Photograph Composition and Color Design

Name: Photograph Composition and Color Design
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ISBN: 9781933952260

ISBN-10: 1933952261

ISBN-13: 9781933952260

Edition: 2008

Authors: Harald Mante

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Harald Mante, one of the most distinguished teachers of the photographic arts in Germany and an internationally recognized master of photography, brings his teaching to us in the English language for the first time in more than 30 years. In The Photograph Mante explains the elements that are essential to achieving the highest level of visual design in photographs. This book is geared toward the serious intermediate and advanced photographer who strives to create outstanding images. While a deep understanding of photographic techniques is required in order to master photography, technical knowledge alone is not sufficient to create outstanding images. Beyond the technical aspects, the…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Publication date: 3/23/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

Born in Berlin in 1936, Harald Mante studied graphic design and painting at Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden. He taught Photographic Design at Dortmund Polytechnic and at the European Art Academy in Trier, as well as many seminars and workshops. Professor Mante has authored numerous art books and textbooks. His photographic work has been exhibited in museums and private collections world-wide, and his books and calendars have become collector's items.



No Picture Content without Design


The Point


The Point and Disturbing Points


Two and Three Points


Visual Lines and Visual Shapes


Clusters of Points, Detail and Pattern


The Line


Emergence of and Forces Acting on a Line


Horizontal Lines in Landscape and Portrait Formats


Vertical Lines in Landscape and Portrait Formats


Diagonals and Oblique Lines in Landscape and Portrait Formats


Irregular Lines, Groups of Lines, Line Contrast, and Line Division


The Shape


Rectangle and Square as Shape and Image Plane


Circle, Triangle and Oval as Design Elements


Variants of Shapes, Irregular Shapes, and Contrast of Shapes


Universal Contrasts


Figure and Ground: Positive and Negative Forms


Tonal Contrast, Light and Lighting


Representation of Space, the Effect of Focal Lengths


Color Contrasts


The Primary and Secondary Colors, Contrast of Hue


Third Order Colors and Quality Contrast


Complementary Contrast and Quantity Contrast


Cold-Warm Contrast


Actual Color and Apparent Color, Simultaneous Contrast


Using the Tools


Color Harmony


Static and Dynamic Composition, Colors with Distinct and Indistinct Edges


The Imaginary Shape: Cutoff Shapes


Seeing Differently: the Vertical Format


Creative Unsharpness


Collecting Photographs: The Photographic Series


Representing Time: The Photographic Sequence


Biography of Harald Mante


Index