Close-up and Macro Photography
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Close-up and Macro Photography
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Focusing on fieldcraft techniques for macro and close-up photography, Thompson covers the vital but often overlooked skills necessary to achieve consistent professional results in the field. Case studies covering a broad and often challenging group of subjects from the seashore to your back garden form the core of the lavishly illustrated book.
Focusing on fieldcraft techniques for macro and close-up photography, Thompson covers the vital but often overlooked skills necessary to achieve consistent professional results in the field. Case studies covering a broad and often challenging group of subjects from the seashore to your back garden form the core of the lavishly illustrated book.
Biology, life history, subject behaviour and ethics along with best practice approaches are discussed in detail and underpinned with photographic tips. The book is divided into four sectionsβDigital Fundamentals, Fieldcraft & Methodology, Portfolio Case Studies, Digital Workflow & Presentationβcovering the full photographic process from capture through to editing, captioning, development and storage are discussed.
Moving beyond the surface-level approach to macro instruction, this book provides readers with techniques that work in the field. Illustrated with over 250 of the author's own inspiring images, Close-up and Macro Photography is a must for photographers, naturalists and anyone interested in improving their macro skills in the field.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781138658479
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 September 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 250 Illustrations, color
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 219.0mm
Height: 276.0mm
Weight: 1619g
Pages: 230
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About the Author
Robert Thompsonβs interest in natural history began during his childhood explorations of a large parkland estate where he grew up. He is a highly accomplished freelance natural history photographer, writer and author with a number of well-known publications to his credit on natural history and photography.
He is widely acknowledged as a specialist in close-up and macro photography and was awarded a direct Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society in 2012. He is also a Fellow of the Irish Photographic Federation.
As an active conservationist and entomologist, he has worked on a number of high-profile natural history projects in his own country in conjunction with various government organisations. He also has a particular interest in dragonflies, butterflies and moths for which he has specialist knowledge.
His work is widely published in the UK, Ireland and internationally, with numerous photographic credits in a wide variety of publications. He is a frequent writer and contributor to the photographic press and other natural history publications and has had several solo exhibitions of his work including the aerial landscape collection from the highly acclaimed βNATIONAL HISTORY OF ULSTER.'
He has appeared on television and radio as a photographer, author and entomologist and been a contributor to other television programs relating to natural history and photography in Ireland. He lectures on photography and runs workshops in some of Irelandβs most picturesque locations and further afield.
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