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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
Binding: Paperback
Author: Michael Freeman
Manufacturer: Focal Press
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Average Rating: 4.5
Total Customer Reviews: 111
List Price: $29.95
Our Price: $19.77
Sales Rank: 831
Product Description
Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.
Digital photography has brought a new, exciting aspect to design - first because the instant feedback from a digital camera allows immediate appraisal and improvement; and second because image-editing tools make it possible to alter and enhance the design after the shutter has been pressed. This has had a profound effect on the way digital photographers take pictures.
The Photographer's Eye shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montaged to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.
Features
*Covers both traditional in-camera composition and the new opportunities for picture-making made possible by digital imaging editing
*Shows how to explore situations and locations in order to find the best possible photographic possibilities
*Uses clear examples from real photographic assignments, with schematic illustrations of how and why the pictures work
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Product Review Summary: Incredibly Informative In the past few months I have purchased and read around 12 books on both photography and photoshop/lightroom. This book is my favorite out of all of them. In the book Freeman lays out the basics of composition with detailed examples. It reads easy but explains CONCEPTS not PROCESSES. If you are new to photography or considering getting into it then read this book before any other. It will not teach you how to use your camera's functions (although it does in spots), but instead teaches you how to use your camera to capture the image that you want. If you've read other books on technique and function, then come back to this book to learn to maximize what you see in the viewfinder. Worth every penny.
Product Review Summary: Excellent practical overview of composition "The Photographer's Eye" is a rare book that has a lot to say of value to amateur photographers, and that also probably appeals to pros as well. (I'm just an amateur with a digital SLR.) Rather than getting caught up in ivory-tower academic analysis, or just showing off the author's favorite photos with a few unhelpful anecdotes, as too many photography books do, "The Photographer's Eye" clearly and expertly gives the photographer information about virtually every aspect of composition. Even practicing the ideas on a handful of pages on this book would result in substantially better photographs for virtually every amateur snapshot shooter. "The Photographer's Eye" also educates the reader in a subtle manner as to what aspects of artistry result in a "good" image, without being didactic about it. The writing is easy to understand and casual, and the accompanying images really show the point being made in each section.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in taking better photos, whether with a cheap point and shoot digital camera or a top of the line SLR.
Product Review Summary: Hard to read I find this book hard to comprehend. I have tried to take my time reading this but have to continuously put it down. I have read three other photo books and have gotten more from them individually than this book could ever give. It is just too hard for me to understand. I would not recommend this for others personally.
Product Review Summary: Close to a classic I have more photo books than I care to count. The beginner books tend to be about getting exposure correct, say, or perhaps introductory digital photography.
A second level is more subject related: I have many books on nature, landscape and portrait photography. These tend to be a mixture of technical and mechanical. A growing part of my library is on photoshop related books.
This book is at the third level, one that I am trying to explore more. It is talking about the construction of an image, what makes it work from a design point of view. It does this by deconstructing existing sample images into their components. It talks about what is going on in the head of the viewer as their eyes encounter and explore the image, what makes for a satisfied viewer. As such this is the sort of book that could be just as useful to any visual artist, not just photographers. It is reminiscent of art courses I have taken in the past.
As such it is close to being a classic; the reason for the holding back one star is that I find it is a little hard going. It is almost a text book. A book that needs to be read over a period of time. Then reread. Of course that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Product Review Summary: Wonderful book but awful quality in Kindle version. So far this seems to be a wonderful book, but the Kindle version is awful! Most of the images are so low res and pixelated that they look horrible even on my iPhone. I stopped reading it after a few pages.
So the 1 star is for the Kindle version! The book I would probably give 4-5 stars.
I am going to try to get my money back for the Kindle version and then buy the book. The label "Optimized for lagre screens" is definitely misleading for this product.
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