIX
1. Three Ways to Capture
2. Morphics
3. Archetypes
4. Secondary Images ("Subliminals")
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 11, 2010
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
RZ
Richard D. Zakia
DP
David Page
His writing and images have been published in several books including the Focal Press “Encyclopedia of Photography”, and in a number of magazines, such as “Sports Illustrated”. He taught photography in the Duke Art Department, Alamance Community College and at the Duke Institute of the Arts. He is presently researching the work of an early North Carolinian photographer and is preparing a book of his photographs. David’s images are in private and public collections and have been exhibited nationally and internationally.