Thanks for the recommendation, Bob. Is yours the 1971 or 1977 edition? (Wonder how much difference between them). In any event, I just scored a First Edition hardcover for under $24, shipped. The other two being offered were significantly higher. Looking forward to getting it. If, by some odd chance, I don't consider it a keeper it looks like I can make a little profit on it.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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.
