Photography

By (author) London Barbara; By (author) Stone Jim; By (author) Upton John
Description:
For courses in Photography

The most comprehensive, up-to-date resource for today''s photography students
Photography helps students learn how to make photographs, how to control photographic processes, and how different photographers employ them for their own creative purposes. As with each edition of this hallmark text, authors Barbara London, Jim Stone, and John Upton provide comprehensive yet practical coverage of both the traditional practice of photography and the now-dominant contemporary digital techniques. Integrating material on chemical and digital processes throughout, the Twelfth Edition offers fully up-to-date coverage of digital techniques, equipment, and workflow.
Table of contents:
1. Getting Started
2. Camera
3. Lens
4. Exposure, Sensors, and Film
5. Light and Color
6. Developing a Film Negative
7. Printing in a Darkroom
8. Basics of Digital Pictures
9. Image Editing
10. Printing Digitally
11. Organizing, Storing, and Presenting Work
12. Lighting
13. Extending the Image
14. View Camera
15. Seeing Photographs
16. History of Photography

Biographical note:
Barbara London has authored and co-authored many photography books from their first editions to their current ones, including Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, A Short Course in Digital Photography, The Photograph Collector''s Guide, and more.

Jim Stone is Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico. His photographs have been collected by the Museum of Modern Art and The Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others. Books of his work include Stranger Than Fiction (Light Work, 1993), Historiostomy (Piltdown Press, 2001), and Why My Pictures are Good (Nazraeli Press, 2005). He has also published six higher education titles that are widely used in university courses: A User¹s Guide to the View Camera, Darkroom Dynamics, Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, and A Short Course in Digital Photography.
 
John Upton, Professor Emeritus, was for many years Chair of Photography at Orange Coast College, one of the largest photography departments in the U.S. He has curated a number of exhibitions, including Color as Form: A History of Color Photography. His work is included in many private and public collections, including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.

New feature:

• Integrated coverage of digital and chemical camera techniques throughout the text meets the needs of students using an all-digital, all-chemical, or mixed workflow.

• UPDATED! Chapters 8—11 on digital technique explore the current state of digital photography.
• • Chapter 8 introduces software applications that manage a digital workflow, coverage of which is integrated throughout the following chapters.
  • Chapters 9 and 10 survey the options available when adjusting or printing a single image.
  • Chapter 11 covers the organizing of an archive for storing photographs that may have no physical form. This chapter also suggests methods and products to help students to quickly find one image among thousands, and offers finishing techniques for making prints look great on the wall of a bedroom, a classroom, or a museum.
• Over two-dozen new fine art photographs illustrate technical concepts and help students develop visual awareness. The Twelfth Edition adds a wealth of images from contemporary and twentieth-century photographers in