Visual Stories: Behind the Lens with Vincent Laforet (Paperback)

There is an art to capturing a photo that tells a story. You need to know what belongs in the frame and what to leave out, what to emphasize in the photo that adds to the story, and how to use light, shape, and color all to express meaning while lending aesthetic value to the image itself. Vincent Laforet–Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and voted one of the "100 Most Influential People in Photography" by American Photo –gives a rare look into the art of photography through his lens as a master editorial and commercial photographer.

This beautiful book contains full-color spreads, with scene details and technical information to help tell the visual stories of larger-than-life life events such as Hurricane Katrina, the Olympic Games, and the war zone of Pakistan. With over 100 photos included, you will gain important insights into how you can achieve similar looks—blending what the camera does with the stories you want to tell.

• Learn how the principles of photojournalism can be applied to telling stories with a single image.

• Use light, shape, and color to create rich photos that tell the story as well as add sensitivity to beauty and emotion.

• Learn how the relationship between foreground and background can be used to creatively produce images with strong impact, and choose lenses based on this discovery.

• Understand the value of an image and convey a more in-depth story of the subject in any genre of photography, including landscapes, close-ups, portraits, action shots, aerials, and more.

• Receive an up-close and personal view of the author and his work by watching over 60 videos on the accompanying DVD.   

拍攝能夠講述故事的照片是一門藝術。你需要知道什麼應該出現在畫面中，什麼應該被排除在外，如何強調照片中能夠增添故事情節的元素，以及如何運用光線、形狀和色彩來表達意義，同時賦予圖像本身美感。文森特·拉福雷（Vincent Laforet）是一位普利策獎得主，也是《美國攝影》評選的「攝影界最具影響力的100人」之一，他以一位經驗豐富的新聞攝影師和商業攝影師的身份，為我們提供了一個難得的機會，透過他的鏡頭來探索攝影藝術。

這本精美的書籍包含了全彩色插圖，提供場景細節和技術資訊，幫助我們講述一些超乎尋常的生活事件，如卡特里娜颶風、奧運會和巴基斯坦的戰區。書中收錄了100多張照片，讓你能夠深入了解如何達到類似的效果——將相機的功能與你想要講述的故事相結合。

以下是你將從這本書中獲得的重要見解：
- 學習如何將新聞攝影的原則應用於用一張照片講述故事。
- 利用光線、形狀和色彩創造豐富的照片，同時為美感和情感增添敏感度。
- 了解前景和背景之間的關係如何用於創造具有強烈影響力的圖像，並根據這一發現選擇鏡頭。
- 理解圖像的價值，並在任何攝影類型中傳達主題的更深層故事，包括風景、特寫、肖像、動作照片、航拍等。
- 通過觀看附帶的DVD上的60多個視頻，近距離了解作者和他的作品。

這本書將帶領你進入攝影藝術的世界，讓你學會如何用一張照片講述一個故事。