Michael Langford

Anna Fox

Richard Sawdon Smith

Langford's Basic Photography has informed the work and career of many of the world's leading photographers. It is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of photography, from pre-capture to output, written for photographers who want to understand the principles behind photography and how to create great images. In this book you will learn: . How images are formed and how to control what you capture* The best camera and lens type for your work * The principles and equipment of lighting * How to organize the picture and measure exposure * How to edit, organise and store digital images * How to print, finish and present your photographs * How to get your work noticed Stunning photographs and visual learning - key principles and techniques are explained using diagrams and images. Inspirational and thought-provoking shots are shown throughout, from key images by photography greats to those by working professionals. Projects and Summaries at the end of each chapter help to cement newly learned skills and get you exploring key techniques. This 8th edition has been entirely restructured and rewritten for digital photography. It will continue to instruct, inspire and motivate up and coming photographers for generations to come. Michael Langford, renowned author, teacher, and practitioner, is a legend because of his skill that balanced art and technique. He inspired and taught thousands as Photography Course Director at the Royal College of Art, London, UK. Anna Fox is Head of the BA Photography program at the University College of the Creative Arts at Farnham, UK and has been working in photography for almost twenty years. Her work has been exhibited in numerous shows around the world. Richard Sawdon Smith is Deputy Head of the University College for the Creative Arts at Maidstone, UK. He is an award-winning studio photographer, exhibiting worldwide for over twenty years. The Langford Series Langford's Starting Photography - The ultimate introduction to photography, covering all the beginner photographer needs in order to start achieving great results Langford's Basic Photography - The authoritative classic for beginner to intermediate photographers wanting to understand the principles behind photography and how to put them into practice Langford's Advanced Photography - Highly respected guide for the serious photographer wanting to advance their skills and produce professional results Level: BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE

The Guide for Serious Photographers

Langford's Basic Photography

An Investigation Into the Cycle Trade in Birmingham

'Research Methods' is a lively exploration of how to undertake research. It brings together a wide range of different approaches and invites learners to consider innovative approaches to the way they work.

Research in Photography

Behind the Image

Dalan, a six-teen-year-old orphan, can't wait for the day he can leave the orphanage and return to his hometown to find the truth behind his father's death. He thinks he's found the way to escape his life as a poor orphan when he finds a bright red gemstone in the middle of the woods. Instead, it puts his life at risk. He hopes the gemstone will provide a way to go back to the wealthy lifestyle he knew as a commander's son, but the suspicious magic it contains keeps anyone from buying it. Not only does it fail to yield riches, but it haunts him with dreams telling him to take the gemstone further than he's ever traveled: Hashna. Dalan has never visited the country that is home to the tiny, green-eyed people who filled the gemstone with magic, but when winged beasts armed with sharp talons and teeth--who are supposed to be mythical--attack him, he is driven to take the gemstone to Hashna to find answers. The gemstone turns out to play a vital part in the affairs of the entire county, and Dalan is charged with its safety. Dalan sees the opportunity to follow in his father's footsteps and gain fame and glory from the task. But his quest for recognition may be the downfall of a country.

The Hashna Stone

"An unexpectedly wicked narrative exploring a claustrophobic relationship." [Artist's statement].

My Mother's Cupboard and My Father's Words

Val Williams

Loisirs

"Text (in diary form) and colour photographs telling the story of a cockroach invasion in a shared London house where Fox, family and friends were living. A dramatic tale which tells more about the dysfunctional relationship between the house sharers than the cockroaches themselves." [Artist's statement].

Cockroach Diary 1996-1999

Megan Anderson

Ryan Stevens

Isabella D'Esposito

M. Tomko

Christine Hamilton-Schmidt

Madeline Mahrer

Kyle J. McCloskey

William Quant

Brooke-Erin Smith

Isabelle Smith

Ronnie Smith

Chloe Xtina

This anthology collects writings from: Megan Anderson, Isabella D'Esposito, Anna Fox, Christine Hamilton-Schmidt, Madeline Mahrer, Kyle J. McCloskey, William Quant, Brooke-Erin Smith, Isabelle Smith, Ronnie Smith, Ryan Stevens, M Tomko, and Chloe Xtina. Born from a fear of isolation and a desire to find some connection across our shared isolations, While We Await Celebration is a collection of short scripts written in indirect response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. As we see a dim light at the end of the tunnel and vaccinations become more prevalent, may these plays remind you of the nightmare we've weathered, and the places the mind goes when it can't be with others.

: an Anthology of Short Plays from Quarantine

While We Await Celebration

In the studios of India's rotiographers a collection of props and backgrounds make it possible for ordinary men and women to act out their fantasies. This book presents a selection of street photography that combines the imagined and the real Western stereotypes of India, and brings the reader face to face with a vibrant vernacular culture.

Contemporary Indian Studio Photographs from the Satish Sharma Collection

Street Dreams

Blink

Just one fateful encounter can destroy everything. One bite and you’re a vampire. That was the fate that had befallen Francesca. What she had known before had fall apart. And now she is completely ruled by hunger, night and her ruthless creator.But when she is ready to accept this, a strikingly brave young man suddenly bursts into her life. An ordinary human who wasn’t afraid to enter her dark world and give Francesca his love. And whatever the price, now he won’t back down.

