ABSTRACT

Advanced Photography is a practical book for students and serious enthusiasts who wish to achieve more professional looking results. From choosing lenses and camera equipment, to film types and technical data, lighting and tone control, processing management and colour printing; the book offers technical solutions and practical advice on all aspects of professional photography. The book has now been fully revised, to include not just the latest camera equipment and films, but explains how new digital methods can be used alongside silver halide systems - allowing the reader to benefit from the best practical features of each.

Written as a companion volume to the international bestseller Basic Photography this book has enjoyed a long established reputation as a technical`bible' for new professionals. It will appeal to anyone wishing to improve on their basic skills in practical photography - enabling you to acheive a higher standard of work and to deal more professionally with clients, agents and suppliers.

The late Michael Langford was Former Photography Course Director at the Royal College of Art in London. He was intimately involved with photography courses at all levels and as a result fully understood what a student needed. His other books for Focal Press are: 'Basic Photography', 'Story of Photography' and 'Starting Photography'.

chapter 1|14 pages

Amateur and professional photography

chapter 2|27 pages

Camera equipment

chapter 3|26 pages

Choosing lenses

chapter 4|17 pages

Colour in photography

chapter 5|23 pages

Films – types and technical data

chapter 6|21 pages

Image sensors

chapter 7|27 pages

Lighting control

chapter 8|24 pages

Tone control

chapter 9|26 pages

Subjects

chapter 10|23 pages

Digital imaging systems

chapter 11|38 pages

Digital image manipulation

chapter 13|26 pages

Extending photography

chapter 14|20 pages

Reproduction and archiving

chapter 15|22 pages

Business practice