The Elements of Photography, 2/e : Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images (Paperback)

The greatly revised and expanded edition of The Elements of Photography is a new kind of textbook for a new generation of photographers. Moving far beyond the usual technical manual, Angela Faris Belt dives deep into merging technique and vision, allowing you to master craft while adding meaning to your images. Here you'll really learn to see photographically, expand your creative and conceptual use of apertures and shutter speeds, and choose the right media to create the look and feel you want.

The 2^nd Edition Includes:

• A new introductory chapter with thorough explanations and training exercises in metering and exposure
• Advice throughout the text to help you expand your personal research
• Extended exploration of how photography's technical attributes affect visual outcomes and the meaning of your images

• Image discussions that provide additional perspective about the chapter concepts

This book provides a wealth of information and guidance to help all photographers improve skills, learn new techniques, and expand ways of seeing. Excellent practical exercises allow you to use the knowledge you'll gain to build a solid portfolio. More than 300 stunning, full-color images including portfolios from over 40 prestigious artists provide visual inspiration and a gorgeous collection of artwork to add to any photography enthusiast's bookshelf. Whether you do fine art or commercial, documentary or editorial, or just enjoy making pictures for yourself, The Elements of Photography will take your images to the next level.

*Learn from an expert author how to combine your creative vision with technical accuracy to produce images that are visually provoking as well as technically inspiring
*Includes over 300 stunning full color images and highlights the portfolios of 40+ prestigious artists
*Contains screenshots, before-and-after images, and how-to information to help both students and photographers practice skills and learn new techniques
*Follow the suggested exercises at the end of each chapter to develop your own portfolio of images

《攝影元素》大幅修訂和擴充版是一本針對新一代攝影師的新型教科書。安吉拉·法里斯·貝爾特（Angela Faris Belt）深入探討了技術和視覺的融合，讓您在提升技藝的同時為圖像增添意義。在這裡，您將真正學會攝影的視覺感知，擴展光圈和快門速度的創意和概念應用，並選擇合適的媒體來創造您想要的外觀和感覺。

第二版新增內容包括：
- 全新的導論章節，詳細解釋和訓練測光和曝光技巧
- 整本書中的建議，幫助您擴展個人研究
- 深入探討攝影技術屬性如何影響視覺效果和圖像意義
- 圖像討論提供了對章節概念的額外觀點

這本書提供了豐富的信息和指導，幫助所有攝影師提升技能，學習新技術，擴展視覺方式。優秀的實踐練習使您能夠運用所學知識建立堅實的作品集。超過300張令人驚嘆的全彩圖像，包括來自40多位知名藝術家的作品集，為攝影愛好者提供視覺靈感和一個美麗的藝術品收藏。無論您從事純藝術還是商業攝影，紀錄片還是編輯攝影，或者只是喜歡為自己拍照， 《攝影元素》都將使您的圖像更上一層樓。

*從專家作者那裡學習如何將創意視覺與技術準確性相結合，創作出既具視覺衝擊力又具技術啟發性的圖像
*包含超過300張令人驚嘆的全彩圖像，並突出展示40多位知名藝術家的作品集
*包含屏幕截圖、前後對比圖像和操作指南，幫助學生和攝影師練習技能和學習新技術
*按照每章結尾的建議練習，開發自己的圖像作品集