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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Hirsch |
| ISBN: | 9780240808550 024080855X |
| OCLC Number: | 145941588 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xvii, 397 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 x 24 cm |
| Contents: | Cover -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Artist Contributors -- Chapter 1: Why We Make Pictures: A Concise History of Visual Ideas -- THE GRAMMAR OF PHOTOGRAPHY -- THE EVOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING -- DETERMINING MEANING -- BPS: BEFORE PHOTOSHOP -- THE DIGITAL IMAGING REVOLUTION -- NEW MEDIA -- QUESTIONS ABOUT PHOTO-BASED IMAGEMAKING -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- Chapter 2: Design: Visual Foundations -- LEARNING TO SEE: COMMUNICATING WITH DESIGN -- BEGINNER'S MIND -- THE DESIGN PROCESS -- THE NATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: SUBTRACTIVE COMPOSITION -- DEPARTURE POINT -- ATTENTION SPAN AND STAYING POWER -- PHOTOGRAPHY'S PRIVILEGE -- THE LANGUAGE OF VISION -- PHOTOGRAPHY'S NATIVE CHARACTERISTICS -- DESIGN PRINCIPLES -- VISUAL ELEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: Image Capture: Cameras, Lenses, and Scanners -- THE ROLE OF A CAMERA -- WHAT IS A CAMERA? -- HOW A CAMERA IMAGING SYSTEM WORKS -- DIGITAL CAMERAS -- TYPES OF CAMERAS -- CHOOSING A CAMERA -- CAMERA FILE FORMATS -- OPENING FILES -- THE LENS SYSTEM AND EXPOSURE -- DIGITAL CAMERA FEATURES -- CAMERA, LENS, MONITOR, AND SENSOR CARE -- SCANNERS -- FRAME GRABBER -- STORING DIGITAL IMAGES -- LIVING PHOTOGRAPHY: AUTHORSHIP, ACCESS, AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST PICTURE BOOK -- NOTE -- Chapter 4: Exposure and Filters -- EXPOSURE BASICS -- FILTERING THE LIGHT -- Chapter 5: Seeing with Light -- NATURAL LIGHT -- THE TIME OF DAY/TYPES OF LIGHT -- ARTIFICIAL LIGHT -- BASIC LIGHTING METHODS -- LIGHTING ACCESSORIES -- Chapter 6: Observation: Eyes Wide Open -- HOW WE SEE -- WHY WE MAKE AND RESPOND TO SPECIFIC IMAGES -- THE EFFECTS OF DIGITAL IMAGING -- AESTHETIC KEYS FOR COLOR AND COMPOSITION -- FIGURE-GROUND RELATIONSHIPS -- Chapter 7: Time, Space, Imagination, and the Camera -- IN SEARCH OF TIME -- THE PERCEPTION OF TIME -- CONTROLLING CAMERA TIME -- IMAGING SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: Digital Studio: Where the Virtual Meets the Material World -- DISPLAYING THE IMAGE FILE: TRANSFERRING IMAGE FILES FOR DISPLAY, WEB, OR PRINT -- WORKING WITH A DIGITAL NEGATIVE: THE ORIGINAL CAPTURE -- TRUE RESOLUTION AND THE REAL WORLD -- MAKING PHOTOGRAPHIC-QUALITY PRINTS -- IMAGES AND THE COMPUTER WORKSTATION -- SOFTWARE AND IMAGING APPLICATIONS -- BASIC DIGITAL IMAGING CATEGORIES AND TOOLS -- COMMON TOOLBAR ICONS FROM PHOTOSHOP -- THE COMPUTER AS A MULTIMEDIA STAGE: MOVING IMAGES -- THE INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB -- THE DIGITAL FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- MANUFACTURERS' WEBSITES -- Chapter 9: Presentation and Preservation -- DIGITAL RETOUCHING AND REPAIR -- ARCHIVAL PRESENTATION -- DIGITAL ARCHIVES -- REFERENCES FOR DIGITAL ARCHIVES -- DIGITAL PRINT STABILITY -- CAMERA COPY WORK -- PRESENTING WORK ON A DISK -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: Seeing with a Camera -- THE FRAMING EFFECT: VIEWPOINT -- SELECTIVE FOCUS -- CONTRAST -- DOMINANT COLOR -- HARMONIC COLOR -- ISOLATED COLOR -- MONOCHROME IMAGES -- PERSPECTIVE -- QUIET OR SUBDU. |
| Responsibility: | Robert Hirsch. |
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