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If you have the photographic gaze, which provides not randomly, but specifically for "good" pictures or can you just learn it? Man can, and Michael Freeman shows in his compelling book The photographic view. Composition and design how.
Digital photography is indeed composed of two components: the recording and editing - Freeman shows both areas of digital photography, the basics, techniques and rules based on examples and easily comprehensible, and actionable statements - he is supported here by a stunning image examples to each camera owner is a nervous twitch after release . Cause
Freeman starts at the front of the front: the Framework. Here he explains the basics of framing, dynamic layout and alignment - this he uses the aforementioned sample images and drawings. Then the design basis, again basics of psychology, visual art, color theory and perspective. Then, graphic and photographic elements: from the point of the line, curves, motion and lighting - the overview is amazing. The following are the composition of light and color, and finally the intention: what we want to achieve. In conclusion then, the entire creation process of a "good" image to editing.
Freeman as we know Photographed and he knows how to make the books in order to convey this knowledge. With digital pictures . The right camera, filming equipment, ideas and digital photograph - light and lighting. Artificial and natural lighting, lighting equipment, make images he has been sufficiently proven and The photographic view. Composition and design he shows ambitious amateur photographers and aspiring professionals, that ability is largely a craft, you can learn. - Wolfgang Tress
Press
Not the quick snapshot, but choice of subject and composition make up a good amateur photographer. In his book, The Photographic View "said Michael Freeman, the basics of composition and image design specifically for digital cameras. The author shows how to sharpen his visual skills, in six chapters explains the renowned photographer who regularly GEO", "Reader's Digest" or BCC, is also working graphic and photographic elements and the right composition of color and light FTIR a good photo. All statements be illustrated by numerous photos of examples. (Hamburger Morgenpost, 4 September 2007)
Summary
"unite under a good image to image statement, harmonious colors, shapes and spaces to a whole."
the German book market offers now offer some good books that deal with the camera operator, a sound introduction to digital photography or intensively with popular motifs, such as employing the landscape or the black and white photography. Knowledge of photographic processes, the mastery of camera technique, both are necessary to make good pictures. But both does not help much when photographers will prove an eye for good motives and good composition. This book is a comprehensive visual training and shows how visual ideas emerge and are implemented by photographic means.
learn how images convey moods, colors influence the response of the observer and a good composition of the setting for the picture's message is.
If you have the photographic gaze, which provides not randomly, but specifically for "good" pictures or can you just learn it? Man can, and Michael Freeman shows in his compelling book The photographic view. Composition and design how.
Digital photography is indeed composed of two components: the recording and editing - Freeman shows both areas of digital photography, the basics, techniques and rules based on examples and easily comprehensible, and actionable statements - he is supported here by a stunning image examples to each camera owner is a nervous twitch after release . Cause
Freeman starts at the front of the front: the Framework. Here he explains the basics of framing, dynamic layout and alignment - this he uses the aforementioned sample images and drawings. Then the design basis, again basics of psychology, visual art, color theory and perspective. Then, graphic and photographic elements: from the point of the line, curves, motion and lighting - the overview is amazing. The following are the composition of light and color, and finally the intention: what we want to achieve. In conclusion then, the entire creation process of a "good" image to editing.
Freeman as we know Photographed and he knows how to make the books in order to convey this knowledge. With digital pictures . The right camera, filming equipment, ideas and digital photograph - light and lighting. Artificial and natural lighting, lighting equipment, make images he has been sufficiently proven and The photographic view. Composition and design he shows ambitious amateur photographers and aspiring professionals, that ability is largely a craft, you can learn. - Wolfgang Tress
Press
Not the quick snapshot, but choice of subject and composition make up a good amateur photographer. In his book, The Photographic View "said Michael Freeman, the basics of composition and image design specifically for digital cameras. The author shows how to sharpen his visual skills, in six chapters explains the renowned photographer who regularly GEO", "Reader's Digest" or BCC, is also working graphic and photographic elements and the right composition of color and light FTIR a good photo. All statements be illustrated by numerous photos of examples. (Hamburger Morgenpost, 4 September 2007)
Summary
"unite under a good image to image statement, harmonious colors, shapes and spaces to a whole."
the German book market offers now offer some good books that deal with the camera operator, a sound introduction to digital photography or intensively with popular motifs, such as employing the landscape or the black and white photography. Knowledge of photographic processes, the mastery of camera technique, both are necessary to make good pictures. But both does not help much when photographers will prove an eye for good motives and good composition. This book is a comprehensive visual training and shows how visual ideas emerge and are implemented by photographic means.
learn how images convey moods, colors influence the response of the observer and a good composition of the setting for the picture's message is.
customer reviews
know how I photograph something.
what this book is not about your camera and its technical details and possibilities, here it's all about the picture itself. Psychology of eye you could say that.
you are motivated to think about how they want to photograph something, and I guarantee you, after that will reduce your purely quantitative number of images significantly, in favor of quality. They will not photograph anything and everything (if the date ever did). They will begin about your subject, about their image, thoughts to make
keywords such as dynamics, tension, composition, intention (what I want at all), formation process and the formal conditions, such as design fundamentals, balance of an image, background, depth, perspective, and so more will all be discussed, presented in a comprehensible and in context brought. So that they later realize these things and hold yourself in the picture.
