Synopses & Reviews
To create great photographs, the photographer must understand color.
Basics Photography: Capturing Colour guides beginning photographers through the basics of color theory and explains how humans perceive color, the color of light, how to use filtration and white balance, how to use color to generate dynamic images, and how to successfully translate captured color into the photographic print. Fully illustrated with clear and concise diagrams and inspiring photographs, this is an ideal book for photographers at every level who want to master color in order to create their own exciting images.
* Color theory, plus how to use color
* More than 200 stunning full-color photos
* Clear, concise diagrams
Synopsis
Basics Photography: Colour offers a comprehensive introduction to color in photography. Beginning photographers can learn to predict how film will react under different conditions and how to use filters to correct and improve lighting situations. Each section of this comprehensive reference is packed with hints, tips, and technical information, plus more advanced techniques such as tightening the color palette, using false color infrared, and exploiting the relationships between colors are explored. Each point is illustrated with work by some of the world's most famous photographers, each one analyzed to reveal how these artists used color to create a powerful image.
Synopsis
Basics Photography 03: Capturing Colour gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the subject of colour and how to master its use in the process of photographic image-making.
The topics discussed range from basic colour theory to the colour temperature of light and how to use colour to maximize the impact of compositions. A full and intimate understanding of colour is vital to the creation of dramatic, emotive and powerful photographic images.
The way we choose to use colour will greatly influence the success of our image-making.
Synopsis
To create great photographs, the photographer must understand color.
Basics Photography: Capturing Colour guides beginning photographers through the basics of color theory and explains how humans perceive color, the color of light, how to use filtration and white balance, how to use color to generate dynamic images, and how to successfully translate captured color into the photographic print. Fully illustrated with clear and concise diagrams and inspiring photographs, this is an ideal book for photographers at every level who want to master color in order to create their own exciting images.
* Color theory, plus how to use color
* More than 200 stunning full-color photos
* Clear, concise diagrams
About the Author
Phil Malpas, a photographer and writer, served as a director of Photofolio, a commercial gallery in the north of England. He teaches photographic techniques around the world for the tour company Light and Land. He lives in Swindon, UK.