If yoursquo;re a passionate photographer and yoursquo;re ready to take your work to the next level; The Enthusiastrsquo;s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether yoursquo;re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme; Enthusiastrsquo;s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books donrsquo;t waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead; they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills.The Enthusiastrsquo;s Guide to Composition: 48 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to shoot great images with powerful compositions. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons; with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into nine chapters that include 48 photographic lessons to help you create strong compositions; photographer and author Khara Plicanic covers lens selection; light; color; lines; movement; and more. Example lessons include:2. Consider the Rule of Thirds5. Make Things Pop with Contrast9. Find a Frame Within the Frame11. Add Depth with Foreground21. Keep an Eye on the Sky; and Watch the Clock26. Setting the Scene33. Go Get the Shot36. Make Sense of Maximum Aperture40. Finding (or Making) Soft Light48. Cull Like a ProWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson; The Enthusiastrsquo;s Guide to Composition is designed to be effective and efficient; friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once; or read just one topic at a time. With either approach; yoursquo;ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This is my second book of this kind. I ...By Oddi S. DiazThis is my second book of this kind. I have the previous edition and I just want to be up to date with this new one.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy coolerfullofishLike this revision. It was needed.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. How the Big Boys Do ItBy Conrad J. ObregonIf your goal is to be a member of a large film crew. then "Cinematography Theory and Practice" will give you a solid foundation to understand what to expect as a member of such a crew. On the other hand. if you are a "lone wolf" videographer. this book may exceed your needs.In a well written. if occasionally repetitious exploration. Brown begins by telling how what appears on the screen can be shaped to effectively tell a story. He then turns to explore the tools used to create what goes on screen. including cameras. lighting. camera movement and set operations. His descriptions can be quite detailed. as in the eight pages of the books smallish type explaining how to work the slate used at the beginning of a take.I was pleased by the discussion called "Linear. Gamma. Log" which explained compression systems designed to extend the range of light in capturing video. On the other hand. I wish the author had had more concrete suggestions on the various settings that one can change in a modern digital camera to create the compression schemes. Its also would have helped if there had been a little exploration of the post-processing that goes into decompressing these schemes.One can gather from the book that the set is organized into a very rigid hierarchy. where a grip would never speak directly to a director. and where each person has strictly defined roles. For a person entering into this hierarchy. Brown explains all the dos and donts that a person needs to keep out of trouble.For the "lone wolf" or even small film crew. this book may be overkill. Reading about how a big crew handles things. like the marking of media that has been used and not yet downloaded. can be useful in the translation to smaller operations. On the other hand. exploring the variety of lights that are available on a big production may not be of much use to a filmmaker with a couple of LED panels at his disposal.The book has a companion web site. Readers should not look for an access code on the back cover but just go to the web site and follow the instructions for access. I found the videos there to just repeat what was said in the book. and to be of low quality for book on cinematography.If you want a textbook that tells you about how large production crews work. this book is ideal. For smaller scale operations. you will have to infer a lot.
