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TAKE BETTER PICTURES THE KODAK LIBRARY OF PHOTOGRAPHY CREATIVE feic Li^^-i Digitized by the Internet Archive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/takebetterpicturOOeast TAKE BETTER PICTURES TAKE BETTER PICTURES Published byTime-Lire Books inassociationwithKodak books TAKE BETTER PICTURES CreatedanddesignedbyMitchell Beazley International inassociationwithKodakandTIME-LIFEBOOKS. Editor-in-Chief JackTresidder SeriesEditor JohnRoberts ArtEditor MelPetersen Editors IanChilvers LucyLidell JossPearson RichardPiatt Designers RobertLamb LisaTai PictureResearchers BngitteArora NickyHughes EditorialAssistant MargaretLittle Production PeterPhillips JeanRigby ConsultingPhotographer Michael Freeman CoordinatingEditorsforKodak KennethLassiter TheKODAKLibraryofCreativePhorography KennethOberg < KodakLimitedAllrightsreserved JacalynSalitan TakeBetterPictures ConsultingEditorforTime-LifeBooks ) KodakLimited,MitchellBeazleyPublishers, SalvatEditores,S.A.,1983 ThomasDickey Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorutilizedin PublishedintheUnitedStates anyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical andCanadabyTIME-LIFEBOOKS includingphotocopying,recordingorbyanyinformation storageandretrievalsystem,withouttheprior President permissionoftheoriginalcopyrightowners. ReginaldK.BrackJr. LibraryofCongresscatalogcardnumber82-629-73 ISBNb-86706-200-2 Editor LSB7320L01 GeorgeConstable ISBN0-86706-202-9(retail) 1 Contents 6 The Key to Photography 16 You, the Photographer 18 Seeing pictures 20 Identifying the subject 22 Studied images, fleeting moments 24 A moment's thought 26 Individual vision 28 You and Your Camera 30 Light, lens and film 44 The aperture 32 The camera you use/ 46 The right film 34 The camera you use/2 48 Choosing black-and-white film 36 What to do first 50 Prints or slides? 38 Keeping steady 40 Focusing the image 42 The shutter 52 Getting the Exposure Right THE KEY TO PHOTOGRAPHY The best photographs are simple. They convey a message directly and vividly - v^hether the joy of a family reunion or the splendor of a canyon lit by the evening sky. This same simplicity often applies to the way they are taken. Creative photographers develop the ability to take interesting pictures by the most straightforward means. Modern cameras and films, efficient and easy to use, have greatly reduced difficulties in assessing exposure and other such technical problems - freeing the photo- grapher's eye and imagination. The aim ofthis book is to show that anyone, from the novice to experi- enced - and often frustrated - amateur, can master the simple techniques and clear creative principles that will transform their photography. The pictures on the following nine pages include striking images that any photographer would be proud to take. But in spite of their high quality, none involved difficult techniques, and indeed several were taken by amateurs. The key to the success ofthese pictures is that each concentrates on a single uncomplicated idea. Thepurewhitefacadeofacolonial li'catherboardhousedemonstratesthat simpleimagesareoften thestrongest. Thephotographercrouchedlowand tiltedhiscameratoexcludeevery distractionandreducethescenetotwo elements-blueskyandgleaminghouse.
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