Exploring color photography: from film to pixels
Robert Hirsch; with contributing writer Greg Erf
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- Sixth edition
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- Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2015
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- Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Color Photography Concepts
- Newton's Light Experiment
- Separating Light
- Dual Nature of Light: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
- Young's Theory/RGB
- How We See Color
- How the Brain Sees Color
- Color Blindness
- Young's Theory Applied to Color Photography
- How Film Produces Color
- How Digital Cameras Record Color
- Color Reality
- Absence of Color Film Standards
- Talking About Color
- Color Description
- -Hue, Saturation, and Luminance (HSL)
- Color Relativity
- Color Contrast
- Color Harmony
- Color Observations
- Color Memory
- Color Deceives
- Color Fluctuates
- Subtraction of Color
- Afterimage
- Eye Fatigue: Bleaching
- Reversed Afterimage
- Positive Afterimage
- Cooking with Color
- Color Is a Personal Experience
- ch. Two Concise History Of Color Photography
- First Color Photographs: Applied Color Processes
- Direct Color Process: First Experiments
- Hillotype Controversy
- Additive Theory: First Photographic Image in Color
- Maxwell's Additive Projection Process
- Direct Interference Method of Gabriel Lippmann
- Additive Screen Processes
- Joly Color
- Autochrome
- Paget Colour Plate
- Finlay Colour Processes
- Dufaycolor
- Polachrome
- Additive Equipment
- Additive Enlargers
- Digital Enlargers
- Television
- Subtractive Method
- Primary Pigment Colors
- Subtractive Assembly Process: Heliography
- Kromskop Triple Camera and Kromskop Viewer
- Carbro Process
- Color Halftones
- Dye-Imbibition Process
- Dye Transfer Process
- Subtractive Film and Chromogenic Development
- Chromogenic Transparency Film
- Chromogenic Negative Film
- C-41: Chromogenic Negative Development
- Kodachrome Integral Tri-Pack Process
- Additional Color Processes
- Silver Dye-Bleach/Dye-Destruction Process
- Internal Dye Diffusion-Transfer Process
- Polaroid Process: Diffusion-Transfer
- Color Gains Acceptance
- Amateur Systems Propel the Use of Color
- Rise of Digital Imaging
- Early Digital Imaging: The Facsimile
- Birth of Computing
- 1960s: Art in the Research Lab
- Computers Get Personal
- Digital Imaging Goes Mainstream
- Digital Truth
- ch. Three Exposing The Light
- Exposure Starting Place
- How a Camera Light Meter Works
- Reflective and Incident Light
- How a Histogram Works
- Using a Gray Card
- Camera Metering Methods and Programs
- Matrix Metering/In-Camera Metering Methods
- Utilizing a Camera's Monitor
- Electronic Viewfinder (EVF)
- Brightness/Dynamic Range
- Exposing to the Right
- High Dynamic Range/HDR
- Basic Light Reading Methods
- Average Daylight
- Brilliant/Hard Sunlight
- Diffused/Soft Light
- Dim Light
- Contrast Control/Tone Compensation
- Light Metering Techniques
- Metering the Subject
- Exposing for Tonal Variations
- White Balance
- Color Modes/Spaces
- Image Enhancement Modes/Picture Controls
- Electronic Flash and Basic Fill Flash
- Red Eye
- Unusual Lighting Conditions
- Subject in Bright Light
- Subject in Shadow
- Alternate Solutions: Using a Handheld Meter
- Subject in Dim Light: Long Exposures, Increased ISO, and Digital Aberrations
- Mixed Light
- Reciprocity Law
- Reciprocity Law Failure and Film
- Reciprocity Failure and Its Effect on Color Materials
- ch. Four Filtering The Light
- Our Sun: A Continuous Spectrum Source
- Color Temperature and the Kelvin Scale
- Color Temperature Meters
- Color Temperature of Digital Devices
- Color of Light
- Digital White Balance
- How Film Sees Color
- Daylight Type Film
- Tungsten and Type L Films
- What Does a Physical Filter Do?
