The Soul of the Camera
eBook - ePub

The Soul of the Camera

The Photographer's Place in Picture-Making

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Soul of the Camera

The Photographer's Place in Picture-Making

About this book

In The Soul of the Camera: The Photographer's Place in Picture-Making, photographer David duChemin uses photography essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photos to inspire photography with a human connection.

As both an art form and a universal language, the photograph has an extraordinary ability to connect and communicate with others. But with over one trillion photos taken each year, why do so few of them truly connect? Why do so few of them grab our emotions or our imaginations? It is not because the images lack focus or proper exposure; with advances in technology, the camera does that so well these days. Photographer David duChemin believes the majority of our images fall short because they lack soul. And without soul, the images have no ability to resonate with others. They simply cannot connect with the viewer, or even—if we're being truthful—with ourselves.

In The Soul of the Camera: The Photographer's Place in Picture-Making, David explores what it means to make better photographs. Illustrated with a collection of beautiful black-and-white images, the book's essays address topics such as craft, mastery, vision, audience, discipline, story, and authenticity. The Soul of the Camera is a personal and deeply pragmatic book that quietly yet forcefully challenges the idea that our cameras, lenses, and settings are anything more than dumb and mute tools. It is the photographer, not the camera, that can and must learn to make better photographs—photographs that convey our vision, connect with others, and, at their core, contain our humanity. The Soul of the Camera helps us do that.

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Information

Publisher
Rocky Nook
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781681982021
eBook ISBN
9781681982045
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Photography Equipment

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. About the Author
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. The Place of Craft
  9. The Discovery of Vision
  10. Mindfulness of Language
  11. A Willingness to Interpret
  12. The Need for Openness
  13. Patience
  14. Capturing the Moment
  15. Respect for the Creative Process
  16. A Willingness to Surrender
  17. Obedience to Curiosity
  18. Improvisation
  19. Abandon Perfection
  20. The Search for Story
  21. The Role of Audience
  22. The Rejection of Comparisons
  23. Authenticity
  24. Critique
  25. The Need for Love
  26. Courage
  27. The Rejection of Rules
  28. A (Changing) Eye for Beauty
  29. Discipline
  30. After the Camera
  31. The Pursuit of Mastery
  32. Conclusion