Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography

Stephen Johnson

304 pages, parution le 11/08/2006

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Résumé

"We are in the Stone Age of digital photography. We've figured out how to make some tools, but it is just now beginning to dawn on us what we might do with them. I've often been frustrated at the concentration on the technical aspect of digital photography with so little discussion of the aesthetics and heart behind the image making. This book is essentially a distillation of what I've been teaching over the last 25 years."

Master photographer Stephen Johnson has been taking beautiful landscape photography for decades, and teaching others the practical art of image making since 1977. While he started out with traditional film camera techniques, Johnson is widely recognized among his peers as a pioneer of digital photography. Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography chronicles his ride on the bleeding edge of this medium's evolution, and provides a practical in-depth introduction to digital photography that offers the latest techniques for beginning and experienced photographers alike.

What sets this guide apart from other books on the topic is its approach and execution: This isn't a Photoshop book, although Photoshop has its place within the book; it's a book that a master teacher and photographer creates after a lifetime of showing others how to understand and make great photography. Complete with beautiful color photographic examples and illustrations, Johnson's book covers everything from:

The basics of digital photography
Film camera techniques vs. digital
Practical approaches of the filmless photographer
Techniques of the digital darkroom
A photographer's digital journey
Photography, art and the future

This is a holistic work (and method for teaching) that embraces the state of photographic tools and techniques, blended with suggestions and experiences on why I make photographs, Johnson says. At its best, photography rides that crest where technology and art intersect. But the deepest engagement that photography can bring remains its ability to capture and hold a moment before the lens. In this age of digital manipulation, that fundamental fact must be remembered.

L'auteur - Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson is a photographer, designer and teacher. His photographs have appeared in numerous publications including American Photo, Audubon, Life Magazine, Landscape Magazine, Pacific Discovery, Sierra Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and The New York Times, to name a few. Internationally recognized as a digital photography "pioneer," Johnson's photographs are part of the permanent collections of many institutions including the Oakland Museum, the Getty, the City of New York, Apple Computer, and the National Park Service. Also known as a masterful educator, he has been running a workshop program 25 years, and has help to build a wondrous portable digital lab, the "Magical Digital Bus". Among his many awards and recognition for his groundbreaking work was his induction into the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2003, grants from the NEA, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, California Arts Council, Adobe, Apple and many others.

Sommaire

Acknowledgments
A Note from the Author
Evolutions
The Digital Breakthrough
Input, Light to Silicon
Techniques of the Digital Darkroom
Color Spaces, Printing, and Archiving
A Photographer's Digital Journey
Photography, Art, and the Future
Appendix
Index
About the Author

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Stephen Johnson
Parution	11/08/2006
Nb. de pages	304
Format	21,5 x 25,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1154g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780596523701
ISBN13	978-0-596-52370-1