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Location Photography

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ISBN-10: 0240516699

ISBN-13: 9780240516691

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Mark Galer

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Written for photographers using medium format, 35mm and digital cameras, this book covers the techniques and design elements required to communicate creatively with ambient light. The basics, from equipment to framing the image, are described.
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 7/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 182
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Galer is a Photography Lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Introduction
Introduction to teachers
Introduction to students
Research and resources
The work process
Choice of equipment
Exposure
Introduction
Intensity and time
Hand-held light meters
Taking a hand-held meter reading
TTL light meters
Interpreting the meter reading
Revision exercise
Gallery
Sensitivity and Image Capture
Introduction
Choosing a capture medium
Positive image capture
Image characteristics
Limitations
Latitude
Pushing and pulling film
Cross processing
Revision exercise
Gallery
Framing the Subject
Introduction
Communication and context
Format
Content
Balance
Subject placement
The decisive moment
Vantage point
Line
Depth
Summary of basic design techniques
Gallery
Creative Camera Control
Introduction
Focus
Duration of exposure
A creative decision
Perspective
Summary of basic camera techniques
Gallery
Light
Introduction
Ambient light
Characteristics of light
Film latitude
Exposure compensation
Creative techniques
Revision exercise
Gallery
Filters
Introduction
Filter categories
Filter factors
Revision exercise
Gallery
Lighting on Location
Introduction
Fill
Reflectors
Flash
Choice of flash
Guide numbers
Flash as the primary light source
Diffusion and bounce
Fill-flash
Flash as a key light
Slow-sync flash
Revision exercise
Gallery
The Zone System
Introduction
Zone placement
Contrast control
The zones
Operating the system
Calibration tests
Perfecting the system
Revision exercise
Gallery
Landscape
Introduction
History
Personal expression
Expressive techniques
Detail
Night photography
The constructed environment
Assignments
Gallery
Environmental Portraits
Introduction
Framing the subject
Photographing strangers
Character study
Assignment
Gallery
The Photographic Essay
Introduction
Content
Constructing a story
Working styles
Editing
Ethics and law
Distribution and sale of photo-essays
Assignments
Gallery
Glossary