Mastering Landscape Photography

Mastering Landscape Photography consist of thirteen engaging essays on landscape photography by master photographer Alain Briot.

Topics include practical, and aesthetic aspects of phototgraphy aimed at helping photographers build and refine their skills. This book sratrs with the technical aspects of photography: how to see photographically, how to compose a photograph, how to find the best light, and how to select the best lens for a specific shot.

Briot continues by focusing on some of the rarely discussed, yet essential aspects of finding success in your art, with thought provoking chapters on how to select your best work, how to create a portfolio, what it means to be an artist, and how to be an artist in business.

Using full color examples, this book explains in detail:

-How to see photographically
-How to compose a photograph
-How to choose the best lens for a specific composition
-How to find the best light for a specific photograph
-How to select the best "film" for a specific image
-How to determine the best exposure for a specific scene
-How to select your keepers or non-keepers
-How to create a portfolio of your work
-How to establish a personal photographic style
-What it means to be an artist
-How to be an artist in business
-How you can do it too

Zielgruppe:

• Fotografen aller Couleur

Autor / Autorin:

Alain Briot is one of today´s leading contemporary landscape photographers. Originally from Paris, France, he attended the Academie Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris where he studied drawing and oil painting from 1977 to 1980. Briot then began his study of photography at the American Center in Paris.
After visiting the American Southwest, Briot became so enthralled with the artistic potential this landscape afforded, that he relocated to the U.S. in 1986. He began his study of phototgraphy at Northern Arizona University, earning his Bachelors Degree in 1990, and his Masters Degree in 1992 in Visual Communication.

From 1995 to 2002, Briot lived at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Living there allowed him to become intimately familiar with Native American arts and culture, which is evident in the frames and matting designs he uses.

Briot´s goal is to create the most exciting and beautiful phototgraphs possible. His equipment is chosen for the ability to make this possible.

Alain Briot is a columnist on the highly respected Luminous Landscape website, and is a popular teacher of photography workshops. He currently lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife Natalie. Learn more about Alain Briot at www.beautiful-landscape.com.