Dimensions
198 x 297 x 18mm
Colour plays a vital role in creating successful photographs. In this book John Hedgecoe conveys the experience and insight of a skilled professional photographer, explaining how to achieve great colour results in terms that are understandable to any camera owner.
The photographs, ranging from pearly landscapes to startlingly bright close-ups taken at high speed, not only make up a gallery of varied and beautiful colour pictures but also represent a coherent exploration of the very nature of colour. Supported by original illustrations in the technical sections of the book, John Hedgecoe's photographs explain everything from the basic theory of light to the subtle harmonies of colour in all its aspects.
When you know how to use a camera, you can capture the moods of light in the magical way that Vermeer handled them with a palette and brush. The ability to move beyond snapshots is not a matter of expensive equipment or complicated techniques. For no matter what technical advances are made, creative choice will always lie in the hands of the photographer and depend on an individual's perception. In this book John Hedgecoe's aim is to change the way in which you see colour, to make you aware of the choices that are available, so that what is a pleasurable pastime can become an absorbing art.
