Photo School [Hardcover]

Michael Freeman (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Book Sales (February 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817454020
• ISBN-13: 978-0817454029
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,912,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Freeman, professional photographer and author, with more than 100 book titles to his credit, was born in England in 1945, took a Masters in geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and then worked in advertising in London for six years. He made the break from there in 1971 to travel up the Amazon with two secondhand cameras, and when Time-Life used many of the pictures extensively in the Amazon volume of their World's Wild Places series, including the cover, they encouraged him to begin a full-time photographic career.

Since then, working for editorial clients that include all the world's major magazines, and notably the Smithsonian Magazine (with which he has had a 30-year association, shooting more than 40 stories), Freeman's reputation has resulted in more than 100 books published. Of these, he is author as well as photographer, and they include more than 40 books on the practice of photography - for this photographic educational work he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc by the French Ministry of Culture. He is also responsible for the distance-learning courses on photography at the UK's Open College of the Arts.

Freeman's books on photography have been translated into fifteen languages, and are available on other Amazon international sites.

They are supported for readers by a regularly updated site, http://thefreemanview.com

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive, easily readable, and very helpful, February 23, 1998

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This review is from: Photo School (Hardcover)

I bought this book a number of years ago. I am presently teaching photography and find the content to be well organized and understandable as a source of technical information. I wish it was more readily available to use as a text book for my students.

4.0 out of 5 stars Oldie but a goodie, August 30, 2009

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This review is from: Photo School (Hardcover)

The layout of the book is very textbook like. Principles are explained, examples given, then a short homework assignment. This "old school" method of teaching works, and for photography, it works well. Many of the lessons are not helpful for digital photography. Most are, since they deal with general principles of photography. This book does a much better job at explaining the technicalities of photography than any other I've encountered.