| | |  | Biography & Memoirs | Home » » The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos | | | | | | | 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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• ISBN13: 9780240809342
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Michael Freeman | | Paperback:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| Focal Press | | Publication Date:
| June 06, 2007 | | ISBN:
| 0240809343 | | Package Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 126 reviews |
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 I was somewhat reluctant to buy this bookAug 31, 2010
A main theme of the reviews, both positive and negative, seemed to point out that Freeman is a difficult read. But if you are really interested in composition from the photographer's perspective and push onward, you will begin to pay more attention to the content and less to the author's tone.
Some of the sections are very technical, like the "Golden Section" and "Fibonacci Series". But photography is a visual art and most of the book is about general artistic principles and design with exampled photos. I think people will get the most from the book by reading a few sections, then going out and taking a LOT of pictures to put the newly learned principle into practice. Just read and shoot....read and shoot.
 Great photographerAug 25, 2010
But terrible writer. Treat this book as a photo book and ignore the writing. Some of these pictures are genuinely amazing but the same can't be said for his writing.
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be preparedJul 30, 2010
I found it difficult to keep in this book. There is a sentence or two with very useful information if you can find those gems within the vast sea of art history and famous quotes. One random example from the book (p86) "Under what circumstances is it useful to try to impose a triangular structure? It is important to see implied triangles as one of a few devices for bringing order to an image, or of arranging the things being photographed. The occasions when such organization is needed are usually those when there is a need for clarity. This is a common in still life photography and in various forms of reportage when the most important thing is to make a clear representation of something, often in a visually untidy setting. As this is a common condition in professional photography, the idea of structuring an image in a simple graphic arrangement is principally professional." ....the preceding represents one of easier paragraphs to read in the book. I found myself skipping many paragraphs due to the abstract thoughts that didn't seem to pertain, quotes or the history lesson on the particular topic at hand.
Given that, there is still good information if you can stick with it long enough to glean some of the knowledge. This is my second book (purchased simultaneously) by Mr. Freeman and I might be hard pressed to purchase another- simply due to his presentation of the material.
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 Not for use on a Kindle 2 - Color graphics on PCJul 03, 2010
KINDLE REVIEW: The writing style is somewhat drawn-out, but OK once you get use to his style. However the graphic elements are dreadful on a Kindle 2. I was ready to see if I could return it, until I viewed in on Kindle for PC. It turns out the graphics are in COLOR and of reasonable quality. Much is lost with the Kindle grayscale conversion.
I'll keep the e-book, but only view it on a PC. The Kindle DX may display better.
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Great book, poor Kindle quality on iPadJun 26, 2010
Anyone who's into photography knows how important it is to be able to see a good quality of the image that is being discussed. The Kindle edition of this book robbed me from that particular side of the learning process: most of the pictures are such poor quality, I have hard time making sence of them.
Someone might tell me, "That's what samples are for". Yes, I did get the sample first but thought, "Well, it's a sample; the real thing will have proper picture quality". Wrong!
Great disappointment, Kindle team.
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