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Recently, more and more books have appeared from all kinds of nonfiction publishers that no longer deal solely with the technical aspects of photography, but instead focus on developing creativity. The subject is therefore “seeing” good motifs, choosing the right perspective and framing, and developing a visual message.
The book’s topics include:
- Image analysis
- Recognizing image flaws
- Conscious seeing and visual exercises
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Principles of image composition
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Finding subjects and selecting framing
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Developing an individual style
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Sketching images
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Selecting images for competitions and similar purposes
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Assessing one’s own technical and artistic ability
A very interesting chapter deals with a subject that catches up with many photographers after their first few years: coping with frustration in all its forms and possible ways of handling it.
Unlike most books of its kind, this one is fairly text-heavy, although it is also well written. More negative examples would have aided understanding. In terms of its visual world, the book is aimed at nature, technology, and architecture photographers.
Better Photography
George Barr
Publisher: dpunkt.verlag
224 pages
ISBN 978-3-89864-543-0
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