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Photographing The World Around You

A Visual Design Workshop

by (author) Freeman Patterson

Publisher
Key Porter Books
Initial publish date
Sep 1994
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552636121
    Publish Date
    Jun 2004
    List Price
    $27.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550135909
    Publish Date
    Sep 1994
    List Price
    $24.95

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Renowned photographer Freeman Patterson knows how important visual design is. In Photographing the World Around You he details the "building blocks" of effective visual design - light, shape, line, texture, and perspective. He explains how to use these elements to arouse emotion and convey ideas clearly in you own photographs. Including assignments to develop your skills and a section on self-evaluation, Patterson provides challenging instructional guide that will help photographers to broaden their visual horizons.o broaden their visual horizons. (1994)

About the author

Freeman Patterson is one of the preeminent photographers in Canada. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1975 and appointed to the Order of Canada in 1985. Among his many awards are the gold medal for photographic excellence by the National Film Board of Canada, the Hon. EFIAP of the Fédération internationale de l'Art Photographique (Berne, Switzerland(, and the gold medal for distinguished contribution to photography from the Canadian Association for Photographic Art. He currently lives in Shamper's Bluff, New Brunswick, near his childhood home.

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