Fundamentals of Photography

The Essential Handbook for Both Digital and Film Cameras

Author  Tom Ang
Fundamentals of Photography

From the award-winning photographer—a comprehensive, accessible, and detailed guide for every photographer: whether beginner or advanced, using a digital camera or film.

Award-winning photographer Tom Ang provides a thorough, explicitly detailed bottom-to-top understanding of modern photography, explaining all the techniques that will help anyone who uses a camera—in a professional capacity or as a snapshot shooter—improve the quality of his or her photographs.

Here is everything you need to know: from the most practical advice (the fundamental facts about light sources) to the most sophisticated nuances (how light is measured through photometry), from the basics of the camera (which button controls which function) to the finer points of framing with an LCD viewfinder, featuring a selection of Ang’s most inspiring images. For…