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 enlarge | Author: Tony Sweet
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 191968
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 104
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Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0811733491
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.93
EAN: 9780811733496
ASIN: 0811733491
Publication Date: January 10, 2007
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 Tony Sweet does it well March 15, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Right up to expectations, and I believe this book will lead me towards better results with my photography
More of the Same (and that's Good) March 5, 2007
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
In his three published books, Tony Sweet has hewed a constant course. On the left hand side of the fold is a beautiful picture. On the right hand side is a description of the considerations that ran through Sweet's mind in making the picture.
The pictures themselves are quite lovely. Sweet specializes in nature scapes of both the close-up and the long variety. But in these pictures the photographer comes close to abstraction in almost every shot. At first glimpse his work looks like the paintings of Arshile Gorky or Helen Frankenthaler with nary a straight or hard edge. Then suddenly it resolves itself and you realize that you are looking into the heart of a flower or a dew drop with almost no depth of field, or at a fog-filled forest, or onto a frozen river.
Although Sweet claims "there is very little in the way of specific instruction in this book", I thought him mistaken. The descriptions of what he was trying to achieve and the approach he took for each subject seemed to me even more instructive than his first two books. It was not like an explanation of how to pick a proper exposure (although when he tells you to open the aperture wide for a particular effect, that seems pretty specific.) Instead he emphasizes the importance of visualizing what you want to capture and then selecting the tools to achieve that goal. I was particular struck by his regular use of colored filters to achieve a certain tint in his photographs.
After my first reading, I felt that much of the instruction was similar to the material he presented in his other books, with just a slightly different perspective. But half way through my second reading I came across something Sweet suggested that seemed new to me, stopped reading and got my photography equipment, took a picture using a technique I had never tried, and was well pleased with the result.
Because I am such a fan of Sweet, several of these pictures reminded me of pictures in his earlier books and indeed when I looked at the other books I could see great similarities in the treatment of subjects, while also noticing different results. Sweet advocates going back to subjects and places you've already photographed and photographing again and demonstrates how effective this can be.
I suspect that readers who have looked at the photographer's work before and learned nothing about seeing will also be disappointed by this book. Those who learned to see a little better will probably learn to see even more by reading this volume.
A permanent addition to any collection. February 3, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
"Fine Art Photography: Water, Ice and Fog" is a definitive guide to image design for this subject.
The elements of image design are a cautious balance between capturing the spontaneity of the moment and the careful placement of subject, line and form. Breathtaking images are no accident. The author, Tony Sweet expresses his vision of water with a distinctive visual simplicity. Having had the pleasure to shoot a scene with Tony, I know that he is a tremendous talent, who quickly isolates and simplifies a scene into images that are evocative and singular.
This book is unique for its beautiful images, but more so because the author provides ample prose to describe his thoughts in that moment. "Fine Art Photography: Water, Ice and Fog" is a permanent addition to my collection of texts on the art and technique of photographic interpretation.
I highly recommend this title for any photographer.
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