Photography and the Art of Seeing : A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography,9781552636145

Photography and the Art of Seeing : A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781552636145
ISBN10: 1552636143
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2004-10-10
Publisher(s): Key Porter Books
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Summary

The second book in Freeman Patterson's internationally acclaimed series of instructional books on photography and visual design, Photography and the Art of Seeing has now been updated and expanded to include technical guidelines adapted for both digital and film photographers. Here, Patterson provides techniques and exercises for breaking with traditional concepts of design, enabling the photographer to develop a keen awareness of subject matter and a personal direction. This edition features several never-before-published photographs from Freeman Patterson's personal collection and extended captions that include valuable technical information and personal commentary, illustrating the superb craftsmanship and stunning photography of one of the world's most celebrated photographers. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Freeman Patterson began to work in photography in 1965. He co-founded the Namaqualand Photographic Workshops in southern Africa and has given numerous workshops in the United States, Israel, England, New Zealand, and Australia. He has published eleven books and has written for many national magazines. In 2001, Patterson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association.

Table of Contents

Preface to the third edition 7(2)
BARRIERS TO SEEING 9(16)
LEARNING TO OBSERVE 25(30)
Thinking sideways
27(11)
Thinking sideways
Exercises in thinking sideways Chance
Exercises in chance
Familiar things
Exercises in seeing familiar things
Being flexible
Relaxed attentiveness
38(17)
Relaxed attentiveness
Exercises in relaxed attentiveness
LEARNING TO IMAGINE 55(10)
Imagining
56(5)
The mind's eye
Exercising your imagination
Abstracting and selecting
61(4)
Abstracting and selecting
Exercises in abstracting and selecting
LEARNING TO EXPRESS 65(80)
The challenge of expression
66(19)
Expression
Exercises in expression
Expression in subject matter
Subject matter and you
Unique properties of photography
85(4)
How a camera sees space
89(14)
Thinking about visual design
103(2)
Elements of visual design: Tone
105(8)
Light
Light and line
Light and shape
Light and texture
Light and perspective
Perspective and other variables
Elements of visual design: Colour
113(6)
Colour and emotion
Colour and time
Colour as a thing-in-itself
Colour and composition
Principles of visual design
119(6)
Dynamic simplicity
Achieving dynamic simplicity: dominance, balance, proportion, pattern and rhythm, deformation
Working with visual design
125(20)
Centre of interest
Base
Filling the picture space
Frames and windows
Lack of perspective
Amputation
True colour
Correct exposure
Symbolism
PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF SEEING 145(10)
Acknowledgements 155(1)
About the author 156

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