INTRODUCTION: THE GRAMMAR OF PHOTOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE
What is the Photographic Image?
Examining Subject, Content, and Form: Three Photographs
Flowchart Method: Moving From Subject to Shot List
Chapter Exercises: Selecting your Subject
CHAPTER 2 METERING AND EXPOSURE
Understanding Your Light Meter
Digital Media Histograms Demystified
Three Tonal Ranges: Exposure and Histograms Explained
Advanced Explanation of Exposure
Chapter Exercises: Metering, Equivalent Exposures, and Bracketing
CHAPTER 3 FRAMING, BORDERS, AND MULTIPLE FRAMES
Introduction: Framing, the First Photographic Element
Conscious Framing, Visual Quality, and Photographic Meaning
Organizing the Frame: Picture Planes, Vantage Point, and Juxtaposition
Contact Sheets: Key to Choosing the Best Frame
Cropping: A Second Chance to Frame it Right
Chapter Exercises, Part 1: Framing Your Subject in Conscious Ways
PART 2: BORDERS, THE EXTERIOR EDGES OF THE FRAME
Introduction: What Purpose Does a Border Serve?
Traditional Darkroom Borders and Techniques
The Digital Realm: Borders without Film
Chapter Exercises, Part 2: Experimenting with Borders
PART 3: MULTIPLE FRAMES TO CREATE A SINGLE IMAGE
Introduction: Extending the Frame
Chapter Exercises, Part 3: A Faceted Approach to Your Subject
CHAPTER 4 APERTURES: FOCUS, LENSES, AND CLARITY
Introduction: Focus, The Second Photographic Element
Apertures: A Brief Technical Review
Affecting Visual Quality and Meaning with Apertures and Lenses
Chapter Exercises: Using Apertures and Focus to Communicate
CHAPTER 5 SHUTTER SPEEDS: TIME AND MOTION
PART 1: SHUTTER SPEEDS, THE THIRD PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT
Shutter Speeds: A Brief Technical Review
Affecting Visual Quality and Photographic Meaning with Time
The Decisive Moment: Three Intersecting Factors
Transcribing Time onto a Photograph
Chapter Exercises, Part 1: Using Shutter Speeds with Your Subject
PART 2: MULTIPLE MOMENTS IN TIME
Introduction: Combining Shutter Speeds to Expand Meaning
Overlapped Time: Multiple Moments in a Single Frame
Sequences: Spacing Multiple Frames
Scanner as Camera: When the Medium Moves
Chapter Exercises, Part 2: Experimenting with Multiple Moments
CHAPTER 6 MATERIALS, PROCESSES, AND PRESENTATION: THE AGGREGATE IMAGE
PART 1: GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING
The Aggregate Image: Structure and Scale
PART 2: HOW IMAGES EXIST IN THE WORLD
Final Presentation in the Gallery
Chapter Exercises: Experimenting with the Aggregate Image
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