Light and Lens, Second Edition: Photography in the Digital Age

Light & Lens: Photography in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking introductory book that clearly and concisely provides the instruction and building blocks necessary to create thought-provoking digitally based photographs. It is an adventurous idea book that features a lot of classroom-tested assignments and exercises from leading photographic educators to encourage you to critically explore and make images from the photographers’ eye, an aesthetic point of view.

Acquire a basic foundation for digital photography. Light and Lens covers the fundamental concepts of image-making; how to use today’s digital technology to create compelling images; and how to output and preserve images in the digital world.
Explore the history, theory and methods of digital image-making. Light and Lens translates the enduring aesthetics of art photography into the digital realm. You can view, capture and take into accounts images from a new perspective.
Increase your ability to analyze, discuss and write about your own work and the images of others.
Learn with exercises and assignments by leading digital educators. Innovative techniques will train your eye to make the strongest visual commentary.
Solve visual problems and overcome image challenges. Whether you use a digital SLR or a point-and-shoot camera, You can get new strategies to master composition, design and light.
View the full range of the digital terrain with stunning images and remark by over 190 international artists.

Robert Hirsch is a renowned photographer, educator, historian and author. His book credits include Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials and Processes; Exploring Color Photography: From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio; and Seizing the Light: A History of Photography. He has had many one-person shows and curated a lot of exhibitions. Hirsch has also conducted many workshops and interviewed eminent photographers of our time. The former executive director of CEPA Gallery, he’s now the director of Light Research in Buffalo, New York, and on the Visual Studies faculty of University of Buffalo/The State University of New York.

* Written by one of the crucial top fine art authors of today, this book connects with the reader to peel away the layers to think deeply about photography * Exercises and assignments by leading digital educator are priceless; they send photographers on a personal journey to be able to end with a strong visual commentary. * Inspirational imagery on every page-with a balanced mix of recent and historical work that teaches the photographer with real-art visuals