Advanced photography / Michael Langford.
By: Langford, Michael John
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Material type: 
BookPublisher: London ; Boston : Focal Press, 1989Edition: 5th ed.Description: x, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0240510887 .Subject(s): PhotographyDDC classification: 770.28
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 770.28 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00005374 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A textbook for serious enthusiasts, in-course students and technical staff covering colour printing and fine-tuning (exposure and processing). It also covers computer-aided design and reproduction. It aims to explain the technical background to practical photography.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Amateur and Professional Photography
- Choosing Lenses
- Camera Equipment
- Film types and technical data
- How Camera Materials Work
- Lighting Control
- Tone Control
- Subject Problems
- Film Processing Management
- Colour Printing
- Extending Photography
- Appendices: Optical Calculations
- Chemical formulae, health and safety
- Batteries
- Business practice digest
- Colour conversion filter chart
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Michael J. Langford is the author of numerous how-to books and articles on photography. He writes for a variety of audiences; books like Learn Photography in a Weekend are geared to the casual picture-taker, while works such as The Single Lens Reflex Handbook or The Darkroom Handbook: Photography Consultant are developed with the professional photographer in mind. The main benefit of photography, Langford believes, is that it enhances the way people see the world.One of Langford's best-known works is Basic Photography, an international best-seller that has been translated into four languages and gone through six editions. A comprehensive introduction to the subject, Basic Photography and its companion volume, Advanced Photography, are frequently used as textbooks in photography courses. Other books by Langford include Photography: Materials and Methods, The Step-by-Step Guide to Photography, Better Photography, and Visual Aids and Photographs in Education.
Langford's expertise in how-to books erives in part from his many years of teaching. He is the Photography Course Director at the Royal College of Art in London, and has also taught at the London College of Printing and the Birmingham College of Art and Design, where he was the Head of the School of Photography. He has also worked as a photographer for several advertising agencies and magazines in England and in Europe.
(Bowker Author Biography)