Light & Lens: Photography in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking introductorybook that clearly and concisely provides the instruction and building blocksnecessary to create thought-provoking digitally based photographs. It is anadventurous idea book that features numerous classroom-tested assignments andexercises from leading photographic educators to encourage you to criticallyexplore and make images from the photographers’ eye, an aesthetic point of view.
The fundamental grammar of photography is based on how a camerautilizes light and form to record an image that is then interpretedthrough societal visual codes that have evolved over centuries ofimagemaking. Learning how to operate a camera, gaining an awarenessof how light can reveal or suppress a subject’s attributes, andthen making a print or other form of visual presentation are the fi rststeps one must master to transform an abstract idea into a physical(photographic) reality. This text introduces basic camera methodsand visual construction blocks, gives examples of how and why otherphotographers have applied them, provides basic working procedures,and encourages readers to experiment and make modifi cationsto the process to achieve their own results. Once a basic understandingof picture-making is obtained, control over the process can begin.To acquire the maximum benefi t from this book, the reader shouldbegin thinking about how photography can be used to construct ameaningful expression. This puts process in service of concept tocreate meaningful content. This can occur when the heart and themind combine to form an idea from the imagination and fi nd themost suitable technical means of bringing it into existence.
The fundamental grammar of photography is based on how a camerautilizes light and form to record an image that is then interpretedthrough societal visual codes that have evolved over centuries ofimagemaking. Learning how to operate a camera, gaining an awarenessof how light can reveal or suppress a subject’s attributes, andthen making a print or other form of visual presentation are the fi rststeps one must master to transform an abstract idea into a physical(photographic) reality. This text introduces basic camera methodsand visual construction blocks, gives examples of how and why otherphotographers have applied them, provides basic working procedures,and encourages readers to experiment and make modifi cationsto the process to achieve their own results. Once a basic understandingof picture-making is obtained, control over the process can begin.To acquire the maximum benefi t from this book, the reader shouldbegin thinking about how photography can be used to construct ameaningful expression. This puts process in service of concept tocreate meaningful content. This can occur when the heart and themind combine to form an idea from the imagination and fi nd themost suitable technical means of bringing it into existence.
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