Bøger af Tom Ang

Discover your best images, improve your photography with this photographer's essential. If you make images and need to select your best shots, this is the best guide to make sure you always hit your target.-'How do you pick the best photograph?'-'How to pick the most emotionally true shot?'-'What's the best way to select images?' -'What's the best workflow?Every photographer needs this book. If you make two dozen images or twenty thousand, this essential guide will give you essential skills to help you find the best shot with confidence and efficiency. The contents are comprehensive: from an outline of The Problems to the Practical set up, Workflow that works for you and discussions on Speed and accuracy. Then follow Selection strategies and the central part of the book: Pathways to the best shot with unique visual exercise. Then come coverage of key Ethical and moral issues ending with practical Checklists and Further reading.Based on Tom Ang's unique 'Picture Editing' written 25 years ago - a stand-out standard text for journalism students - it is now fully revised and updated with new material and illustrations. The book is also deeply informed by Tom Ang's 40+ years of experience as magazine editor, mentor, university lecturer, workshop leader, international photo judge and author/photographer of over 40 photography books.

Discover how to get the very best from your photography with clear step-by-step guidance from expert photographer, Tom Ang. In this fully comprehensive photography companion, renowned photographer and teacher Tom Ang teaches you how to capture, enhance, and transform your photographs.The first half of the book explains all of the essential techniques that every photographer needs to learn - from how to handle your camera correctly and understand its features, to composing a successful shot.The second half develops your understanding of photography, guiding you through a range of projects that focus on different photographic genres and subjects, including landscapes, cityscapes, and live events. It explains how to digitally enhance your images, not only to improve the original shot, but also to apply creative techniques that will take your image to a new level. This section also gives advice on the best way to share your work, to choosing the most suitable equipment, and should you wish, how to develop a career in photography.

This lavish coffee-table book traces the history of photography from the first black and white images to celebrated examples of 21st-century digital photography.Photography celebrates the most iconic photographs of the past 200 years and includes more than 50 biographies of the most famous photographers, explaining how they pushed the bounds of the medium. It also showcases examples of the extraordinary cameras that photographers experimented with, from the daguerreotype to the latest camera phones!Charting the influence of social and cultural change, as well as the impact of science and technology, this beautiful book follows the history of photographs from the first grainy attempts at portrait and landscape photography to gritty photojournalism, street photography, and digital photography, with special features delving into the stories behind photographic images that changed how people saw the world.This fantastic photography book promises:- A selection of the most important "lost" cultural artefacts from ancient times to the present day- Features images of the artworks where available, or specially commissioned illustrations of them based on written accounts- Includes details of the ongoing debate about whether looted art should be returned to its country of originPacked with information and full of inspiration, Photography is the perfect reference for budding photographers, seasoned professionals, and anyone with an interest in the subject. Whether you're looking for a riveting reference book to display on your coffee table or gift to a friend, or you're a life-longer learner with a thirst for knowledge - Photography is sure to delight!

Discover your best images, improve your photography with this essential book. If you make images and need to select your best shots, this is the best guide to make sure you always hit the target.ΓÇ⌐''How do you pick the best photograph?''ΓÇ⌐''How to pick the most emotionally true shot?''ΓÇ⌐''What''s the best way to select images?'' ''What''s the best workflow?Every photographer needs this book. If you make two images or two thousand, this essential guide will help you find the best shot with confidence and efficiency. The contents are amazingly comprehensive:From an outline of The Problems to the Practical set up, Workflow that works for you and discussions on Speed and accuracy. Then follow Selection strategies and the central part of the book: Pathways to the best shot with unique visual exercise. Then come coverage of key Ethical and moral issues ending with practical Checklists and Further reading.Based on Tom Ang''s unique ''Picture Editing'' written over 25 years ago - a stand-out standard text for journalism students - it is here now fully revised and updated with new material and illustrations. The book is also hugely informed by 40 years of experience as a tutor, mentor, lecturer, broadcaster, photo judge and author of over 30 photography books.

Unique collection of formally rigorous poetry meditating on life using rhetorical devices.

Photo Insights is an unique collection of inspiring words on photography, art and creativity from a celebrated teacher with a world-wide reputation.A master of the art has packed numerous memorable, wise, insightful and educational observations on photography into this book.Tom Ang has worked at the top of his field - as author, photographer, educator, editor - for over 40 years. His vast experience and knowledge of photography are here condensed into pithy aphorisms, precious insights and inspirational ideas. Collected and published together for the first time, there are over 200 pithy observations and inspiring comments on photography for you to enjoy.

A meditation forty-nine poems long on love that combines creative flights within the confines of a haiku-like discipline. Every poem comprises just 49 syllables, with seven syllables on each of seven lines. This formal rigour provides a skeleton on which a filigree of feelings, thoughts and discursive world-play can be wrapped. The collection uses many unusual rhetorical devices in order to accommodate the formal strictures.This is the second of three volumes, with one other completed. The other title is a meditation on life: 49 Syllables on Life.The texts are accompanied by Tom Ang's atmospheric high-key images in which light itself is the subject.

Introducing you to the art, history, and culture of photography, this fascinating all-in-one guide shows you how to take better pictures.A comprehensive guide to all things photographic, Photography opens with a gallery of more than 30 of the key figures in photography, from 19th-century pioneers to famous photographers working today. The gallery provides fascinating contrasts between such diverse genres as art photography, reportage, portrait, and wildlife photography. The book then tells the story of photography, from its beginnings to the rise of the "selfie" today. The second half of the book introduces cameras, accessories, and software, explaining what they can do and how to use them, then shows how to take better photographs by mastering the technical aspects of your camera; experimenting with composition, color, and light; and digitally enhancing your photos. Inspirational masterclasses covering all genres of photography--including landscape, portraits, wildlife, architecture, and art--also provide you with an opportunity to apply your new skills in a clear and practical way.

A revised edition of the earlier title Digital Photography: An Introduction (DD116)

From photographing a dew drop in spring to a beautiful winter frost you can now follow your hobby throughout the year with Digital Photography Month by Month. Be inspired as renowned photographer Tom Ang shows you how to capture the moods and moments of each season to stunning effect.Whatever your level of expertise or type of camera from the best digital SLRs on the market right down to camera phones, you'll find tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your shot. Fully updated for this second edition with the latest developments in technology and equipment, you'll learn how to take great photographs that convey a sense of time, place and atmosphere.Having "e;how to"e; advice and projects to keep you snapping throughout the year, Digital Photography Month by Month is an inspiring and practical guide to taking beautiful photos in every season.