Surreal Digital Photography

Surreal Digital Photography
Author: Barry Huggins
Publisher: Premier Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2004
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781592003891

"Surreal Digital Photography" covers the use of digital imaging software to turn digital photographs into artistic works through montage or colour enhancements. It demonstrates the techniques involved through practical projects, many of which produce a "surrealist" end result. The book is broken down to cover landscape, portrait, and studio photography, and the methods involved can be used to create amazing results from any digital photos. Creative showcase sections also highlight the best work from dynamic digital artists, with breakdowns to show the behind-the-scenes work. The book combines practical techniques with a more artistic approach to digital imaging, where it's not just about fixing problems or creating realistic results, but about exercising the imagination and being more playful with your photography.

Surreal Photography

Surreal Photography
Author: Daniela Bowker
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 853
Release: 2014-07-11
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1135010528

Surreal digital photography is not only an enjoyable extension of many enthusiast’s repertoire, but is has firmly established a foothold in the world of art. This book reveals the latest developments in the field and demystifies the techniques used by modern surreal photographers, whether they favor SOOC (straight out of the camera) or sophisticated digital manipulations. Breaking down the shooting and editing process for any reader to follow and emulate, this book provides step-by-step instructions for creating extraordinary scenes. With contributions from numerous artists—including Natalie Dybisz, Jon Jacobsen and Dariusz Klimczak— readers will be able to explore many different artistic styles from impossible landscapes to unsettling portraits.

Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Digital Photography

Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Digital Photography
Author: Ferrell McCollough
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2008
Genre: High dynamic range imaging
ISBN: 1600591965

It s the latest and hottest technique, made possible only through digital. High Dynamic Range photography is the process of taking several pictures of a scene at various exposures, then merging them into one file. So the entire photo can look crisp and detailed, from highlights to midtones to shadowsand photographers needn t sacrifice any part of their image. And the best way to master this exciting technology is with this thorough, easy-to-follow, and visually spectacular guide. No other title does justice to these cutting-edge techniques, which actually take the viewer into worlds far beyond normal photographysometimes even beyond normal human perception. Ferrell McCollough, a widely respected photographer, pushes the boundaries and inspires others to pursue their artistic vision, too. The amazing results simply can t be achieved any other way. "

Surrealist Photography

Surrealist Photography
Author: Christian Bouqueret
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-04-29
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0500410925

The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world's greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price. Handsome and collectible, the books each contain reproductions in color and/or duotone, plus a critical introduction and a bibliography. Paris in the early 1920s saw the growth of a new art form called surrealism. Both a formal movement and a spiritual orientation, surrealism embraced ethics and politics as well as the arts. Surrealists sought to create a medium that liberated the subconscious mind, and many artists and photographers captured this revolution through photographic images. This new survey includes works by Max Ernst, Dora Maar, Lee Miller, René Magritte, Meret Oppenheim, and more.

Experimental Digital Photography

Experimental Digital Photography
Author: Rick Doble
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Arts
ISBN: 9781600595172

Thanks to the popularity of digital photography and user-generated Internet content, interest in experimental photographic techniques continues to build. This unique guide helps photographers go beyond the snapshot, flex their creative muscles, and push the boundaries of their art. Rick Doble presents a wealth of imaginative concepts, from creating ambience through a mix of flash and available light to panning the camera and zooming the lens during an exposure. He explains how to manipulate time and motion in an image, use inventive white balance methods, and "paint" with light in time exposures. There are even original self-portrait techniques. Put these procedures in practice and you'll make photography a riveting, even surreal, art form!---from the publisher.

Pro Secrets to Dramatic Digital Photos

Pro Secrets to Dramatic Digital Photos
Author: Jim Zuckerman
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Composition (Photography)
ISBN: 9781600596384

Jim Zuckerman offers tips and techniques to help photographers create artistic digital images and improve their photography skills.

Surreal Digital Photography

Surreal Digital Photography
Author: Barry Huggins
Publisher: The Ilex Press Ltd
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781904705413

This book combines practical techniques with a more artistic approach to digital imaging.

Primitive Photography

Primitive Photography
Author: Alan Greene
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013-04-11
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1136092706

Primitive Photography considers the hand-made photographic process in its entirety, showing the reader how to make box-cameras, lenses, paper negatives and salt prints, using inexpensive tools and materials found in most hardware and art-supply stores. Step-by-step procedures are presented alongside theoretical explanations and historical background. Streamlined calotype procedures are demonstrated, featuring different paper negative processes and overlooked, developing-out printing methods. Primitive Photography combines the simplicity of pinhole photography, the handmade quality of alternative processes, and the precision of large-format. For those seeking alternatives to commercially prepared material as well as digital photography, it provides the instructions for creating the entire photographic process from the ground up. Given its scope and treatment of the photographic process as a whole, this may be the first book of its kind to appear in over a century.

Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography

Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography
Author: Joe Farace
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2006-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781579907723

Cameras can capture what the eye can’t perceive: the presence of infrared light. And shooting infrared (IR) with a digital camera makes it easier than ever to create distinctively dreamlike, high-contrast black-and-white pictures. Using a wealth of stunning images, this thorough resource explores the technical and creative possibilities of this unique and increasingly popular medium. Get tips on focus and exposure; IR filters; and having a camera converted to shoot specifically in infrared. Follow instructions for processing and printing the photos--including toner effects and faux color. One glance through this guide and it’s clear why infrared pictures are fun to take and beautiful to look at.

Erotique Digitale

Erotique Digitale
Author: Roderick Macdonald
Publisher: Ilex Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2005
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781904705567

This how-to digital photography book, in a coffee table book format, focuses on image manipulation in Photoshop, the most popular and best-selling photo editing software. This book appeals to a large audience: anyone interested in the new frontier of where digital technology and the art of erotic photography meet, photographers currently working with nude and/or erotic imagery who want to apply digital effects to their work, or for those who simply appreciate the art and want a book that showcases this form. Erotic and nude images have always occupied a special place in the realm of photography. These images are both controversial and ever-popular, and the development of digital technologies has opened the doors to new possibilities within this art form. This book offers a thematic overview of this area and provides a showcase of some of the best talents currently working in the field, who were selected because their work is experimental, original, and visually arresting. These artists are interviewed and the text demonstrates how the images were created, from the original shot of the nude model through to the finished erotic image via screenshots that reveal the stages through which the photographer achieved their vision.