A View from the Wild Side

A Photographic Manual for Better Pictures – Photographic Techniques

THE CAMERA
1 The Camera 10
2 Lens & Perspective 45
3 Focus Evaluation 62

DESIGN
4 Design 71
5 Composition 85
6 Color 94

IMAGING
7 Visual Perception 111
8 Motion 125

LIGHTING
9 The Characteristics of Light 136
10 Intro to Portraiture 155

FINE ARTS
11 Styles from the Past 165
12 Film Photography 177

SPECIAL TOPICS
13 Wildlife Close-up Photography 191
14 Infrared Photography 265
15 post-production 269

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A View from the Wild Side, takes the reader through the picture-making-process in fine arts photography. I have gathered relevant images from my early days of photography and through the years, to illustrate the design, composition and strategies to take better pictures.

Practical instructions on the use of the camera: the viewing system, digital functions and operation.
Apply color theories, methods of design, composition and visual perception.
Illustrations in previsualizations and motion and imagination imagery.
Explore the characteristics of light, working with glassware and reflective subject.
Concise guides and explanatory diagrams for black-and-white and print making.
Colorful close-up wildlife digital images from the Amazonas rainforest.

Advanced Media Lighting Design

Study Book in Portraiture & Media Lighting Design

It centers on portrait lighting techniques in the studio and location, with emphasis on facial forms and posing.

PART 1: Introduction
Chapter I The Characteristics of Light
Chapter II Photographic Lights

PART 2: Basic Lighting
Chapter III Direction of Light-lighting Highly Reflective Subjects
Chapter IV Intensity of Light-Lighting with Electronic Flash

PART 3: Basic Portrait Lighting
Chapter V Light Sources/Movements
Chapter VI Basic Light Forms

PART 4: Advanced Portrait Lighting
Chapter VII Continuous Lighting
Chapter VIII Studio Strobes
Chapter IX The Beauty Dish
Chapter X Portable Strobes
Chapter XI Daylight

PART 5: SPECIAL TOPICS
Chapter XII Filters in Photography
Chapter XIII Long Exposure

A complete instructional course. This book is available in PDF format or print.
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