Mastering Photographic Composition, Creativity, and Personal Style

Informationen zum Autor Alain Briot is one of the leading contemporary landscape photographers. Originally from Paris! France! he attended the Academie Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris where he studied drawing and oil painting. Briot began studying photography in 1980. Currently living in Arizona! his favorite photographic locations are in the southwestern United States. Briot's goal is to create the most exciting photographs possible. His equipment! be it cameras! software! etc.! is chosen for the ability to make this possible. Alain Briot is a columnist on the highly respected Luminous Landscape website. Klappentext Alain Briot states! "The personality of the photographer must be present in the image for an artistic photograph to have value". And in this book he sets out to teach what is essential in achieving this goal. Following his successful first book! Mastering Landscape Photography! Briot goes beyond the conventional rules of composition and takes on a fresh! new approach to teaching the art of photography. Based on his personal experiences as an artist! teacher! and photographer! he opens new doors to the reader; doors leading to new ways of seeing and composing images. Briot approaches fine art photography as being a combination of art and technique! and in this book he addresses both. On the artistic side! Briot introduces artistic concepts that have been rarely! if ever! associated with photography. On the technical side! he presents numerous tools that can help you learn to create better photographs and he provides technical solutions to common photographic problems. The author practices photography as a fine art. What matters most to him is how photography can be used to express feelings and emotions. For Briot! a good photograph must be both artistically inspired and technically excellent. To have just one of these two elements is not enough for a fine art photograph to be successful. Foreword by Tony Sweet. Zusammenfassung Alain Briot states! "The personality of the photographer must be present in the image for an artistic photograph to have value". And in this book he sets out to teach what is essential in achieving this goal.Following his successful first book! Mastering Landscape Photography! Briot goes beyond the conventional rules of composition and takes on a fresh! new approachto teaching the art of photography. Based on his personal experiences as an artist! teacher! and photographer! he opens new doors to the reader; doors leading to new ways of seeing and composing images.Briot approaches fine art photography as being a combination of art and technique! and in this book he addresses both. On the artistic side! Briot introduces artistic concepts that have been rarely! if ever! associated with photography. On the technical side! he presents numerous tools that can help you learn to create better photographs and he provides technical solutions to common photographic problems.The author practices photography as a fine art. What matters most to him is how photography can be used to express feelings and emotions. For Briot! a good photograph must be both artistically inspired and technically excellent. To have just one of these two elements is not enough for a fine art photograph to be successful.Foreword by Tony Sweet. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alain Briot
• Verlag: Rocky Nook
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.09.2009
• EAN: 9781933952222
• ISBN: 978-1-933952-22-2
• Seiten: 250
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft; Fotografieren (Digitale Fotografie)