Bryan Peterson's Understanding Composition Field G uide
Published on 6. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7704-3307-9 (ISBN)
Description
Follow-up to bestselling Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide. Bryan Peterson is able to explain complex concepts in understandable and even humorous language. It includes stunning and colourful images that will wow the reader. Beginning photographers and serious amateurs alike, including students, aspiring professionals and the multitude of existing Bryan Peterson fans, will love this pocket guide to on-location tips for composing images with impact. Bestselling author Bryan Peterson offers a follow-up to his top-selling Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide, this time offering tips, techniques and exercises to help amateurs in the field compose stronger, more compelling photographs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Watson-Guptill Publications
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7704-3307-9 (9780770433079)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Bryan Peterson
Bryan Peterson's Understanding Composition Field Guide
How to See and Photograph Images with Impact
E-Book
11/2012
Amphoto Books
€15.99
Available for download
Person
Bryan Peterson is a phenomenon in how-to photograph, with more than half a million books sold, including Amphoto's No. 1 bestselling title of all time, Understanding Exposure, now in its third edition (9780817439392). A professional photographer and internationally known instructor, he is also the author of Understanding Digital Photography 9780817437961 and Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide.
Content
Introduction
1: Learning to See: Mining the Mundane
2: The Role of Aperture and Shutter Speed
3: Filling the Frame: Two Steps from a Compelling Composition
4: Choosing Your Background
5: Using the Empty Canvas
6: Adding Interest in the Foreground
7: Creating Contrast
8: The Golden Section, the Rule of Thirds, and the Rule of Visual Weight
9: Horizontal versus Vertical
10: Framing with a Frame
11: Sweating the Small Stuff
12: Mining Images to Find the Mother Lode
13: Capturing the Decisive Moment
14: When to Break the Rules
Index
1: Learning to See: Mining the Mundane
2: The Role of Aperture and Shutter Speed
3: Filling the Frame: Two Steps from a Compelling Composition
4: Choosing Your Background
5: Using the Empty Canvas
6: Adding Interest in the Foreground
7: Creating Contrast
8: The Golden Section, the Rule of Thirds, and the Rule of Visual Weight
9: Horizontal versus Vertical
10: Framing with a Frame
11: Sweating the Small Stuff
12: Mining Images to Find the Mother Lode
13: Capturing the Decisive Moment
14: When to Break the Rules
Index