From the award-winning photographer--a comprehensive, accessible, and
detailed guide for every photographer: whether beginner or advanced,
using a digital camera or film.
Award-winning photographer Tom Ang provides a thorough, explicitly
detailed bottom-to-top understanding of modern photography, explaining
all the techniques that will help anyone who uses a camera--in a
professional capacity or as a snapshot shooter--improve the quality of
his or her photographs.
Here is everything you need to know: from the most practical advice (the
fundamental facts about light sources) to the most sophisticated nuances
(how light is measured through photometry), from the basics of the
camera (which button controls which function) to the finer points of
framing with an LCD viewfinder, featuring a selection of Ang's most
inspiring images. For users of film cameras, Ang explains the
differences between types of film and details the various methods of
processing and darkroom techniques.
Ang delves into the development and transformation of photography by
digital techniques. For the digital-camera contingent, there's a
specificity of previously unavailable information about the cameras and
about processing, digitizing, and outputting the images. Ang also
discusses subjects usually ignored in manuals but of interest to all
photographers, including critical theory, the presentation of images,
the function of the human eye in the perception of images, and ethical
and copyright issues.
Fundamentals of Photography is an essential book for every
photographer.
