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Overview
Langford's Basic Photography is a seminal photography text. First published in 1965, it has informed the work and career of many of the world's leading photographers.
The new, 9th edition, continues the tradition of its predecessors, reflecting the same comprehensive mix of scholarly and practical information. It covers every aspect of photography, from capture through to output, both digital and analogue. There is an emphasis on explaining the 'how to' of photography, but Langford's Basic also includes in-depth coverage of the fundamental principles that govern the art, such as how light behaves, optics, and the shutter. This ensures that the reader comes away with not only a good grasp of photographic technique, but also an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals that will help them to better understand how great photography is made. As such, it functions both as an excellent coursebook for students of photography, and a great primer and reference for amateur enthusiasts.
The new edition has been fully updated to reflect dynamic changes in the industry. These changes include: an expansion and overhaul of the information on digital cameras and digital printing; an emphasis on updating photographs to incude a wider range of international work; replacement of many diagrams with photos; overhaul of the analogue sections to give a more modern tone (ie exposure measurement and film and filters with some more dynamic photo illustrations); a fully edited and updated photography timeline.
This landmark text is an essential purchase, both for new photographers as an introduction, and for established photographers as an invaluable reference work.
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"This is the ninth edition of a textbook that has become an industry standard since its first publication in 1965. Now updated to include the most recent innovations of the field, it contains an entire chapter on digital cameras and one on post-production of the digital image. From shooting to processing to printing, this guidebook gives thorough instructions in various procedures, equipment, aesthetics, and forms of presentation for the medium. Detailed treatment of the fundamentals for lighting techniques, optics, and composition are enhanced by numerous diagrams, charts and photographic examples. A supplemental glossary and extensive appendices are found at the back.. Either as an introduction for amateurs or as a reference for intermediate photographers, this book is an invaluable resource for practitioners of this field."—Sacramento Book Review"This is the ninth edition of a textbook that has become an industry standard since its first publication in 1965. Now updated to include the most recent innovations of the field, it contains an entire chapter on digital cameras and one on post-production of the digital image. Detailed treatment of the fundamentals for lighting techniques, optics, and composition are enhanced by numerous diagrams, charts and photographic examples. Whether as an art form or a commercial venture, the complexity of photography requires meticulous and systematic explanations. This is precisely what Langford's Basic Photography provides. Either as an introduction for amateurs or as a reference for intermediate photographers, this book is an invaluable resource for practitioners of this field."—Sacramento Book Review
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Michael Langford, renowned author, teacher, and practitioner, is a legend because of his skill that balanced art and technique. He inspired and taught thousands. As Photography Course Director at the Royal College of Art, London, UK, his key involvement with photography courses and exams set the standard worldwide.
Table of Contents
Picture credits
Foreword
Introduction
1 What is photography? 1
Why photography? 1
How photography works 3
Picture structuring 9
The roles photographs play 11
Changing attitudes towards photography 15
Personal styles and approaches 22
Measuring success 25
Summary 29
Projects 30
2 Light: how images are formed 31
Light itself 31
Wavelengths and colours 32
Shadows 33
When light reaches a surface 35
Light intensity and distance 39
Making light form images 40
Summary 45
Projects 46
3 Lenses: controlling the image 47
Photographic lenses 47
Aperture and f-numbers 50
Depth of field 52
How depth of field works 55
Depth of focus 58
Image stabilization 59
Lenses for digital cameras 59
Lens care 61
Summary 62
Projects 63
4 Cameras using film 64
The essential components 64
Camera types - which is best? 73
How view cameras work 76
How direct viewfinder cameras work 78
How reflex cameras work 83
Summary 90
Projects 91
5 Using different focal length lenses, camera kits 92
Why change focal length? 92
Lens kits 100
Close-up equipment 106
Essentials and extras 109
Right for the job 111
Summary 112
Projects 113
6 Digital Cameras 114
How are digital images captured? 114
File formats 122
Digital cameras 126
Summary 130
Projects 130
7 Lighting: principles and equipment 31
Basic characteristics of lighting 131
Lighting equipment 140
Practical lighting problems 149
Special subjects 153
Summary 157
Projects 158
8 Organising the picture 159
Noticing subject features 159
Structuring pictures through the camera 175
Where photographs go 184
Summary 194
Projects 195
9 Films, filters 196
Silver halide emulsions 196
Features common to all films 199
Choosing films for black and white 206
Films for colour photography 209
Storing film - before and after exposure 214
So which film is ábest'? 215
Filters - how they work 217
Filter kits 228
Summary 230
Projects 231
10 Exposure measurement 232
Factors that determine what exposure to give 232
Exposing different film types 235
Measuring exposure (continuous light) 239
Practical exposure tips 250
Measuring exposure for flash 252
Practical flash exposure tips 258
Summary 262
Projects 263
11 Film processing 264
Equipment and general preparations 264
Processing black and white (silver image) negatives 273
Processing chromogenic (colour and black and white) negatives 278
Processing colour slides and transparencies 281
Processing other film materials 283
Processing by machine 284
Permanence of processed results 285
Summary 287
Projects 288
12 Black and white printing: facilities and equipment 289
Darkroom organisation 289
Equipment: the enlarger 292
Printing papers 299
Safelighting and printing paper sensitivity 305
Processing procedure 306
Summary 312
Projects 313
13 Black and white printing: techniques 314
Making contact prints 314
áStraight' enlarging 317
Controls during enlarging 319
Variations 323
Common print faults 330
Chemical afterwork 330
Toning 332
Tinting 334
Retouching 335
Permanence and archiving 336
Summary 339
Projects 340
14 The digital image: post-production 341
Overview 342
Hardware 342
Software 345
Organising your work 345
Saving your digital file 348
Basic editing 350
Advanced editing 359
Summary 378
Projects 379
15 Finishing and presenting work 380
The permanence of prints 380
Mounting methods and framing 381
Spotting 384
Getting your work noticed 385
Pictures on the World Wide Web 390
Building your own site 390
How to get connected 393
Summary 394
Projects 395
Appendices 396
Appendix A Optical calculations 396
Appendix B Camera movements 397
Appendix C Expressing film response 405
Appendix D Chemical formulae 409
Appendix E Health and safety concerns 414
Appendix F Digital notebook 415
Appendix G Photography timeline 417
Glossary 429
Index 457