Jodie Steen - Camera & Craft: Learning the Technical Art of Digital Photography

CAMERA & CRAFT

Titles in The Digital Imaging Masters Series:

Power, Speed & Automation with Adobe Photoshop
by Geoff Scott and Jeff Tranberry

Color Management & Quality Output: Working with Color from Camera to Display to Print
by Tom P. Ashe

Camera & Craft: Learning the Technical Art of Digital Photography
by Andy Batt, Candace Dobro and Jodie Steen

Praise for the series:

Sounds like as close to a dream team as one could get without having to resort to spiritual means. I mean if you could get Ansel Adams to do a section on black and white and landscapegreat, but that would require a sance. For the talent living, this is a dream team.

Robert Barnett, QBToo (formerly PC-Review Online)

We loved our old Time/Life series of photography books. Time for an update. This series could become iconic.

Anne Pfeiffer, Instructor

I think that Katrin Eismanns skill in curriculum development is reflected in the approach. I like the approach a lot; I would find it to be a valuable resource and would expect to turn to the texts often for advice.

Mark Lewis, SUNY Empire State College

I think there is a good balance of technical vs. creative.

Carol Tipping, FRPS EFIAP

I think many of the books on the market are software driven, whereas this series is developed to support the photography industry. There is a world of difference between explaining a feature of a software package and explaining how to get an important photography task accomplished through a software tool.

Douglas Barkey, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

The School of Visual Arts Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography is an intensive one-year degree program that is offered as an on-campus/summer residency or an online/summer residency program that seamlessly blends the most current technical and aesthetic aspects of contemporary photographic image-making. The program meets the needs of professional photographers and photographic educators who want to advance their skills in digital image capture, image processing and high-quality output to remain competitive in a variety of image-making and related fields. Graduates work as commercial, fashion, fine-art, and editorial photographers; retouchers; studio managers; and higher education staff and faculty.

Masters in Digital Photography Program Information
http://www.sva.edu/digitalphoto
Contact: mpsphoto@sva.edu

CAMERA & CRAFT

LEARNING THE TECHNICAL ART OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Andy Batt, Candace Dobro and Jodie Steen

SERIES EDITOR KATRIN EISMANN

First published 2015
by Focal Press
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Simultaneously published in the UK
by Focal Press
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

Focal Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

2015 Andy Batt, Candace Dobro and Jodie Steen

Series Editor: Katrin Eismann
Series Developmental Editor: Candace Dobro

The right of Andy Batt, Candace Dobro and Jodie Steen to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

Notices
Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding, changes in research methods, professional practices or medical treatment may become necessary.

Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Batt, Andy.

Camera & craft: learning the technical art of digital photography/Andy Batt, Candace Dobro,
and Jodie Steen.
pages cm. (Digital imaging masters series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. PhotographyDigital techniques. 2. PhotographyTechnique. I. Dobro, Candace. II. Steen,
Jodie. III. Title. IV. Title: Camera and craft.
TR267.B365 2015
771.3dc23
2014016171

ISBN: 978-0-415-81012-8 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-79239-1 (ebk)

Typeset in Trade Gothic, Helvetica Neue and Optima
by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon, UK

"I had the privilege of meeting Andy Batt, Candace Dobro and Jodie Steen in outstanding educational environments."

- Katrin Eismann