Night. Part 1

Jeremy Webb

Richard Salkeld

Natasha Caruana

Maria Short

The Creative Photography Box Set, originally published by AVA Publishing contains all four books from the Basics Creative Photography series, providing photography students with a complete guide to understanding photography and creating meaningful images. Striking visual examples from a range of genres and periods are used to illustrate the text and engaging case studies delve deeper into the topics raised within each chapter. Each book includes a range of practical exercises designed to develop the readers understanding of the ideas presented.

Basics Creative Photography Box Set

How do you survive when time is your enemy? Hazel, a jackrabbit, remembers the day his family was brutally murdered seven years ago, yet all of his memories after have been stolen. He rises from a swamp with a strange mark on his paw and no knowledge of who killed his family or why. His search to find the truth leads him to Evervale, a hidden oasis for the old and wounded where they are tended by strange fairy creatures. There, Hazel may finally find peace, but will he find a way to retrieve his memories? And if so, could they hold the key to stopping the force that threatens their world? Remus, heir of the most feared wolf in Arcana, watches as his father escapes from the depths of the most guarded prison in the land after seven years in confinement. Expected to walk the same path of bloodshed, Remus must make a decision: betray his family, or become a murderer and follow his father to war. Yet neither war nor memory will matter if the rogue time strand, an alternate reality cut loose from the fabric of the multiverse, collides with their world and destroys them all.

Raising Evervale

This publication of Mum in a Million was designed several years after Fox's commissioned exhibition by Furtherafield, Liverpool. An installation of colour inkjet prints in one room of a tower block flat was made from photographs of mother's day flowers given to the residents and ex-residents of the tower block Linosa Close, Liverpool. Linosa Close was demolished in summer 2004. First exhibited in Further Up in the Air as part of the Liverpool Biennale. The book displays the images of the mother's day flowers from the installation.

Mum in a Million

David Chandler

Stephen Bull

Roni Brown

For two years British photographer Anna Fox documented holiday culture at the iconic Butlin's resort in the seaside town of Bognor Regis, West Sussex. The work marked the 75th anniversary of this leisure brand, and provided a unique insight into contemporary British holiday culture. Butlin's is a British institution and an established cultural phenomenon, with a very particular character, history and identity. Having attracted tens-of-millions of holidaymakers since its creation in 1936, the popularity of Butlin's peaked in the 1970s, but today it remains a thriving centre for family holidays and themed leisure breaks. Shot using large-format, Fox's deeply saturated colour photographs provide a fascinating update to a holiday icon most often associated with the golden era of British seaside culture, in contrast to the popular themed adult weekends now on offer and which will be the subject of Resort 2, the second book by Anna Fox planned to be published by Schilt Publishing in 2014. Resort 1 includes essays by David Chandler, Stephen Bull and Dr Roni Brown.

Resort 1 - Butlin's Bognor Regis

Published to coincide with the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010 - Anna Fox was one of the shortlisted photographers.

41 Hewitt Road, 1996-1999

This new exhibition brings together contemporary photographic portraits by British photographers of British subjects. Anna Fox: "The idea that a photograph can represent who a person actually is has long been debated, and it has been generally accepted that though the image of a face and body represented in a photograph might tell you something about a time and a place, it does not so often tell you much about that individual person."

Portraits from an Island

Camerawork (Gallery : London, England)

A photographic study of London office life in the late 1980s.

Office Life in London

Work Stations

This retrospective features selections from all of Fox?s major projects. Beginning with her earliest projects, Basingstoke, Work Stations and Friendly Fire? each a critical exploration of the social make up and behaviour of Thatcher?s Britain in the 1980s? the book charts her progress through more personal, diaristic bodies of work including Hewitt Road, Coackroach Diary and My Mother?s Cupboards and My Father?s Words. More recent projects, Country Girls and Pictures of Linda chronicle Fox?s relationship with the musicians Alison Goldfrapp and Linda Lunus through a series of intimate, playful and performative portraits.

Photographs 1983-2007

Langford's Basic Photography is a seminal photography text. First published in 1965, it has informed the work and career of many of the world's leading photographers. The new, 9th edition, continues the tradition of its predecessors, reflecting the same comprehensive mix of scholarly and practical information. It covers every aspect of photography, from capture through to output, both digital and analogue. There is an emphasis on explaining the 'how to' of photography, but Langford's Basic also includes in-depth coverage of the fundamental principles that govern the art, such as how light behaves, optics, and the shutter. This ensures that the reader comes away with not only a good grasp of photographic technique, but also an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals that will help them to better understand how great photography is made. As such, it functions both as an excellent coursebook for students of photography, and a great primer and reference for amateur enthusiasts. The new edition has been fully updated to reflect dynamic changes in the industry. These changes include: an expansion and overhaul of the information on digital cameras and digital printing; an emphasis on updating photographs to incude a wider range of international work; replacement of many diagrams with photos; overhaul of the analogue sections to give a more modern tone (ie exposure measurement and film and filters with some more dynamic photo illustrations); a fully edited and updated photography timeline. This landmark text is an essential purchase, both for new photographers as an introduction, and for established photographers as an invaluable reference work.

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