UID:
almafu_9961566002402883
Format:
1 online resource (225 pages).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
1-000-21157-6
,
1-000-21323-4
Series Statement:
Basics creative photography ; 01
Content:
In an age over-saturated with photographic imagery, Design Principles for Photography demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images.
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Basic design theory -- The role of the viewfinder in photography -- The use of space -- Positional decisions -- The rules and when to break them -- Exercise 1 - Cropping -- Photographic genres - Still life photography -- Styles and movements - Pictorialism -- Further resources -- 2 The elements of design -- Line -- Shape or form -- Space -- Texture -- Light -- Colour -- Exercise 2 - Design limitations -- Photographic genres - Fine art photography -- Further resources -- 3 First design principles -- Pattern -- Repetition -- Interruption -- Variety and unity -- Rhythm -- Contrast -- Exercise 3 - Form and structure -- Photographic genres - Landscape photography -- Styles and movements - Surrealism -- Further resources -- 4 Depth and scale -- Overcoming limitations -- Actual and illusory depth -- Scale and proportion -- The absence of scale -- Abstraction -- Exercise 4 - Abstract images -- Photographic genres - Stock photography -- Further resources -- 5 Movement and flow -- Directional forces -- Containment -- Flow direction -- Exercise 5 - Observation -- Photographic genres - Constructed or staged photography -- Photographic genres - Photojournalism and documentary photography -- Styles and movements - Modernism -- Further resources -- 6 Emphasis and emotion -- Point of interest -- Focus areas vs areas of de-focus -- Juxtaposition -- Incongruity -- Mood and emotion -- Exercise 6 - Themes -- Photographic genres - Editorial photography -- Further resources -- 7 Putting it all together -- Expressing views and visions -- Symbolism as visual shorthand -- Creative strategies -- Exercise 7 - Concepts and ideas -- Photographic genres - Design and conceptual photography -- Styles and movements - Postmodernism: Predominantly 1960s to 1990s -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography.
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Index -- Acknowledgements and picture credits.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-00129-5
Language:
English
