Location photography / Mark Galer.
By: Galer, Mark
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BookSeries: Essential skills.Publisher: London ; Boston : Focal Press, 1999Description: 170 p. : ill ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 024051548X.Subject(s): PhotographyDDC classification: 778.7 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 778.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00075944 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'Location Photography' provides essential skills for photographers using 35mm SLR and medium format cameras working with both ambient and introduced light. Through a series of practical exercises the photographer is shown the techniques and design elements required to be able to communicate clearly and creatively. The basic essentials are described, from exposure, to framing the image and how to work with light and contrast. Assignments are provided for genres such as landscape, environmental portraiture, the photographic essay and advertising. Illustrated throughout with student and author work, Location Photography is an inspirational guide as well as a structured learning tool for mastering the essential techniques. The Essential Skills Photography Series offers a highly structured learning approach to the fundamental skills of photography. They mix theoretical information with practical advice to maximise the opportunities for creative results. Each subject includes: · clear aims and objectives · short sub-sections illustrated by student and author work · student activities to check learning outcomes · student assignments to put theoretical knowledge into a creative context · glossary of terms Mark Galer lectures in photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia - the leading photography course in the southern hemisphere. He has lectured in photography both in the UK and Australia and has worked commercially as a freelance photographer on corporate and editorial.
Exposure -- Framing the subject -- Creative camera control -- Light -- Lighting on location -- The zone system -- Landscape -- Environmental Portraits -- The photographic essay -- Art direction.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Introduction to teachers (p. 2)
- Introduction to students (p. 3)
- Research and resources (p. 4)
- Exposure (p. 9)
- Introduction (p. 10)
- Intensity and time (p. 12)
- Hand-held light meters (p. 15)
- Taking a hand-held meter reading (p. 16)
- TTL light meters (p. 18)
- Interpreting the meter reading (p. 20)
- Revision exercise (p. 22)
- Framing the Subject (p. 23)
- Introduction (p. 24)
- Communication and context (p. 25)
- Format (p. 26)
- Content (p. 27)
- Balance (p. 28)
- Subject placement (p. 29)
- The decisive moment (p. 30)
- Vantage point (p. 31)
- Line (p. 32)
- Depth (p. 34)
- Summary of basic design techniques (p. 35)
- Gallery (p. 36)
- Creative Camera Control (p. 37)
- Introduction (p. 38)
- Focus (p. 39)
- Duration of exposure (p. 43)
- A creative decision (p. 47)
- Perspective (p. 48)
- Summary of basic camera techniques (p. 49)
- Gallery (p. 50)
- Light (p. 51)
- Introduction (p. 52)
- Ambient light (p. 53)
- Characteristics of light (p. 54)
- Film latitude (p. 59)
- Exposure compensation (p. 61)
- Creative techniques (p. 65)
- Revision exercise (p. 67)
- Gallery (p. 68)
- Lighting on Location (p. 69)
- Introduction (p. 70)
- Fill (p. 71)
- Reflectors (p. 72)
- Flash (p. 73)
- Choice of flash (p. 74)
- Guide numbers (p. 76)
- Flash as the primary light source (p. 77)
- Diffusion and bounce (p. 78)
- Fill-flash (p. 79)
- Flash as a key light (p. 80)
- Slow-sync flash (p. 81)
- Revision exercise (p. 82)
- Gallery (p. 83)
- The Zone System (p. 85)
- Introduction (p. 86)
- Zone placement (p. 87)
- Contrast control (p. 88)
- The zones (p. 89)
- Operating the system (p. 91)
- Calibration tests (p. 94)
- Perfecting the system (p. 96)
- Revision exercise (p. 97)
- Gallery (p. 98)
- Landscape (p. 99)
- Introduction (p. 100)
- History (p. 101)
- Personal expression (p. 105)
- Expressive techniques (p. 107)
- Detail (p. 113)
- Night photography (p. 114)
- The constructed Environment (p. 115)
- Assignments (p. 116)
- Gallery (p. 117)
- Environmental Portraits (p. 121)
- Introduction (p. 122)
- Framing the subject (p. 124)
- Photographing strangers (p. 127)
- Character study (p. 130)
- Assignment (p. 131)
- Gallery (p. 132)
- The Photographic Essay (p. 135)
- Introduction (p. 136)
- A brief history (p. 137)
- Content (p. 141)
- Constructing a story (p. 143)
- Working styles (p. 146)
- Editing (p. 149)
- Ethics and law (p. 150)
- Distribution and sale of photo-essays (p. 151)
- Assignments (p. 152)
- Gallery (p. 153)
- Art Direction (p. 155)
- Introduction (p. 156)
- Layouts (p. 157)
- Commercial requirements (p. 158)
- Assignment (p. 160)
- Gallery (p. 161)
- Glossary (p. 163)