| Studio Photography: Essential Skills (Photography Essential Skills) |  | Manufacturer: Focal Press
Category: Digital Book Service
Buy New: $6.39
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
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Media: Digital
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.5
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
ASIN: B000FO5BC8
Publication Date: October 2001
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Product Description
John Child has updated and improved his inspirational studio photography guide to further stimulate your creative ideas. Fully illustrated with brand new student and author work, a colour section is now also included to show the photographic effects to their full advantage.
You are guided through the use of studio equipment for a wide variety of different purposes. With a strong commercial orientation, the emphasis is highly practical and focuses on technique, communication and design within the genres of still life, advertising illustration, portraiture and fashion.
This successful guide is an essential tool for those working with small, medium and large format cameras in a controlled environment where the image output is to film or digital file. You are encouraged to experiment whether you have expensive equipment, or are using natural light sources; either way you will see how it is possible to achieve acceptable results and develop your skills.
John Child lectures in photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia - the leading photography course in the southern hemisphere. He has worked for many years as a professional photographer, with clients including Ford, L'Oreal, American Express and British Airways.
Benefit from the successful, highly structured learning approach to ensure you understand the fundamental skills
Reinforce your skills with a wide variety of practical activitiesLearn all the essential principles of studio photography
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Tedious February 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a horrid book. Full of ugly example images, it fails to cover what is really needed in a studio book. The practice quiz after each chapter are a joke, with no answer key given. Some of the questions are over things that the author did not even discuss. Don't waste your time and money.
 easy money maker for author!! March 17, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
since their are not many digital photography books for instructors,
they pick what they think will fit the bill-it's irritating when they don't even look at the book before requiring it. the book is o.k., but
should not be used for a textbook! it's insulting. to anyone interested in
photography keep this in mind-photography books, especially
the old and true, and info. on the internet will teach you the basics. because photography is mainly digital, it is very well suited for self-study. don't waste your time buying required marginal books and paying for photography classes. your money will be better spend on good glass(lenses) and a tripod, and of course learn photoshop--just my opinion
on a friday night.
DON"T WASTE YOUR TIME October 19, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book really is an insult. It's "lesson" and "assignments" are HORRIBLE. They ask you to research in magazines different lighting effects that you think were used in his book. In a field where doing is truly the best learning experience this book is not worth the paper it was printed on. Check it out from a library if you must but you will shortly find it is an insulting read.
BUYER BEWARE!!! February 24, 2003
32 out of 35 found this review helpful
I had to purchase this book for a university studio photography course...unfortunately, the instructor never even flipped through it. It is by far the WORST photography book, really the worst book I have ever purchased! There are typo's, the "example photos" and instruction sometime are not the same. The projects are lame and really teach nothing. I would not recommend this book under any circumstances...AVOID AT ALL COST!!! [...]
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