Complete Introduction To Photography

COMPLETED INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY By J. HARRIS GABLE. Originaly published in 1940. Contents include: PREFACE xiii PART I. THEORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY I. PICTURES AND PICTURETAKERS 3 II. THE LENS 7 III. THE CAMERA 18 IV. TYPES OF CAMERAS 2.9 V. FILM 38 VI. OTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC TOOLS 48 PART II. PICTURETAKING VII. OUTDOOR PICTURES 63 VIII. INDOOR PICTURES 76 IX. PORTRAITS AND POSED PICTURES 84 X. SPECIAL SUBJECTS 92. XI. SPECIAL METHODS OF PICTURETAKING 107 XII. MOVIES 134 PART III. DARKROOM WORK XIII. DEVELOPING 153 XIV. PRINTING AND FINISHING 167 XV. ENLARGING 180 XVI, THE DARKROOM 191 vu viii CONTENTS XVIL SPECIAL DARKROOM WORK: 2.01 XVIII. COLOR PRINTS 2.14 XIX. EXHIBITIONS AND SALONS 2.2.4 PART IV. LABORATORY MANUAL X4i INDEX 2.65 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MITZI Frontispiece Facing t a ff i. LANDSCAPE Photograph by Claude Pilger 78 z. PUMP AND STONE BARN Photograph by D wight Kirsch 78 3. INFORMAL PORTRAIT BY DAYLIGHT 79 4. PORTRAIT BY STANDARD LIGHTING 79 5. PROFILE PORTRAIT 79 6. MARIHUANA: POSED PICTURE 79 7-J-94 8. THREE WISE FOOLS Photograph by George Holmes 94 9. NEBRASKA CAPITOL Photograph by Claude Pilger 94 10. JANICE 94 11. CLOUDS Photograph by Claude Pilger 95 iz. FLOWERS Photograph by Claude Pilger 95 13. LIGHTNING Photograph by Claude Pilger loz 14. DREAM LAKE ioz 15. KITTENS Photograph by Claude Pilger 101 1 6. BASEBALL: ACTION PICTURE Photograph by H. A. Coleman 103 17. DEFIANCE Photograph by Claude Pilger 103 18. COPY OF COLORED BIBLE COVER Photograph by Claude Pilger H4 19. PHOTOMACROGRAPH Photograph by Claude Pilger 114 zo. INFRARED PICTURE Photograph by Claude Pilger 114 zi. PHOTOMICROGRAPH OF TOOTH SECTION 115 zz. SAND: TEXTURE PICTURE Photograph by Claude Pilger 115 Z3. OVEREXPOSED, NORMALLY EXPOSED, AND UNDEREXPOSED NEGATIVE I 7 Z4-NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE I 7 zj. UNDEREXPOSED, NORMALLY EXPOSED, AND OVEREXPOSED PRINT I 7 I ix x ILLUSTRATIONS 2.6. NORMAL NEGATIVE PRINTED ON THREE CONTRASTS 171 2.7, PRINTS FROM FLAT AND HARD SUCTIONS OF NEGATIVE SHOWN IN ILLUSTRATION 2.) 171 z8. TEXTURE PRINT 182. 2.9. SNOW EFFECT PRINT 382. 30. SEVEN DIAMETER ENLARGEMENT 182. 31. PRINTING-IN CLOUDS 183 32.. PATTERN xio 33. NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE PHOTOGRAMS 2.10 34. PHOTOMONTAGE Photograph by Claud* Ptl^ r 2.11 35. RELIEF PRINT zii 36. BACK OF A MUCH-EXHIBITED PRINT 2.2.8 37. PAPER NEGATIVE PROCESS LIST OF FIGURES i. FOCAL LENGTH OF LENS 8 z. FOCAL LENGTH GOVERNS SIZE OF IMAGE 9 3. Focus FOR FAR AND NEAR OBJECTS, SHOWING CIRCLES OF CONFUSION u 4. STOPPING DOWN REDUCES CIRCLES OF CONFUSION iz 5. F: STOP RATIOS 13 6. COMPARATIVE SPEEDS OF LENSES 14 7. MENISCUS LENS 15 8. Focus OF COLORS 15 9. ACHROMATIC LENS 15 10. THEORY OF RECTILINEAR LENS 16 11. LENS ELEMENTS AND RESPECTIVE SPEEDS 17 n. COUPLED RANGE FINDER DIAGRAM 19 13. WESTON EXPOSURE METER zz 14. THE SHUTTER 15 15. VIEW FINDER z6 16. CAMERA OBSCURA zg 17. ACTION OF REFLEX CAMERA 34 18. PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE iSSo's 41 19. INGREDIENTS IN MAKING FILM 41 zo. FILM NOTCHES 46 zi. ACTION OF FILTERS 49 zz. TRIPOD 54 Z3. TILT-PAN HEAD 55 Z4. FILM PACK 57 ZJ. KODAFLECTOR 5^ z6. COMPOSITION DIAGRAM FOR ILLUSTRATION i 74 17. DIAGRAM FOR ILLUSTRATION 3 76 z8. INTERIOR GROUP LIGHTING DIAGRAMS 80 zg. PORTRAIT LIGHTING DIAGRAMS 87 30. KODACHROME DIAGRAM Io8

