Elliot Khuner - The Everything Photography Book: Foolproof Techniques for Taking Sensational Pictures

THE EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK

Foolproof techniques for taking sensational pictures

Eliot Khuner with

Sonia Weiss

Copyright 2004, F+W Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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An Everything Series Book.

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Published by Adams Media, an F+W Publications Company 57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322 U.S.A. www.adamsmedia.com

ISBN 10: 1-58062-878-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-58062-878-5 (paperback)

ISBN 13: 978-1-60550-520-6 (EPUB)

Printed in the United States of America.

J I H G F E D C

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Khuner, Eliot.

The everything photography book / Eliot Khuner with Sonia Weiss.

p. cm.

(An everything series book)

ISBN 1-58062-878-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-60550-520-6 (EPUB)

1. Photography Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Weiss, Sonia. II. Title. III. Series: Everything series.

TR146.K49 2003

771 dc21

2003004473

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The Series

Page 1, 2, and 3 courtesy of Eliot Khuner; page 4 top left photo, courtesy of Eliot Khuner; page 4 top right photo and bottom photo, 2000 EyeWire by Getty Images; page 5 courtesy of Eliot Khuner; page 6 top photo, 1998 Corbis Corp. Digital Stock; page 6 bottom photo, courtesy of Eliot Khuner; page 7 top photo, courtesy of Eliot Khuner; page 7 bottom photo, 1998 Corbis Corp. Digital Stock; page 8 top photo, courtesy of Eliot Khuner; page 8 bottom photo, 1999 PhotoDisc, Inc.

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The Photography Book

Dear Reader,

We are born with the urge to create and view images. Through photography, we can both capture the moments and events that shape our world as well as communicate what we can't put into words. Our minds constantly replace old memories with new ones. Pictures, however, are unchanging a growing visual catalog of our lives. We use photography to express who we are and what we feel.

Photography is a richly rewarding art. Regardless of your level of interest beginner, serious amateur, professional you'll learn something new every time you put your eye to the viewfinder. Through photography, you can achieve three goals: experiencing the joy of exploring your creative side, the thrill in successfully creating an image that speaks to you and others, and the pleasure of viewers appreciating your end result.

This book gives you the basics of photography and the visual arts so you can experience your environment with a photographic eye, express yourself, and create images that thrill you and your friends. Reading these pages will make picking up your camera both natural and novel, ordinary and exciting. Material that at first seems challenging or elementary will soon hang in your tool belt for use when you are making a portrait of your toddler, snapping a picture of your new car, or recording your mother on her eightieth birthday.

Sincerely,