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For introductory and advanced courses in Photography.

This best-selling introductory photography text teaches students how to use the medium confidently and effectively by emphasizing both technique and visual awareness. Comprehensive in scope, this book—features superb instructional illustrations and examples in its clear presentation of both black and white and color photography. London offers extensive coverage of digital imaging and the latest technological developments, such as Web page design and formatting photos on CD-ROMs.

• Unique, simple-to-understand explanatory diagrams and demonstration photos.

  • Helps students overcome common problems in many areas, such as film exposure, black and white darkroom technique, and using an electronic flash.

• Images by contemporary photographers—Adds to the great and classic photographs for which this work is known.

  • Encourages students to understand their work in the context of the historical and contemporary art scene.

• Emphasis on technique and visual awareness.

  • Teaches students how to control the photographic process, and shows them the choices that other photographers have made.

• Detailed coverage of visual elements—e.g., composition, tonality, sharpness.

  • Explains how students can make better pictures themselves, and view the photographs of others with a more sophisticated eye.

• Coverage of general photographic techniques.

  • Allows students to explore the camera, lens, film, exposure, developing and printing black and white film, and mounting.

• Easy-to-use format—Features two facing pages completing a single idea, skill, or technique.

  • Makes this text accessible to beginning photography students, and a quick reference for those with more experience.

• Digital imaging icons.

  • Draws students attention to related information about digital imaging, or to information in the digital imaging chapters.

• Step-by-step instructions include a “Lights Out” feature.

  • Helps students better identify darkroom techniques.

• A fully illustrated troubleshooting appendix.

  • Organizes information about technical problems, their causes, and ways to prevent them.

• “Photographer at Work” interviews.

  • Familiarizes students with photographers who have developed successful careers.

• An entire chapter devoted to the history of photography.

  • Enables students to place today's photography—and their own—in a historical context.

• State of the Art Companion Website—Includes simulations of photo and lab processes.

  • Gives students a visual understanding of text material that can be reviewed at any time.

• Updated digital imaging chapters.

• Photographers at Work boxes.

• Updated coverage of color photography.

• High quality sample images.

1. GETTING STARTED.

2. CAMERA.

3. LENS.

4. LIGHT AND FILM.

5. EXPOSURE.

6. DEVELOPING THE NEGATIVE.

7. PRINTING THE POSITIVE.

8. FINISHING AND MOUNTING.

9. COLOR.

10. DIGITAL CAMERA.

11. DIGITAL DARKROOM.

12. LIGHTING.

13. SPECIAL TECHNIQUES.

14. VIEW CAMERA.

15. ZONE SYSTEM.

16. SEEING PHOTOGRAPHS.

17. HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

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  Photography, 9/E
  London, Stone & Upton
  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131752014 | ISBN-13: 9780131752016
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  For introductory and advanced courses in Photography.

   

  Why is this the #1 photography text year after year?  Because no other source teaches students the skills they need to use the medium confidently and effectively, emphasizing both technique and visual awareness.

Why is this the #1 photography text year after year? Because no other source does so much so well.

The eighth edition of Photography teaches the skills you need to use the medium confidently and effectively, emphasizing both technique and visual awareness. It features: ,/P>

Complete coverage. What you need to know about black-and-white and color photography, plus special techniques such as lighting, close-up photography, and more. Digital imaging. Two updated chapters on digital imaging reflect cutting-edge technology. An emphasis on seeing photographically. Includes not only technical information, but also insight about flaw to make your pictures better. The text gives special attention to the visual choices photographers make about elements such as sharpness, tonality, and cropping. An easy-to-follow format. Each topic is discussed on a set of facing pages using photos, drawings, text, and captions.

New to this edition:

• Revised and updated digital-imaging chapters.
• Two new Photographer at Work profiles expand this popular coverage of contemporary photography.
• Updated coverage of color photography reflects changes in this dynamic field arid brings the text into the 21st century.
• Striking new fine-art images representing a range of photographic styles.

Unique FREE online study resoiurce...The Companion Website
www.prenhall.com/london For Students

• Interactive simulations and demonstrations that help you understand photo and lab processes.
• Chapter objectives that help you organize the key concepts for each chapter.
• Quizzes with multiple-choice, true/false, and fill-in questions that give you instant feedback and scores. A built-in e-mail routing option lets you forward quizzes to your instructor.
• Useful web links for each chapter as well as an online glossary.

For Instructors

• The Art Central section includes teaching resources from the Instructor's Manual with lecture hints, class activities, and mare, coordinated to each chapter. This module is accessible through a password provided by your local Prentice Hall representative.
• The Syllabus Manager is an easy way to create and post your syllabus online.

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