"We are in the stone age of digital photography. We've figured out how to make some tools, but it is just now beginning to dawn on us what we might do with them. I've often been frustrated at the concentration on the technical aspect of digital photography with so little discussion of the aesthetics and heart behind the image making. This book is essentially a distillation of what I've been teaching over the last 25 years." Master photographer Stephen Johnson has been taking beautiful landscape photography for decades, and teaching others the practical art of image making since 1977. While he started out with traditional film camera techniques, Johnson is widely recognized among his peers as a pioneer of digital photography. "Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography" chronicles his ride on the bleeding edge of this medium's evolution, and provides a practical in-depth introduction to digital photography that offers the latest techniques for beginning and experienced photographers alike.
What sets this guide apart from other books on the topic is its approach and execution: this isn't a Photoshop book, although Photoshop has its place within the book; it's a book that a master teacher and photographer creates after a lifetime of showing others how to understand and make great photography. Complete with beautiful color photographic examples and illustrations, Johnson's book covers everything from: the basics of digital photography; film camera techniques vs. digital; practical approaches of the film less photographer; techniques of the digital darkroom; a photographer's digital journey; and photography, art and the future. This is a holistic work (and method for teaching) that embraces the state of photographic tools and techniques, blended with suggestions and experiences on why I make photographs, Johnson says. At its best, photography rides that crest where technology and art intersect. But the deepest engagement that photography can bring remains its ability to capture and hold a moment before the lens. In this age of digital manipulation, that fundamental fact must be remembered.
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Stephen Johnson is a photographer, designer and teacher. His photographs have appeared in numerous publications including American Photo, Audubon, Life Magazine, Landscape Magazine, Pacific Discovery, Sierra Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and The New York Times, to name a few. Internationally recognized as a digital photography "pioneer," Johnson's photographs are part of the permanent collections of many institutions including the Oakland Museum, the Getty, the City of New York, Apple Computer, and the National Park Service. Also known as a masterful educator, he has been running a workshop program 25 years, and has help to build a wondrous portable digital lab, the "Magical Digital Bus". Among his many awards and recognition for his groundbreaking work was his induction into the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2003, grants from the NEA, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, California Arts Council, Adobe, Apple and many others.
Acknowledgments Part 1:Evolutions Chapter 1:Introduction to Digital Photography Why Digital Photography? A Few Beginning Questions From Light to Pixels From Pixels to Image From Black &White to Color Basic Guide to Digital Cameras Using Digital Cameras:A Checklist Computer Image Data &File Types Different Image Data,Different Image Capabilities Chapter 2:A History of Electronic Imaging The Ancestors of Digital Photography Electronic Imagers Sky,Spies,&Space The Evolution of Digital Publishing Education &Transition:Personal Evolution Chapter 3:On Photography 's Bleeding Edge Technology Illuminates California 's Central Valley The Scanning Camera The Birth of a Project A New Way of Seeing The Magical Digital Bus Digital Panoramics Digital Infrared Digital Stereo Using Digital Imaging for Copying Artwork The Photographic Projects A Project Portfolio Part 2:The Digital Breakthrough Chapter 4:New Heights of Image Quality Film Reality vs.Digital Reality Chapter 5:Process Differences in the Digital Age Seeing As You Go Part III:Input,Light to Silicon Chapter 6:Sensors,Gray,Color &Wide Basic Features of Digital Sensors Sensors,Black &White Rendering Color in Photography The Creation of Electronic Color High Dynamic Range Photography Chapter 7:Digital Camera Techniques Features Digital Camera Techniques Multi-Exposure Panoramics Techniques Multi-Exposure Dynamic Range Expansion HDR Dynamic Range Expansion Increase/Decrease Depth of Field Sensor Artifact Repair Sensor Noise Chapter 8:Scanning Types of Scanners Scanning Considerations Basic Principles of Scanning Common Scanning Controls Chapter 9:Controlling the Digital Image Adjusting Images for Tone &Contrast The Histogram Photoshop's Densitometer A Tonal Primer A Layer Primer Layer Options &Modes Levels Photoshop Curves Contrast &Curves Adjustment Layers Enlarging &Interpolation Sharpening Creating Black &White from Color RAW Files &Adobe Camera Raw A Camera Raw Work Flow Preservation of Your Data The Edited Master Archive Raw Dynamic Range Expansion Photoshop History Chapter 10:Color Correction &Editing Digital Color Basics Light &Color Basic Principles of Color Editing Hue &Saturation Using Curves Tool as a Color Editor Additional Color Controls Chapter 11:Restoration Avoiding Historical Fiction Dust Removal Restoration Case Study:The Central Valley Book Gray Originals Chapter 12:Duotones &Photographic Reproduction Halftone Reproduction in Black &White Photography A Duotone Primer Duotone Curves Duotone Examples Part 5:Color Spaces,Printing &Archiving Chapter 13:Color Management An Overview of Color Management Picture to Print with Color Management Color Management in Practice Chapter 14:Printing -- A New World Printing in the Digital Age Direct Digital Printing Technologies A File Prepared for Printing Printing &Resolution Printing Software To Profile a Printer Making the Print Look Right Digital Black &White Printing Prepress Considerations Chapter 15:What To Do with Your Images Archiving, Storing, Cataloging, & Retrieving Galleries:Real &Virtual Outreach, Ownership,&Sharing Part 6:A Photographer 's Digital Journey Chapter 16:With a New Eye "Elusive Gigabyte of Light " by Stephen Johnson Chapter 17:Examples Portfolio Realistic,Restrained Color in Acadia Sensor Matched to Scene at Arches Silicon & Infrared at Denali Motion &the Scanning Camera:Hawaii Volcanoes Worth the Climb:Mt.St.Helens On the Digital Trail Part 7:Photography,Art &the Future Chapter 18:Making Art Art &Fear Passion &Commitment Photography &Magic Photographic Composition About Art Chapter 19:Imaging Ethics in a Digital World The Nature of the Photographic Process Two Deceptions Ownership,Copyright,&Theft of Intellectual Property Professional Respect &the Value of Your Work Going Forward Chapter 20:Empowerment in the Digital Age Photography &Conservation Photography &Social Concerns Environmental Work Teaching Photography in the Digital Age Chapter 21:From the Digital Stone Age Onward A New Realism Aesthetics:A Personal Perspective Moving Toward Our Perceptual Experience Appendix A High-Resolution Digital Archive Project Paradoxes Of Art,Science,And Photography A Digital Mindset Camera Megapixels &Print Size Film Size &Scanner Resolutions Selected Reading Software &Internet Resources A Glossary of Digital Terms Index About the Author
