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- From: dtalmage@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
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- Subject: Re: Query: Books on Photo composition
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.080309.2049@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 08:03:09 -0500
- References: <1992Dec18.190948.28674@research.nj.nec.com><1h7nf1INNhh1@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Dec24.015454.6263@bony1.bony.com> <92365.205316LENBC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
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- In article <92365.205316LENBC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, Spartacus/CUNY LC NY <LENBC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
- > In article <1992Dec24.015454.6263@bony1.bony.com>, jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake
- > Livni) says:
- >>
- >>In article <1h7nf1INNhh1@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ai918@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeff
- >>Shafer) writes:
- >>>
- >>>In a previous article, arif@ccrl.nj.nec.com (Arif Merchant) says:
- >>>
- >>>>I would appreciate suggestions for *basic* books on photographic composition.
- >>>>More advanced books are also of interest, but I'm just starting out.
- >>
- >>>I am interested in the same subject. I found _Image_ by Michael Freeman
- >>>at the library.
- >>
- >>Highly recommended, though it's not quite a "beginners" book. On the
- >>other hand, beginners books are so often silly that _Image_ might be a
- >>good start, after all.
- >>
- >>Also see, _Light_ by the same author. Very instructive.
- >>
- >>--
- >>Jake Livni jake@bony1.bony.com 10 years from now, George Bush
- > another recommendation. If you need a book on lighting, checkout
- > "Light Science & Magic - An Introduction to Photographic Lighting"
- > by Fil Hunter & Paul Fuqua. ISBN 0-240-51796-2.
- > TR590.H84 1990. Its an excellent book, probably one of the
- > best I seen on lighting. It covers the principles of lighting from
- > easy subjects to transparent glass and metal subjects. How to
-
-
- Would Kodak's _How to take good pictures_ do? The book is for
- beginners and about a third of it is about composition. I ordered
- mine directly from Kodak.
-