- How Filters Work
- Filter Factor
- How Filters Are Identified
- Matching Film to the Light
- Filter Categories for Color Films
- Color Compensating Filters
- Conversion Filters
- Light Balancing Filters
- Correcting Color Balance with Electronic Flash
- Neutral Density Filters
- Reflections: Polarized and Unpolarized Light
- What a Polarizing Filter Can Do
- Using a Polarizer
- Linear and Circular Polarizers
- Ultraviolet Light Filters
- Special Effects Filters
- Homemade Colored and Diffusion Filters
- Digital Filters and Plugins
- Fluorescent and Other Gas-Filled Lights
- High-Intensity Discharge Lamps/Mercury and Sodium Vapor Sources
- Testing for a Critical Neutral Color Match
- Why a Color May Not Reproduce Correctly
- Color Crossover
- Taking Chances
- ch. Five Seeing The Light
- How We See
- Visual Literacy
- Societal Values
- Visual Illiteracy
- Photographer as a Reconnoiterer
- Visual or Haptic
- -Which Are You?
- Work of Viktor Lowenfeld
- Visual-Realist Photographers
- Visual-Realist Working Methods
- Haptic-Expressionist Photographers
- Haptic-Expressionist Working Methods
- Photography's Visual Transformation
- Process of Rediscovery
- Color Key and the Composition Key
- Color Key
- Composition Key
- Figure
- Ground Relationships
- What Is Figure
- Ground?
- Figure
- Ground Strategies
- Natural Light
- Good Light and the Camera
- Time of Day/Types of Light
- Cycle of Light and Its Basic Characteristics
- Weather and Color Materials
- Fog and Mist
- Rain
- Dust
- Heat and Fire
- Snow
- Battery Care in Cold Conditions
- Cold Weather Protection
- ch. Six Visual Language Of Color Design
- Seeing Is Thinking
- What Is a Good Photograph?
- Discovering What You Have to Say
- Effective Photographs Communicate
- Putting It All Together
- Working Subtractively
- Point of Departure
- Photographer's Special License
- Language of Vision
- Line
- Shape
- Space
- Texture
- Pattern
- Unity and Variety
- Rhythm
- Balance
- Emphasis
- Proportion
- Golden Ratio
- Scale
- Symbolism
- Shapes and General Symbolic Associations
- ch. Seven Color Strategies
- Defining the Subject: Angle of View
- Wonderment: Breaking the Eye-Level Habit
- Working Methods
- Working the Angles
- Depth of Field: Selective Focus
- Contrast with Color
- Complementary Colors
- Warm and Cool Colors
- Creating Color Contrast
- Color Harmony
- Harmony Is Subjective
- Creating Harmony
- Dominant Color
- Simplicity
- Maintaining a Strong Composition
- Isolated Use of Color
- Executing a Plan: Being Prepared
- Monochrome
- Personal Nature of Monochrome
- Environmental Color Contamination
- Aerial Perspective
- Perspective
- Perspective Control
- Converging Lines
- Subdued Color
- Working Techniques
- Opposites: Colors Attract and Repel
- Overcoming Color Bias
- Pairs of Contrast
- Counterpoints
- ch.
- Eight Interaction Of Color, Movement, Space, And Time
- Searching for Time
- Flow of Time
- Mastering Digital Layers
- Controlling Photographic Time
- Breaking Away from 1/125-Second Mentality
- Breaking into Digital Blur and Motion Effects
- Stop Action
- Electronic Flash and Dim Light
- Blurred and Out-of-Focus Images
- Pan Shot
- Moving the Film
- Equipment Movement
- Free-Form Camera Movement
- Electronic Flash and Slow Shutter Speed
- Extended Time Exposures
- Rephotography
- Multiple Exposures
- Layering Multiple Images Together
- Expose the Same Roll Twice
- Painting with Light
- Slide Projection
- Postvisualization
- Moving the Easel
- Moving the Fine Focus
- Painting the Print with Light
- Multiple Exposure Using One Negative
- Combination Printing
- Multiple Filter Packs
- Cinematic Framing
- Matrix-Grid
- Many Make One
- Contact Sheet Sequence
- Joiners
- Slices of Time
- Composite Pictures
- Photographic Collage
- Three-Dimensional Photographs
- Photo-Based Installations
- Public Art
- Appropriation: Where Does Art Come From?
