Photography
Photography book cover

Photography

12th Edition

Price
$128.71
Format
Paperback
Pages
432
Publisher
Pearson
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0134482026
Dimensions
10.2 x 1.1 x 10.7 inches
Weight
3.11 pounds

Description

Barbara London has authored and co-authored many photography books from their first editions to their current ones, including Photography , Photography: The Essential Way , A Short Course in Photography , A Short Course in Digital Photography , The Photograph Collector's Guide, and more. Jim Stone is Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico. His photographs have been collected by the Museum of Modern Art and The Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others. Books of his work include Stranger Than Fiction (Light Work, 1993), Historiostomy (Piltdown Press, 2001), and Why My Pictures are Good (Nazraeli Press, 2005). He has also published six higher education titles that are widely used in university courses: A User¹s Guide to the View Camera , Darkroom Dynamics , Photography , Photography: The Essential Way , A Short Course in Photography , and A Short Course in Digital Photography . John Upton , Professor Emeritus, was for many years Chair of Photography at Orange Coast College, one of the largest photography departments in the U.S. He has curated a number of exhibitions, including Color as Form: A History of Color Photography. His work is included in many private and public collections, including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.

Features & Highlights

  • For courses in Photography
  • The most comprehensive, up-to-date resource for today's photography students
  • Photography
  • helps students learn how to make photographs, how to control photographic processes, and how different photographers employ them for their own creative purposes. As with each edition of this hallmark text, authors Barbara London, Jim Stone, and John Upton provide comprehensive yet practical coverage of both the traditional practice of photography and the now-dominant contemporary digital techniques. Integrating material on chemical and digital processes throughout, the
  • Twelfth Edition
  • offers fully up-to-date coverage of digital techniques, equipment, and workflow.

Customer Reviews

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Taking Advantage of Students

Photography 12th Edition is overpriced and just skims over subjects providing only the most basic information leaving you wanting for more. But more is not to be found as the authors just jump to the next subject and repeat the pattern. Many, in fact most of the book only has two pages devoted to each topic. While this may be fine when you have an instructor to expand on the topics, for anyone self studying, it simply doesn't work. This book attempts to cover every possible subject pertaining to photography and I mentioned, just scratches the surface of these subjects. Many will not be of interest to digital photographers as there is a large portion devoted to film and developing. For the price, one could purchase several books on the subjects of particular interest that will provide in depth coverage of the desired subject matter. In addition, the cover is flimsy and affords little protection to this costly book. I say skip it, unless of course it's required for your course, then complain to your instructor that this book is overpriced and is useless one you have completed the course. It simply doesn't contain enough in depth information to be used as a reference.
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Outdated Content

Outdated content. Focuses on film more than digital, no updates to the digital sections since I had the seventh edition.
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Standard Sizes Serve A Purpose

Go ahead. I dare you. Just TRY to find a binder that these loose leaf pages will fit into. I'll wait.....

That's what I thought. Now, call the publisher, explain to them how ridiculous the decision to publish the book in this format was, and then order the bound book.

You're welcome.

The content? Oh, it's fine.
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Nope

I had no use for this. Glad I rented it for the class instead of bought it. Still money down the drain
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Recommended by our digital photography teacher

This book, considered a classic, was recommended by our digital photography teacher as an optional textbook. I purchased a copy and it's obvious the book will be of great value, only I wish it weren't so darned expensive.[[ASIN:0134482026 Photography (12th Edition)]]
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it is an excellent class in photography in itself

Obtained this for a class in photography. In short, it is an excellent class in photography in itself. The book goes into detail on everything from how to use a camera properly to framing shots, handling various shooting conditions and much, much more. Not cheap, but well worth the price if you are serious about learning photography the right way.
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Great reference guide for all levels.

This was ordered for a class. The book itself is very in-depth and I absolutely plan on keeping it for an reference guide. Beginner or experienced photographers would benefit from any of the versions of this book.
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Five Stars

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Excellent, very comprehensive text for learning digital photography.

Very detailed and instructive text, with illustrative diagrams and photos.
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Great and easy to use

Great mobility. For use for intended purpose