What is the impact of, for example, horizontal lines on the viewer and oblique lines must go from left to right or vice versa. How can I bring shade for sensible application, I must also make blurry pictures? Should I scan my picture in black and white or in color, which Rules for s / w and color, etc low-key/high-key
All these things the author presents in pictures, he describes what happened in the picture. What I find interesting are some images with lines painted on movements of the eye. What is considered the first thing our eyes and as it moves across the image, and finally he explains why the eye does. I can tie was thrilled like a normal staircase to a small mountain Betachter if the true position and the cut, so simple, but one must know it!
Although Freeman is an opponent of subsequent cropping the image, but at least he gives hints how to do it right because if it should be ;-) Not without giving the notice as one would in the beginning should have done.
He invents these things are not new, there are certain fundamentals for much longer, but he explains in a very concise way, so that one for themselves and learn something.
The chapters are divided roughly as follows:
The frame of the photo. For example, acts like a normal landscape to us and what is actually the golden section.
design basics, here we see the drift in the range of fundamentals that are found also in painting and illustration from. What can we learn from Rembrandt, van Gogh and so on. Joking aside, Freeman shows us how the viewer feel comfortable in our image when we meet certain standards.
graphic and photographic elements. Sun counties have a different effect than triangles. Lines are no curves, and more.
light and color. The key to the image. Without light, no picture ... what color (cloudy sky at noon is a different color from the sun in the afternoon) will fit the subject. Here I have come to the conclusion that I make once a picture when I find a great location that is in fact this has already happened. I then went to a different time of day and lo and behold, a very different atmosphere.
The intention (intention). Now they have let your thoughts run free. Mach I Photos only for me, it is also another show I want to make it more artistic or will I have time only document. Do I want to bring something to bear in the photo, I let the details away, etc. Also, the question arise, I have to photograph the now at all, just because the others do in the group is also (often appears on joint shootings or walks).
The last chapter is probably the most abstract. I read it twice the same. The development process can proceed as in your head. The aim but as early as at more experienced photographers. Here, as discussed in the past and how they affect images they consider themselves images or scenes. A little hard to explain, keywords are: The search for order, Hunting, reaction, anticipation, back, post, etc
This knowledge is not exclusively reserved for photographers. Pure knowledge and the excellent translation into German read really smoothly. After the first reading, she put the book shoot away and, a month later, she read it again, they will be amazed at himself and the book to discover new things and see things differently but also development can marvel at the quality .
It may happen that they wander in the middle of the city have wanted, her camera to have around, because they see at once something in which they have previously been repeatedly are simply passed over.
a book for "ambitious" Photographers still want to go deeper and do want to see how a photographer!
I have my review in about trying to remain objective. If you still notice something in the review, which does not meet this goal, they comment on it but please using the "comment" button and write me. Thank you!
Weak translation
The English writer is actually managed to bring major theories in brief to the point. Although the book provides a rough, but this condensed overview. Just a pity that the translation of weak to understand is. Some sentences seem even automatically translated by software, but only an example of many, "In terms of color demonstrate repetitive or similar contrasts, the eye is constantly on the lookout for complementary colors." (Page 40) From the editing is too little notice. Throughout, the original structure of English sentences preserved. This makes it difficult indeed to read in German, but at least the back-translation into English, so that as a competent English reader the sense still visible. Since it would be easier right from the start to read the original English edition.
At this point it is not nearly over
The book "The photographic eye" makes it clear with his cover, what it wants: an eye for design. Those who want to shoot really ambitious, this book is hardly over.
I've not experienced a work which is specifically discussed in this part of photography as detailed and clear. The example shown pictures make the topic plastic and related graphics to show exactly what is meant in the statements. True to the motto: "A picture is worth a thousand words". Super I also think that as negative examples deliberately not quite as successful variants of the sample photos are shown. Because to recognize a good photograph, to know first how a bad look.
The structure is logical and leads the reader through the theme perfectly. It is also conveys a lot of graphical knowledge base, thereby obtaining almost a reference book. As an example, only the contrast theory named after Johannes Itten. In the end, one has the good sense to have received absolutely useful information. And that it is a very latest book, one notices the fact that addresses the characteristics of digital SLR photography, which - unfortunately - still is not self-evident. In my view, a real recommendation of five stars.
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