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NickTrop
08-12-2010, 11:43
Here... I'll start... Get it? Feel free to add/share, etc. Idear is to post ebooks, articles, etc. about composition, development, processing, printing etc. (No gear talk allowed!)

Title: BASIC PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
Description: Old public domain Navy training manual in photographic composition.
Comments: Not bad, not bad at all... Surprisingly detailed old navy manual in photographic composition from the early 70's (guessing) - it's all here. Goes well beyond the typical "rule of thirds" stuff.
Category: Composition
Level: Intermediate
Rating (5 star scale): ****-1/2
Link: http://photoinf.com/General/NAVY/Photographic_composition_Balance.htm
Downloadable? No, on-line access only

ToC
Lesson 1: Photographic Composition, Center of interest, Subject placement, Simplicity, Viewpoint and camera angle, Balance.
Lesson 2: Shapes and lines.
Lesson 3: Pattern, Volume, Lighting, Texture, Tone.
Lesson 4: Contrast, Framing, Foreground, Background.
Lesson 5: Perspective.
Lesson 6: Basic lighting techniques: Outdoor and Existing ligt photography.
Lesson 7: Composition and Basic shots or sequences.

NickTrop
08-12-2010, 12:13
Street Photography for the Purist
by Chris Weeks

Number of pages: 160

Description:
This 160 page long photography ebook was compiled by Chris Weeks, a professional photographer living and working in Los Angeles.

Note: Not reviewed/read yet.

Free Download:
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=270

Roger Hicks
08-12-2010, 12:42
Ummmm...

Cheers,

R.

sonofdanang
08-12-2010, 14:53
Josef Albers' Interaction of Color - Yale University Press.
Try and find the version with the color plates included.

raytoei@gmail.com
08-12-2010, 17:18
thanks for the link. very useful. I want to include an entry from our very own RFF'er, Simon, http://simonsawsunlight.deviantart.com/journal/33520764/
(http://simonsawsunlight.deviantart.com/journal/33520764/)

Ranchu
08-12-2010, 17:40
Bokeh.

http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/bestbokeh.html

Color.

http://photo.net/learn/optics/edscott/spectsel

Frances and sidekick.

http://www.rogerandfrances.com/

Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3376