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The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images

The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images, 2nd Edition
Angela Faris Belt
ISBN: 978-0-240-81515-2

Photographic technology is evolving at an ever-accelerating rate. In order to excel at this complex craft, students need to master both creative vision as well as technical skills to produce images that are visually inspiring as well as technically accurate.

In this highly visual, informative new book, Angela Faris Belt discusses the four crucial elements of photography that are essential for successful technical and conceptual image-making... [more]

Darkroom Cookbook, Second Edition

The Darkroom Cookbook, Third Edition
Steve Anchell
ISBN: 978-0-240-81055-3

The art of darkroom developing and printing will never go out of style. Master darkroom specialist Steve Anchell is back to prove it in this long-awaited third edition of his enormously successful Darkroom Cookbook. Packed with over 200 "recipes," some common and others rare gems, you'll discover something new every time you open this guide, whether you're new to the darkroom or have been making your own prints for years. In addition to the formulas, you'll find tons of useful information on developers, push-processing, where to get darkroom equipment, how to set up your own darkroom, how to work and play in your darkroom safely, and much more. This handy guide will become a constant companion for every darkroom enthusiast creating prints at home or in the studio.... [more]

John Hedgecoe's New Introductory Photography Course

John Hedgecoe's New Introductory Photography Course
John Hedgecoe
ISBN: 978-0-2408-0346-3

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Photography Courses
To find textbooks, click the course headings below.

Photojournalism courses:

  • Photojournalism

Introductory Photography courses:

  • Exploring Color Photography
  • Photographic Composition
  • Langford's Basic Photography
  • Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow
  • Langford's Starting Photography

Intermediate Photography courses:

  • Perception and Imaging
  • The Elements of Photography

Advanced Photography courses:

  • The Elements of Photography
  • Langford's Advanced Photography
  • Photographic Possibilities
  • Exhibiting Photography
  • Perception and Imaging

Traditional Photography courses:

  • The Elements of Photography
  • The Darkroom Cookbook
  • John Hedgecoe's New Introductory Photography Course

Photographic Lighting courses:

  • Light, Science, and Magic
  • Stoppees’ Guide to Photograph yand Light
  • Digital Photography

Theory courses:

  • Photography as Activism
  • The Elements of Photography
  • Perception and Imaging
  • Basic Critical Theory for Photographers

Studio Photography courses:

  • Studio Photography: Essential Skills

Digital Photography courses:

  • Digital Collage and Painting
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop
  • Photoshop CS5: Essential Skills
  • How to Cheat in Photoshop CS5
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC
  • Black and White in Photoshop CS4
  • The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook

Alternative Processes courses:

  • Pinhole Photography

Composition courses:

  • The Elements of Photography

Graphic Art/Graphic Design courses:

  • 3D in Photoshop
  • How to Cheat in Photoshop CS5


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