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"Patterson's superb color shots, as well as his explanation of his unique approach to picture-taking, are sure to inspire you to explore fresh avenues in your own photography."
-- The Globe and Mail
The second book in Freeman Patterson's internationally acclaimed series of instructional books on photography and visual design, Photography and the Art of Seeing has now been updated and expanded to include technical guidelines adapted for both digital and film photographers. The jargon-free text provides techniques and innovative exercises for breaking with traditional concepts of design, enabling the photographer to develop a keen awareness of subject matter and a direction for composing the picture.
Photography and the Art of Seeing also offers a workshop for all visual artists that includes lessons on the fundamentals of perception and overcoming obstacles in their work.
This edition features several never-before-published photographs from Freeman Patterson's personal collection and extended captions that include valuable technical information and personal commentary.
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On those frosty mornings when I grab my camera and tripod, and head out into the meadow behind my house, I quickly forgot about me. Read the first page
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Good but Freeman Patterson has another better one,
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This review is from: Photography & the art of seeing (Paperback)
This is a good book on composition and related matters but Freeman Patterson has a much better one in "Photographing the World Around You: A Visual Design Workshop". Buy that one instead of this. This book would rate about a B, B+ or at best an A- whereas the other would be solidly in the "A" category. Freeman's text is clear and easy to understand and his photo's are fine but the other book is better in all ways IMHO.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Covers the art and emotion of photography, not the mechanics,
By tomh (Newton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Photography and the Art of Seeing (Paperback)
I have been using cameras for a long time, so I mostly know how they work. But I was looking for guidance and inspiration on how to make my photos more emotionally compelling. This book really hit the sweet spot for me.First, it discusses and describes important concepts of composition with what I thought were excellent examples, as well as beautiful photographs. While most other books talk about basics like the rule of thirds, leading lines, etc, Art of Seeing goes much further into compositional elements. But as important is Mr Patterson's clear love of the medium and ability to convey how to see in many different ways. I have been practicing this summer, and am finding now that many more of my images are worth something -- many just helping me understand where I went wrong so I can continue to improve. This book helped me find the subjects that are hidden in many otherwise ordinary things. My only criticism of the book is that on a personal level I am not as interested in highly asbstract subjects that are a large part of the images in the book, although I will say that there is one shot of trees from an airplane that had me entranced. But this kind of subject makes sense for a book focused on composition. I really learned a lot from this book, and highly recommend it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiration,
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This review is from: Photography and the Art of Seeing (Paperback)
Take this book as an inspiration. It offers you new appraoches for the search of subjects and the way to cature them on film.The book is relatively poor in instruction and something like "swirl your camera with an open shutter at its strap but be carefull that the strap is carefully fixed" can only be taken as an invitation to be more creative. And jumping up and down in a forrest with your camera's shutter open might also not be everybody's idea of innovative photography. You need to like Freeman Patterson's photos in their simplicity to appreciate his explanations. I do, and I like the book as well!
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