- Mashup: Collaborative Images
- Penetrating the Photographic Mirror
- ch. Nine Digital Input
- Digital Photography: An Introduction
- Truth and Illusion
- Pixels Form Images
- Differences Between Digital and Film Realism
- Digital and Silver Merge
- Comparative and the Cultural Eye
- Immateriality of the Digital Image
- Digital Conundrum: What is the Original?
- What Constitutes Reality?
- Digital Differences
- Appropriation, Stock Images, and Copyright Issues
- Pixels and Silver Crystals
- Digital Cameras
- Cellphone Cameras
- Cellphone Photography vs. Waiting
- Mobile Advantages
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography
- Visual Acuity and 300 dpi
- Digital Camera Features
- Resolution
- LCD Monitor
- Lens Coverage, Depth of Field, and Bokeh
- Digital ISO
- White Balance
- Color Modes/Picture Controls
- Optical and Digital Zoom
- Memory Buffer
- Removable Camera Memory Storage
- High-Definition (HD) Video
- Digital Camera File Formats
- Compression Algorithms: Lossless and Lossy
- JPEG
- TIFF
- RAW Capture: The Digital Negative
- RAW Pros and Cons
- Storage Media for Final Image Files
- Compact Disk (CD) and Digital Versatile Disk (DVD)
- Mechanical Storage: Hard Drives
- Solid-State Storage: Hard Drives, USB Drives, and Flash Memory Media
- Cloud Storage and Cloud Computing
- Scanners
- Flatbed and Film Scanners
- Digital Camera Backs
- Drum Scanners
- Scanning Guidelines
- ch. Ten Digital Output
- Digital Printing Technology
- Screen Resolution (ppi) and Dot Pitch
- Print Resolution (dpi)
- Image Window
- Sizing a Digital File
- Interpolation or Resampling
- Equivalent Image Size
- Contents note continued: Real Size of a Digital Negative or Image File
- Printers, Inks, and Paper
- Inkjet Printers: DPI to Dots to More Dots
- Inkjet Inks
- Paper: Uncoated and Coated
- Paper Brightness and Optical Brightening Agents (OBAs)
- Paper Materials
- Paper Surface
- Paper Weight
- Paper Finishes
- Textured Paper
- Print Permanence
- Printing Methods and Output Issues
- Laser Printing
- LightJet
- Iris Print
- Giclee Printing
- Mural-Size Prints
- Mixed Digital Media
- Local Digital Printing Centers
- Service Bureaus
- Film Recorders
- Imagemaking with a Computer
- Stitching and Authoring: QTVR Panoramas
- Color Monitor
- How Monitors Show Color
- Image Processing/Editing
- Adjusting Color Balance with Curves
- Software and Imaging Applications
- Raster/Bitmapped Software
- Vector Software
- Basic Digital Imaging Categories and Tools
- Top Main Menu Bar Options
- Toolbar Icons for Additional Photo Editing
- Common Photoshop Toolbar Icons
- Digital Memory
- RAM
- ROM
- Hard Disk
- Cloud Storage and Cloud Computing
- Computer as Multimedia Platform
- Internet and the World Wide Web as a Virtual Gallery
- Chemical, the Virtual, and the Hybrid Darkrooms
- ch. Eleven Analog Workflow: Color Films And Printing
- Transparency Film
- Characteristic Advantages
- Disadvantages of Transparencies
- How Transparency Film Works
- E-6 Processing
- Temperature Control
- Diversity of Films
- Film Speed
- Amateur and Professional Films Compared
- Daylight and Tungsten Films
- Transparency Viewing and Duplication
- Transparency Duplication
- Color Negative Film
- Color Negative Film Characteristics
- Negative Film Construction
- C-41 Process: Chromogenic Development of Negative Film
- How the Chromogenic Color Print Process Works
- C-Print Misnomer
- Film Speed, Format, and Grain
- Chromogenic Black-and-White Film
- Scanning Negatives
- Instant Photography
- Instant Formats: Fuji and The Impossible Project
