The Elements of Photography

Angela Faris Belt is a fine art photographer who has worked as a professional educator for fifteen years. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has received several awards and recognition for her fine art work and her work in photography education. She lives with her husband David in the mountains outside of Denver, Colorado, and serves as full-time faculty at The Art Institute of Colorado.

Helps you learn to see photographically, expand your creative and conceptual use of apertures and shutter speeds, and choose the right media to create the look and feel you want. This title includes an introductory chapter with thorough explanations and training exercises in metering and exposure.

Chapter 1 Before You Begin; Chapter 2 Metering and Exposure; Chapter 3 Framing, Borders, and Multiple Frames; Part 1: Framing; Angie Buckley; Sam Wang; Michel LeRoy; T. John Hughes; Part 2: Borders: The Exterior Edges Of The Frame; Part 3: Multiple Frames to Create A Single Image; Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe; Jane Alden Stevens; David Hilliard; Jason DeMarte; Priya Kambli; Thomas Kellner; Mark Eshbaugh; Roddy MacInnes; Dan Estabrook; Katharine Kreisher; Chapter 4 Apertures: Focus, Lenses, and Clarity; Cynthia Greig; Michelle Bates; Chip Simons; Polly Chandler; Olivo Barbieri; Sean Wilkinson; Todd Dobbs; Virgilio Ferreira; Victor Schrager; Chapter 5 Shutter Speeds: Time and Motion; Chapter 5Part1 Part 1: Shutter Speeds, The Third Photographic Element; Adam Jahiel; Alexandre Orion; Andrew Davidhazy; Beth Eggleston; Cole Thompson; Susan Lirakis; Chapter 5Part2 Multiple Moments In Time; Carol Golemboski; Robin Rhode; Jean Miele; David Stephenson; T. John Hughes; Anna Norton; Doug Keyes; Andrew Grote; Kristine Granger; Chapter 6 Materials, Processes, and Presentation: The Aggregate Image Chapter6Part1 Going Back to the Beginning Chapter6Part2 How Images Exist in the World; Alida Fish; Myra Greene; Cynthia Greig; Cara Lee Wade; Michal Macku; David T. Hanson; Tracy Longley-Cook; Frank Hamrick; Yamamoto Masao; Suzanne E. Szucs; Susan Kae Grant; David Taylor;