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Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography
"We are in the Stone Age of digital photography. We've
figured out how to make some tools, but it is just now
beginning to dawn on us what we might do with them. I've
often been frustrated at the concentration on the technical
aspect of digital photography with so little discussion of
the aesthetics and heart behind the
image making. This book
is essentially a distillation of what I've been teaching
over the last 25 years."
Master photographer Stephen Johnson has been taking
beautiful landscape photography for decades, and teaching
others the practical art of image making since 1977. While
he started out with traditional film camera techniques,
Johnson is widely recognized among his peers as a pioneer of
digital photography. Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography
chronicles his ride on the bleeding edge of this medium's
evolution, and provides a practical in-depth introduction to
digital photography that offers the latest techniques for
beginning and experienced photographers alike.
What sets this guide apart from other books on the topic is
its approach and execution: This isn't a Photoshop book,
although Photoshop has its place within the book; it's a
book that a master teacher and photographer creates after a
lifetime of showing others how to understand and make great
photography. With 5 color photographs throughout, including
black/gray duotones, and 715 illustrations reproduced with a
200 line screen, Johnson's book covers everything from:
The basics of digital photography
Film camera techniques vs. digital
Practical approaches of the filmless photographer
Techniques of the digital darkroom
A photographer ™s digital journey
Photography, art and the future
This is a holistic work (and method for teaching) that
embraces the state of photographic tools and techniques,
blended with suggestions and experiences on why I make
photographs, Johnson says. At its best, photography rides
that crest where technology and art intersect. But the
deepest engagement that photography can bring remains its
ability to capture and hold a moment before the lens. In
this age of digital manipulation, that fundamental fact must
be remembered.
Evolutions
The digital brekthrough
Input, light to silicon
Techniques of the digital darkroom
Colour spaces
A photographers digital journey
Photography, art, & the future
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