Digital Art Photography For Dummies
Chapter One
Digital Art Photography 101
In This Chapter
* Starting from square one: Digital photography
* Creating art photography in five steps
* Mastering basic composition elements
Art is the product of human creativity: a medium to create pleasure as
well as express the conditions of life and feelings. Art also records history:
who we are; what's around us; and how we interpret life, feelings, and
interpersonal interactions. This concrete expression has come in many forms:
prints, drawings, paintings, and sculpture. With today's digital technology,
however, the art form of photography reaches new creative levels, taking on
new forms as people flock to this new digital medium.
In this book, I cover the art form of photography. Whether you're a
film-based photo purist or firmly entrenched in the digital-only
camp, you're covered. This chapter serves as an introduction
to the world of photography and how it relates to digital
photography. I begin with a brief discussion of digital
art photography before moving on to the five ess ... read full excerpt from Digital Art Photography For Dummies ebook
