Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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A practical and inspiring guide. This Third Edition familiarizes readers with the traditional principles of composition and visual design. The jargon-free text provides practical techniques and innovative exercises for breaking with traditional concepts of design to enable the photographer to develop a keen awareness of subject matter and a personal direction. Topics include: Barriers to seeing Learning to observe: rethinking the familiar Learning to imagine: abstracting and selecting Learning to express: Subject matter and the photographer Elements and principles of visual design and more. This edition of Photography and the Art of Seeing is updated to include technical guidelines adapted for both digital and film photographers and includes photographs from Freeman Patterson's personal collection. Extended captions include valuable technical information and personal commentary reflective of the superb craftsmanship and stunning photography from one of the most highly acclaimed and celebrated photographers worldwide.

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780864929051
Category : Nature photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In his own words, photographer Freeman Patterson reveals the evolution of his creative techniques and the experiences that have shaped both his vocation and his life. With an opening essay by curator and art historian Tom Smart.

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552633274
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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In Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image the authors show how photographs can be used to alter physical reality to express the photographer's personal response to specific subject matter. The "impressionist" photographer deliberately abandons physical exactitude to convey the reality of feelings more effectively. This book explains how to venture into the non-literal world of photography to create and record impressions that express emotion, feelings and spirit. The first part of the book includes instructional topics such as: Multiple exposures Montages Subtle and vibrant colors Selective focus, exposure and speed Creative image transfer techniques Trends and film choices. The second part is a gallery of photographs taken around the world with extensive captions that explain the authors' personal approaches to photography.

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550130959
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Now revised, this book provides clear instructions for beginning color or black-and-white photographers on choosing equipment, selecting the correct exposure, understanding depth of field, and much more.

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550130997
Category : Photography, Artistic
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The author first guides the reader in learning how to see more than the surface impression and then gives the elements of photography and visual design.

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550135909
Category : Composition (Photography)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Using light, line, texture, shape, perspective to create visual design.

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552635179
Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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“I have an emotional attachment to Earth that goes far beyond my ability to understand or explain. I believe that our species is no more special, in nature’s scheme of things, than any other, and that all life habitats should be treated with the same care, respect, and dignity with which we, in our best moments, treat our fellow human beings.†-Freeman Patterson taken from Portraits of Earth Freeman Patterson’s garden is a place where rain is as important as sunshine, where colours blend seamlessly with fragrances, imagination and dreams, and where everything that lives and grows also dies, but where the cycle of life continues. Patterson has captured his five seasons with his arresting visual genius. We begin in the misty mornings of early spring—the first green shoots against a soggy and grey landscape. Summer brings the riotous palette of hundreds of species of flowers and expanses of hay-scented ferns. Autumn juxtaposes close-ups of gold leaves against frost-gilded petals and berries, and a wondrous winter weaves a tapestry of white flakes, mid-brown grasses, and tiny black shadows. In a “fifth season,†the book ends, where it began, and as all gardens do, with rebirth, a symbol of hope and new beginnings. Freeman uses the symbol of the eternal garden as a vehicle for internal reflection. His intimate text applies the wisdom gained from observing a garden to real life—the delight of seed catalogues, keeping the deer away from hostas, the importance of having chairs in a garden, to the function of pathways; the beauty of roses in the soft, first light. The Garden is a breathtaking accomplishment by a rare talent; it will delight, it will calm, it will inspire. (March 2003)

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552091180
Category : Landscape photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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PORTRAITS OF THE EARTH, combines 114 remarkable photographs with a compelling text. It is a remarkable photographic portrait of this planet we call Earth.

Author: Freeman Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550132519
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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"A stunning collection of work from Canada`s best photographer.... the best pure coffee table book in Canada." - The Globe and Mail (1997)

Author: William Neill
Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.
ISBN: 1681985764
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 654

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See the images and read the stories behind the creative process of one of America’s most respected landscape photographers, William Neill.

For more than two decades, William Neill has been offering his thoughts and insights about photography and the beauty of nature in essays that cover the techniques, business, and spirit of his photographic life. Curated and collected here for the first time, these essays are both pragmatic and profound, offering readers an intimate look behind the scenes at Neill’s creative process behind individual photographs as well as a discussion of the larger and more foundational topics that are key to his philosophy and approach to work.

Drawing from the tradition of behind-the-scenes books like Ansel Adams’ Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs and Galen Rowell’s Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, Light on the Landscape covers in detail the core photographic fundamentals such as light, composition, camera angle, and exposure choices, but it also deftly considers those subjects that are less frequently examined: portfolio development, marketing, printmaking, nature stewardship, inspiration, preparation, self-improvement, and more. The result is a profound and wide-ranging exploration of that magical convergence of light, land, and camera.

Filled with beautiful and inspiring photographs, Light on the Landscape is also full of the kind of wisdom that only comes from a deeply thoughtful photographer who has spent a lifetime communicating with a camera. Incorporating the lessons within the book, you too can learn to achieve not only technically excellent and beautiful images, but photographs that truly rise above your best and reveal your deeply personal and creative perspective—your vision, your voice.