Design Principles for Photography: 01 (Basics Creative Photography) - Softcover

Webb, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2940411360 ISBN 13: 9782940411368

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Basics Creative Photography 01: Design Principles introduces photographers to a more considered approach that can add dynamism and impact to imagery, whatever the style or genre - something that today's editors, curators and publishers are all crying out for.In an age over-saturated with photographic imagery, this book demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images.Featured topics: Basic design theory; the use of space; positional decisions; the elements of design; line; shape or form; space; texture; light; colour; pattern; rhythm; contrast; scale and proportion; abstraction; movement and flow; containment; emphasis and emotion; justaposition; incongruity; mood and emotionFeatured artists: Aleksandr Rodchenko; Angus Fraser; Angus McBean; Ansen Seale; Constantine Manos; Ernst Haas; Henri Cartier-Bresson; Libby Double-King; Martine Franck; Naoya Hatakeyama; Olivia Parker; Pascal Renoux; Steve Hart

About this title

About the Author

Jeremy Webb is a photographer and tutor with over 25 years' experience. He has travelled extensively throughout Europe, shooting stock for agencies; joined a team of cruise ship photographers based in Florida; and was an expedition photographer with an environmental charity based in Tanzania. More recently, his work with 'light painting' has received much attention, and has been featured in the British Journal of Photography, as well as numerous published portfolios and websites.

From the Back Cover

Basics Creative Photography: Design Principles introduces students to the use of design methodology in the creation of photographic images. In an age oversaturated with photographic imagery, this book demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images. It guides students through a comprehensive range of principles traditionally associated with design, including the use of line, shape, colour, space, texture and light, and demonstrates how these can be applied to photography. Basics Creative Photography: Design Principles introduces students to a more considered approach that can add dynamism and impact to photography, whatever the style or genre - something that today's editors, curators and publishers are all crying out for.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2940411360
• ISBN 13: 9782940411368
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192