On 9 Jan 2014, at 21:45, "Ken Waller" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just finished an interesting read - The Photographer's Eye by Michael > Freeman. > > An excellent read about subtle and not so subtle elements involved in the > composition of a photographic image. > > "..how you build a picture, what a picture consists of, how shapes are > related to each other, how spaces are filled, how the whole thing must have > a kind of unity." > > While I've collected alot of ideas, over my years in photography, about > compositions, I learned alot from this book about things I didn't know or > knew but didn't know why they worked.
I like to recommend Photo Design by Harald Mante, although I suspect it's difficult to get hold of a copy now. It's a very pure and simple guide, on the 'show not tell' basis to visual design, in black and white. A beautiful book in its own right, and very instructive. He has published several books since, some of which include material from this, and I think I have all his books, but none of them is a patch on the original. I'd rank it in my top 5 instructional photo books. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
