{"product_id":"the-art-of-photography-2nd-edition-a-personal-approach-to-artistic-expression-9781681984032","title":"The Art of Photography  2nd Edition: A Personal Approach to Artistic Expression","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression. Originally published in 1994 and first revised in 2010  The Art of Photography has sold well over 100 000 copies and has firmly established itself as the most readable  understandable  and complete textbook on photography. Featuring nearly 200 beautiful photographs in both black-and-white and color  as well as numerous charts  graphs  and tables  this book presents the world of photography to beginner  intermediate  and advanced photographers who seek to make a personal statement through the medium of photography.Without talking down to anyone or talking over anyones head  renowned photographer  teacher  and author Bruce Barnbaum presents how-to techniques for both traditional and digital approaches. In this newest edition of the book  Barnbaum has included many new images and has completely revised the text  with particular focus on two crucial chapters covering digital photography: he revised a chapter covering the digital zone system  and includes a brand-new chapter on image adjustments using digital tools. There is also a new chapter discussing the concepts of art versus technique and traditional versus digital approaches to photography. Throughout the book  Barnbaum goes well beyond the technical  as he delves deeply into the philosophical  expressive  and creative aspects of photography so often avoided in other books.Barnbaum is recognized as one of the worlds finest landscape and architectural photographers  and for decades has been considered one of the best instructors in the field of photography. This latest incarnation of his textbookwhich has evolved  grown  and been refined over the past 45 yearswill prove to be an ongoing  invaluable photographic reference for years to come. It is truly the resource of choice for the thinking photographer.Topics include:  Elements of Composition  Visualization  Light and Color  Filters  Black-and-White  The Digital Zone System  The Zone System for Film  Printing and Presentation  Exploding Photographic Myths  Artistic Integrity  Realism  Abstraction  and Art  Creativity and Intuition  A Personal Philosophy  And much  much more\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648132866101,"sku":"ByrdShop_1681984032","price":633.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781681984032.jpg?v=1781710546","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-photography-2nd-edition-a-personal-approach-to-artistic-expression-9781681984032","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}