- Diffusion-Transfer
- Instant Image Transfer Method
- Instant Image Emulsion Transfer
- Special Films and Processes
- Cross-Processing/Slides as Negatives
- Litho Film: Bas-Relief
- X-Ray Equipment at Airport Security
- Analog Output: Basic Equipment and Ideas for Color Printing
- Enlargers
- Enlarging Filters
- Voltage Stabilizer
- Enlarging Lens
- Easel
- Safelight
- Color Printing Notebook
- Safety
- Principles of Subtractive Printing: The Qualities of White Light
- Neutral Density
- Color Paper Types
- Paper Handling
- Changes in Paper Emulsion
- Contact Printing
- Making A Contact Print/Determining Correct Exposure
- Print Evaluation
- Utilizing Viewing Filters
- Color Ring-Around
- Discover the Method That Works for You
- Burning and Dodging
- Final Decisions and Cropping
- Display and Print Materials
- Prints from Transparencies
- ch. Twelve Color Projects
- Camera
- Camera Formats
- Pinhole Camera and Birth of the Camera
- How the Camera Works: Circles of Confusion
- Building a Pinhole Camera
- Converting a 35mm Camera to a Pinhole Camera
- Self-Portraits/Selfies
- View from Within/Portrait as Social Identity
- Human Form
- Landscape Defined
- Traditional Viewing Concepts
- Photography and the American West
- Landscape Today
- Power of Nature: Visceral vs. Theoretical
- Still Life
- Close-Ups: The Macro Lens
- Internal Color Events: Evoking Inner Realities
- Fabricating Photographic Reality
- Photographs and Words
- Photographs from a Screen
- Handmade Photography
- Methods
- Inkjet Transfers
- Artists' Books and Albums
- Individual Problem Solving
- Guide to Evaluation
- -Before Photographing
- Guide to Evaluation
- -After Photographing
- Photograms
- Chemigrams
- Non-Silver Approaches
- Postcards
- Stereoscopic Photography
- How the Stereo Effect Is Achieved
- Effect of Distance
- Stereo Card Size
- Digital 3D Images
- Future Developments
- ch. Thirteen Photographic Problem Solving And Writing
- Deliberate Practice
- Challenging Fear
- Journal Keeping
- Tolerating Failure: Photography Is a Lot Like Baseball
- Problem-Solving Process
- Birth of a Problem
- Acceptance
- Analysis
- Definition
- Idea Formation and The Possibility Scale
- Selection
- Operation
- Evaluation
- Results
- Understanding Photography's Roles
- Writing About Images
- Writing an Artist's Statement
- ch. Fourteen Presentation And Preservation
- Digital Retouching and Repair
- Analog Spotting: Chromogenic Prints
- Repairing Scratches
- Fixing Mistakes
- Spray Lacquers
- Waxing a Print
- Archival Presentation
- Presentation Materials
- Dry and Wet Mounting
- Dry Mounting Process
- Cold Mounting
- Floating a Print
- Frames
- Unusual Frames and Presentations
- Portfolios
- Self-Publishing: Print-on-Demand
- Images on a Screen: Web Sharing
- Website Design/HTML
- Print Preservation
- Factors Affecting Print Stability
- Print Display Environment
- Storage Environment
- Digital Archives
- Transferring Film-Based Images to a Digital Format
- Long-Term Storage and Migrating Digital Archives
- Post-Production Software: Lightroom
- Cataloging Image Files
- Digital Print Stability
- Camera Copy Work
- Lens Selection: Macro Lens/Mode
- Copy Lighting
- Copy Exposure
- Presenting Your Work
- Ensuring a Good Welcome
- Shipping
- Copyright of Your Own Work
- Where to Send Work
- APPENDIX
- Safety In The Digital Studio And Analog Darkroom.
- Author/Creator:
- Hirsch, Robert, 1949- , author
- Contributors:
- Erf, Greg , contributor
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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