An easy guide for beginners and a quick reference for experienced shooters, Photography 12th Edition - Pearson Education Bookfrom Photography 12th Edition - Pearson Education Bookis a comprehensive and updated book designed to help today's photography students. Authors Barbara London, John Upton, and Jim Stone provide thorough, practical coverage of film and digital techniques, equipment, and workflows. You'll learn how to control photographic processes and discover how various photographers employ them for their own creative purposes. Benefit from interviews with successful photographers and enjoy the 24+ fine art photos added in this 12th edition.

Authors: London, Upton & Stone    Paperback    Date Published: 2017    For Beginners & Experienced Shooters    Comprehensive Coverage of Film & Digital    Practical Techniques & Workflow Routines    Discusses Software Applications    Features Interviews with Photographers    Over 24 Fine Art Photos Added in 12th Ed    Troubleshooting Section

• Intuitive format and layout from previous versions has been retained, with a single idea, skill, or technique covered on every two adjacent pages
• Boldfaced topic sentences outline the text on every page
• Workflow routines presented in step-by-step manner so they are easy to follow and understand
• Integrated coverage of digital and film techniques throughout

• Chapters 1-5 offer comprehensive coverage of general photographic techniques and camera handling. Key topics include digital and film cameras, lenses, sensors, film, and exposure, along with color theory and practice
• Chapters 6-7 cover the use of film. Black-and-white film development and darkroom printing are shown in detail, along with equipment information and safety procedures
• Chapters 8-11 explore the current state of digital photography
• Chapter 8 introduces software applications that manage a digital workflow, and coverage of this is integrated throughout the following chapters
• Chapters 9 and 10 survey the options available when adjusting or printing a single image
• Chapter 11 covers the organizing of an archive for storing photographs that may have no physical form. This chapter also suggests methods and products to help students quickly find one image among thousands, and offers finishing techniques for making prints look great on the wall of a bedroom, classroom, or museum
• Chapters 12 and 13 cover lighting, ways to extend the photographic medium, and special techniques (such as the making of pinhole cameras, cyanotypes, and gum bichromate prints)
• Chapters 15-16 continue the presentation of great historic and contemporary photographs, discussing the reasons they are so successful and the ways students might aspire to similar accomplishments with their own photos
• A fully illustrated troubleshooting section covers film processing, darkroom printing, and digital photography. It presents technical problems, then explains their causes and outlines ways to prevent them

• Demonstration photos integrated throughout text make concepts easy to understand
• Hundreds of illustrations by the best photographers show how they have made effective use of various technical concepts
• Photographer at Work pages throughout the book feature interviews with photographers who have developed successful careers. These features cover an internationally exhibited artist, an advertising photographer, and the originator of a popular online photo destination
• Over two dozen fine art photographs added in this 12th edition illustrate technical concepts and help students develop visual awareness. Enjoy a wealth of images from contemporary and twentieth-century photographers, including Gregory Crewdson, Hellen van Meene, Shirin Neshat, and Jeff Wall
• Chapter 15, Seeing Photographs, deals with composition, tonality, sharpness, and other visual elements that will help students create better pictures and see other people's photographs with a more sophisticated eye
• Chapter 16, History of Photography, surveys the history of photography to help students place today's photography--including their own--in an historical context

1. Getting Started

2. Camera

3. Lens

4. Exposure, Sensors, and Film

5. Light and Color

6. Developing a Film Negative

7. Printing in a Darkroom

8. Basics of Digital Pictures

9. Image Editing

10. Printing Digitally

11. Organizing, Storing, and Presenting Work

12. Lighting

13. Extending the Image

14. View Camera

15. Seeing Photographs

16. History of Photography

Barbara London has written and co-written many photography books from their first editions to their current ones, including Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, A Short Course in Digital Photography, The Photograph Collector's Guide, and more.

Jim Stone is Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico. His photographs have been collected by the Museum of Modern Art and The Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others. Books of his work include Stranger Than Fiction (Light Work, 1993), Historiostomy (Piltdown Press, 2001), and Why My Pictures are Good (Nazraeli Press, 2005). He has also published six higher education titles that are widely used in university courses: A User's Guide to the View Camera, Darkroom Dynamics, Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, and A Short Course in Digital Photography.

John Upton, Professor Emeritus, was for many years Chair of Photography at Orange Coast College, home to one of the largest photography departments in the U.S. He has curated a number of exhibitions, including Color as Form: A History of Color Photography. His work is included in many private and public collections, including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Does this book cover off-camera flash photography or just on-camera flash?

A: I have this book. From what I can make out (it is so detailed and verbose, almost too much so), most of it refers to understanding on-camera flash and manual modes, though some of it may be applicable to off-camera flash. There is a very small section for off-camera flash. I personally haven't used this book much after I bought it.

Q: 2. Does this come with stereoscopic (red and blue) paper glasses or do I need to buy some separately?

A: The book does not list that it comes with any glasses.

Q: 3. How do I get this in audio format?

A: The Amphoto Book: Understanding Exposure, 4th Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera is not available in audio format.

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Q: 5. I read that this book is written for Apple users, not Windows users. Is this true? Does it matter? The source said many of the pull down instructions are Apple specific.

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Q: 6. Does he (Scott Kelby) have a book covering the stand alone version of lightroom 6? If not, how helpful is this CC book for a stand alone version of the software or are their any other lightroom 6 stand alone version books that you recommend instead?

A: After I answered yesterday, I spent time looking at the book last night and he says from the beginning that CC and 6 are basically the same thing and the book works for either. I learned enough in 15 minutes to make it worth the purchase. As a LR 6 owner I recommend it.

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Q: 8. I just converted a camera for Infrared (IR) photography. Does this book go into editing IR photographs?

A: I don't see anything in the book regarding IR photography editing.

Q: 9. Are step-by-step examples with pictures included in the training manual?

A: Yes, step-by-step examples with pictures included.

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