The Elements of Photography, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. Foreword
6. Acknowledgments
7. Preface: It’s Elemental
8. Introduction: The Grammar of Photographic Language
9. Chapter 1 Before You Begin
   1. What is the Photographic Image?
   2. Examining Subject, Content, and Form: Three Photographs
   3. How Do I Select a Subject?
   4. Flowchart Method: Moving From Subject to Shot List
   5. Finding Your Thread
   6. Chapter Exercises: Selecting your Subject
10. Chapter 2 Metering and Exposure
    1. What is Exposure?
    2. Understanding Your Light Meter
    3. Putting It All Together
    4. Digital Media Histograms Demystified
    5. Three Tonal Ranges: Exposure and Histograms Explained
    6. Advanced Explanation of Exposure
    7. Chapter Exercises: Metering, Equivalent Exposures, and Bracketing
11. Chapter 3 Framing, Borders, and Multiple Frames
    1. Part 1: Framing
    2. Introduction: Framing, the First Photographic Element
    3. Conscious Framing, Visual Quality, and Photographic Meaning
    4. Organizing the Frame: Picture Planes, Vantage Point, and Juxtaposition
    5. Visual Variety
    6. Contact Sheets: Key to Choosing the Best Frame
    7. Cropping: A Second Chance to Frame it Right
    8. Chapter Exercises, Part 1: Framing Your Subject in Conscious Ways
    9. Portfolio Pages
    10. Part 2: Borders, The Exterior Edges of the Frame
    11. Introduction: What Purpose Does a Border Serve?
    12. Traditional Darkroom Borders and Techniques
    13. The Digital Realm: Borders without Film
    14. Chapter Exercises, Part 2: Experimenting with Borders
    15. Part 3: Multiple Frames to Create a Single Image
    16. Introduction: Extending the Frame
    17. Gestalt Images
    18. Chapter Exercises, Part 3: A Faceted Approach to Your Subject
    19. Portfolio Pages
12. Chapter 4 Apertures: Focus, Lenses, and Clarity
    1. Introduction: Focus, The Second Photographic Element
    2. Apertures: A Brief Technical Review
    3. Cameras without Lenses
    4. Affecting Visual Quality and Meaning with Apertures and Lenses
    5. Chapter Exercises: Using Apertures and Focus to Communicate
    6. Portfolio Pages
13. Chapter 5 Shutter Speeds: Time and Motion
    1. Part 1: Shutter Speeds, The Third Photographic Element
    2. Shutter Speeds: A Brief Technical Review
    3. Affecting Visual Quality and Photographic Meaning with Time
    4. The Decisive Moment: Three Intersecting Factors
    5. Transcribing Time onto a Photograph
    6. Chapter Exercises, Part 1: Using Shutter Speeds with Your Subject
    7. Portfolio Pages
    8. Part 2: Multiple Moments in Time
    9. Introduction: Combining Shutter Speeds to Expand Meaning
    10. Overlapped Time: Multiple Moments in a Single Frame
    11. Sequences: Spacing Multiple Frames
    12. Scanner as Camera: When the Medium Moves
    13. Moving Single Image Frames
    14. Chapter Exercises, Part 2: Experimenting with Multiple Moments
    15. Portfolio Pages
14. Chapter 6 Materials, Processes, and Presentation: The Aggregate Image
    1. Part 1: Going Back to the Beginning
    2. The Aggregate Image: Structure and Scale
    3. Image Size and Scale
    4. Part 2: How Images Exist in the World
    5. Final Presentation in the Gallery
    6. Chapter Exercises: Experimenting with the Aggregate Image
    7. Portfolio Pages
15. Conclusion
    1. In the End, the Elements Combine
16. Index