Photographic composition : a visual guide /

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 -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zakia, Richard D.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Page, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Focal, 2011.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Sec. 1. Ch. 1. Before capture
  • Sec. 2. Capture
  • Ch. 1. Geometrics
  • Ch. 2. Figure ground
  • Ch. 3. Depth
  • Ch. 4. Framing the scene
  • Ch. 5. Clarity
  • Ch. 6. Movement
  • Ch. 7. Camera angle (vantage point)
  • Ch. 8. Gestalt composition
  • Ch. 9. Portraiture
  • Ch. 10. Light and shadows
  • Ch. 11. Color, colour, couleur
  • Sec. 3. After Capture
  • Ch. 1. Print captions/titles
  • Ch. 2. Photoshop, syntax, and semantics
  • Appendices. Ch. 1. Three ways to capture
  • Ch. 2. Morphics
  • Ch. 3. Golden mean (golden section)
  • Ch. 4. Aspect ratio
  • Ch. 5. Digital transformations.