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- From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 15:54:51 GMT
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- Subject: Re: Query: Books on Photo composition
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- I'll jump into the fray here and recommend what is probably my favorite
- photo book, beating out Ansel Adams' _Examples_ for that honor. I
- cannot recommend it highly enough. 5 thumbs up, A++ rating, etc., etc.
-
- Photographing the Patterns of Nature
- Gary Braasch
- Amphoto, New York, 1990
- ISBN: 0-8174-5429-2 (0-8174-5430-6 for paperback)
-
- If you want to try for it in a library, it's:
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- TR721.B73 1990
- or
- 778.9'3 - dc20
-
- depending on the cataloging system in use there (I'm not sure what the
- extra stuff after the Dewey decimal number is, but it's from the
- cataloging info inside the book).
-
- I have the paperback version, and it cost $22.50. It is an amazing
- book. Lavishly illustrated with 160 color photographs, it's 144 pages
- long. The photographs are worth buying the book for. The text is worth
- buying the book for. Combined, they are a knockout combination. Gary
- Braasch is an amazing photographer, and I don't throw that sort of
- recommendation around too lightly!
-
- The contents are:
-
- Part I
- Recognizing patterns
- The fundamental shapes
- Perceiving patterns
- Patterns in color
- Analyzing textures
- Documenting motion and growth
-
- Part II
- Designing an image
- The creative process
- Composition
- Creatively combining patterns
- Abstractions and symbolism
-
- Part III
- The business of nature photography
- Becoming a professional
- Developing an assignment
- Marketing strategies
-
- There is also a bibliography at the end.
-
- If you shoot nature at all, you want this book. Trust me.
-
- Oh, and, of course, I have absolutely no financial interest in your
- purchase of this book.
-
- Did I mention that I like this book? ;^)
-
- Geoff
-
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