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Fifty Paths to Creative Photography (The Photographer’s Eye Book 6)
£4.70
The most important practical photography book in a decade.
“A really inspiring book” – Amateur Photographer magazine
The eagerly awaited follow up to global bestseller The Photographer’s Eye will show you the paths the greatest photographers took to excellence so you too can take stand-out thrilling photographs.
In Freeman’s own words: “There’s a long line of opinion, from Plato through Kant, that holds creativity to be unteachable, and to be the province of genius. You have it or you don’t. End of story. I don’t agree”
By looking at the work of other great photographers, as well as Freeman’s own work, the book provides the reader with 50 “paths” they can explore to think about taking photos, looking at subjects from cliché to zen, so you will be able to hit the right point in surprise, originality, insight and execution every time.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (6 Oct. 2016), Ilex Press |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 118632 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Not enabled |
| Enhanced typesetting | Not Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Sticky notes | Not Enabled |
| Print length | 225 pages |
| Page numbers source ISBN | 1781573476 |
by Trev-R
This book is aimed at those who already know their F stop from their ISO and that is its strength. It is so refreshing to open a book and not find it rehashing all of the basic stuff and instead of aiming at the lowest level of experience it assumes the reader knows how to use their camera. The content itself includes images from very well known photographers to illustrate each chapter which are well written and interesting. I think this book is particularly relevant for those who may feel they have hit a creative ‘wall’ or just need that extra push to their creativity.
by Decobunny
I just loved this book because it gives you a banquet of different styles and ideas to play with.
The Photographer’s Eye
The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photographs: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
moved beond the mechanics of photography into Style and Composition.
This book moves beyond Design and Composition into Art and Feelings Evoked.
There are no rules – there is just what looks good to you, the Photographer.
by Anthony H Capper
Refreshing outlook on how to approach photography and not be bound by “rules” which stifle creativity
by FencingCoach_3wSHEFFIELD
Bought as a holiday read, very thought provoking and motivating.
by J. PORTER
Uncomfortable to read on 11 inch iPad Pro, very tiny text.
Perhaps a 13 inch tablet would be okay, but probably only worth considering the paperback?
by Dave Walsh
A refreshing counter to those “experts” who labour the “rules” of composition in photography. All illustrated by interesting photographs which illustrate and justify the authors different approach to image capture. Definitely not ideally presented in Kindle format, as one has to continuously enlarge and shrink and move the pages around because of the layout and small print size. Worth buying the book form, though I have not seen that. If it turned out to be a small book one might need a magnifying glass (particularly if a little visually challenged).
by Ginnel
This is the type of sampler that leaves me wanting more- not always the case. Back from my holiday with a cache of digital photographs I wish I had read this first! Stuck in the old rut of the old rules my eyes were drawn to the first illustration. If I can learn to see the world in this way I would devour this publication. I don’t want to shock but I am keen to learn to startle.
by Dave Mercer
I admire Freeman a lot but this book does not work well as a kindle book.I will have to get a hard copy version.One has to continuously zoom in and out to read anything. A shame