[rollei_list] Re: OT: recommended reading

I suggest "The creative photographer" by Andreas
Feininger;Prentice-Hall, 1955 Revised Edition 1975.
He worked for Life and wrote some interesting ideas
about composition for photographs, these are some of
his photographs:

http://photography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.geh.org/fm/feininger/htmlsrc/index.html

All the best
Carlos



 -- Antonio Garcia Russell
<antoniorussell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:

> Basically it looks like nobody here knows of one
> (hence the  
> truisims). Why not just head down to your local
> bookstore and see  
> what you can come up with? Or visit Amazon.com and
> do a search.
> 
> Saludos,
> Antonio
> 
> 
> 
> On 27 Dec 2006, at 02:49, ERoustom wrote:
> 
> > Thank you for that insight Slobodan. Eight years
> of printing  
> > others' design work has made me a much better, and
> more flexible  
> > designer and printer than I could have been out of
> school, or  
> > behind a computer screen, so I fully understand
> what you're saying.
> > A good book or two to read wouldn't be bad though.
> > E.
> >
> > On Dec 26, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov
> wrote:
> >
> >> My best education in photography, besides the sit
> downs with  
> >> working photographers, was when I worked at a
> rental BW darkroom  
> >> while in college. It made me quit my photo
> classes, as I was  
> >> getting far more from the job through others'
> mistakes and  
> >> successes, than I was getting at school. I also
> wound up switching  
> >> majors, to something completely non-photographic.
> The ability to  
> >> visualize from another perspective, other than
> what one gets from  
> >> photo school, was invaluable in making me a
> better photographer.
> >>
> >> Slobodan Dimitrov
> >> http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 26, 2006, at 11:53 AM, ERoustom wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a fine arts & design education, and
> career (no less) to  
> >>> draw on, but I find it hard to pull that into
> the viewfinder. I'm  
> >>> still too fascinated by the mechanics and
> chemistry, the tools  
> >>> (toys?) and their rules, to feel freely
> creative. I was thinking  
> >>> that reading something about creating visual art
> by exposing film  
> >>> would help me move forward.
> >>>
> >>> Looking at others' work has been quite helpful.
> The RUG flickr  
> >>> page for instance. What's missing is critical
> commentary, with a  
> >>> theoretical or historical perspective. I suppose
> that's the sort  
> >>> of book(s) I'm looking for.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Elias
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 26, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Jeffery Smith
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> For inspiration, I generally look at the works
> of others, like  
> >>>> Capa and HCB.
> >>>> I have found that some of the photography
> technique books out  
> >>>> there really
> >>>> aren't very good (or at least not helpful to me
> at all). I have  
> >>>> decided to
> >>>> look instead at books on design and composition
> in general (not  
> >>>> just
> >>>> photography, but design theory for everything,
> especially what  
> >>>> is found in
> >>>> nature).
> >>>>
> >>>> Which sort of books are you looking for?
> >>>>
> >>>> Jeffery Smith
> >>>> New Orleans, LA
> >>>> http://www.400tx.com
> >>>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of ERoustom
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:16 AM
> >>>> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: [rollei_list] OT: recommended reading
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello fellow RUGers,
> >>>>
> >>>> I feel I'm ready to begin moving beyond the
> technical in  
> >>>> photography. Can
> >>>> anyone recommend reading that would aid in
> developing creative
> >>>> direction?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Elias
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