Photography: A Critical Introduction

Photography: A Critical Introduction was the first introductory textbook to examine key debates in photographic theory and place them in their social and political contexts, and is now established as one of the leading textbooks in its field. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, this fully revised edition provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing.
This revised and updated fourth edition includes:

• key concepts, biographies of major thinkers, seminal references
• a full glossary of terms, comprehensive bibliography and new chapter abstracts
• updated resource information, including guides to public archives and useful websites.

Individual chapters cover:

• key debates in photographic theory and history
• documentary photography and photojournalism
• personal and popular photography
• photography and commodity culture
• photography and the human body
• photography as art
• photography in the age of electronic imaging.

This lavishly illustrated fourth edition includes over 100 photographs and images, of huge diversity, in full colour throughout, featuring work from Bill Brandt, Susan Derges, Rineke Dijkstra, Lee Friedlander, Fran Herbello, Hannah Höch, Karen Knorr, Dorothea Lange, Chrystal Lebas, Lee Miller, Martin Parr, Ingrid Pollard, Jacob Riis, Alexander Rodchenko, Andres Serrano and Jeff Wall.

 

About the Author

Liz Wells is Professor in Photographic Culture in the Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth.
Her teaching and research covers photography history, theory, criticism; contemporary photographic practices; Independent and Experimental Film and Video, with a special interest in landscape photography.
Editorial Advisory Group member , Visual Communications, Sage
Editorial Advisory Group member, Visual Culture in Britain, University of Manchester Press.
Along with David Bate and Martin Lister, Liz Wells is currently working on a new Routledge Journal, ‘Photographies’, which will launch early 2008.

Review

"A timely revision of a great book. It is invaluable in setting the stage for critical research in photography. An accessible, comprehensive and substantial contribution to the critical study of photography." -- Lynne Bentley-Kemp, Rochester Institute of Photography

"Bravo to Liz Wells for putting together such a comprehensive critical introduction to the protean subject of photography. This will be a 'must read' for every serious student of the medium. Lucidly written, illustrated with well selected examples, and furnished with a helpful glossary, Photography: A Critical Introduction explores how histories, theories, and social uses of photography evolved in particular cultural contexts and illuminates the key terms in which photographic practices are debated today." -- Deborah Bright, Rhode Island School of Design

"Impressive...covers information about the ideas and conceptual issues of image-making that most books ignore." -- J. Tomas Lopez, University of Miami --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Graphic Design Solutions

Cutting-edge concepts, a beautifully illustrated text, and a dazzling array of award-winning design make the third edition of this standout best-seller one of the most highly acclaimed design texts in the world. Graphic Design Solutions continues to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to graphic design and advertising design, with step-by-step visual solutions that readers can apply with confidence to their own design and advertising projects. A highly illustrative, straightforward assessment of developing winning graphic design solutions for a variety of media-including print, Web, television, and unconventional formats-helps designers think critically and creatively about their work while understanding the demands of the graphic design profession in today's world. 

About the Author

Robin Landa holds the title of Distinguished Professor in the Robert Busch School of Design at Kean University of New Jersey. She is included among the teachers that the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching calls the "great teachers of our time." Most recently, Landa was a finalist in the WALL STREET JOURNAL?s Creative Leaders competition. Robin has won numerous awards for design, writing, and teaching and is the author of twelve published books about graphic design, branding, advertising, and creativity, including ADVERTISING BY DESIGN (John Wiley & Sons) and DESIGNING BRAND EXPERIENCES (Wadsworth/Cengage).