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Ratings: ★★★★★ (4.7/5)
Genre: #Photography #Art #Technique #Reference

Book Review:
This is a practical guide to color photography by Andreas Feininger, who worked as a staff photographer for Life magazine for twenty years. The book is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the choice of suitable equipment, explaining different types of cameras, lenses, films, filters, exposure meters, and lighting equipment. The second section is devoted to the technique of color photography—the correct use of the equipment. Feininger emphasizes that even the best and most expensive equipment will, when incorrectly used, yield only inferior photographs. The third section explains the art of color photography, discussing the pictorial and emotional effects of different forms of light, color relationships, creative aspects of negative and infrared films, and methods of light and color control. Over 150 photographs in color and black and white, as well as numerous diagrams and tables, complement the informative text. This is a classic guide for serious amateur and professional photographers.