A Short Course in Photography (5th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Barbara London, Jim Stone
Brand: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 195188
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 187
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.4
MPN: P832
ISBN: 013110201X
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
UPC: 076092035534
EAN: 9780131102019
ASIN: 013110201X
Publication Date: July 30, 2002
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Condition: 52808
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Product Description
This easy-to-use, inexpensive text introduces students to the fundamentals of photography and suggests ways in which they might create photographs that have meaning. Oriented toward traditional black and white photography, the book also explores digital techniques and web photography resources, equipment, cameras and camera accessories, the exposure and development of film, and the making and finishing of prints. All aspects of the process are explained and illustrated clearly in two-page spreads, each of which addresses a self-contained topic.
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 order early, it took a few weeks August 13, 2008
I didn't realize that it would take three weeks plus, so I didn't have it quick enough for my class, so order quick! Otherwise all is good.
Good, basic photography book, though dated July 21, 2006
I've been using SLR's & digital cameras since early high school, including use for some publication work. This book gives good, basic information, and would be good for a novice just learning to use a film-type camera. My copy is dated 1979, so it includes nothing about digital photography. The other reviewer referred to Chapter 9 as being nothing more than verse or poetry. That is somewhat puzzling as my copy only has 7 chapters. Also, unless there have been more current editions, this book is too dated to ever be used as a textbook for any current college course. However, if you are just looking for a basic reference on basic, film-type photography, or are a new hobbyist with a film camera, this book is certainly adequate, and one could do worse.
 Complete tripe. July 15, 2004
11 out of 23 found this review helpful
If you are talking a College level course that utilises this book as the main text, I truly pity you. You will learn more by simple self research via the internet and using your camera over the duration of the course than this book could ever teach you. By the final chapter you are left banging your head into your desk wondering why anyone would ever choose this offal as a required textbook. Don't believe me? Read Chapter 9 and notice that the vast majority of the text is simple poetic musings followed by references back to previous chapters, as the authors were too bloody lazy to expand upon their meager ideas. Pathetic.
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