Photography Essentials: Waiting for the Light - Softcover

David Noton

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9780715328194: Photography Essentials: Waiting for the Light

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715328190 ISBN 13: 9780715328194

Publisher: David & Charles, 2009

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"Waiting for the Light" is a breathtaking visual celebration of photographer David Noton's work to date, including some of the world's finest landscape photography. It offers a long-awaited exploration of David's images, showcasing the very best from his extensive global portfolio, with photographs from every continent. Accompanying text places an emphasis on his use of light, and his ability to capture the essence of a place through outstanding landscape photography. David offers amateurs and professionals inspirational and practical advice on how to achieve this in their own work.

This work contains an invaluable chapter exploring the impact that transferring David's workflow from traditional to digital has had on his working practices and output. Beautifully displayed images combined with explanatory captions and practical, revealing text, make this an indispensable must-have for any photographer.

Extracts & Hints from the book

Let's cut to a grey, windy February day, 1981. I'm up a ladder cleaning the windows of an office block on a trading estate in watford... sounds tantalizing doesn't it? Photography has just taken over my life, with my payoff from the Merchant Navy i've just bought my first SLR camera and life will never be the same again.

light is the most fundamental element of photography. A photograph made in the wrong light is worthless, no matter how dramatic the subject. Conversly, given the right light a photographer can make a lump of coal look good.

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Review:

Review from Wanderlust - Waiting for the light isn't just a showcase of Noton's best work. Through a series of essays, detailed captions, commentary on his own shots, diary entries and a gallery section. Noton shares his know-how, and explains how to truly capture the essence of a scene. --Wanderlust

Review from RPS Journal - The essence of the book is about how photographers use their eyes, how you develop a photograph with vision. One of my longest standing clients is The National Trust, that dates right back to 1985. --RPS Journal

Review from Practical Photography - One of the best landscapers in the world. noton's inimitably dry wit shines through in his photo essays, captions and diary entries, and whether you're a landscaper or a travel photographer at heart, David's work is never less than exemplary. Highly recommended. --Practical Photography

If landscapes is your subject or you re considering having a go, we d recommend this book without any question of doubt. --Ephotozine

Review from Practical Photography - One of the best landscapers in the world. noton's inimitably dry wit shines through in his photo essays, captions and diary entries, and whether you're a landscaper or a travel photographer at heart, David's work is never less than exemplary. Highly recommended. --Practical Photography

About the Author:

David Noton is one of the world's most renowned landscape photographers, and runs his own highly successful freelance photography company. For many years he has worked for the UK's National Trust on countless commissions and he co-authored the NT publication Coast. For the last few years David has written a regular column for Practical Photography. David lives in Sherborne, Dorset, UK.

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