Professional Interior Photography, Third Edition (Professional Photography Series) [Paperback]

Michael Harris (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0240519027 | ISBN-13: 978-0240519029 | Publication Date: January 29, 2003 | Edition: 3

This highly visual, full colour text is a must have purchase for all student and professional interior photographers, from residential to industrial. Michael Harris provides a complete guide through the vast choice of equipment and materials available, sharing his professional knowledge to help you improve your images.

New coverage of digital photography is included in this third edition helping you decide on film versus digital for your capture medium. The pros and cons of both are evaluated through a close look at the practice of Ashley Morrison, an interior photographer working digitally. The theory of lighting and composition is combined with practical tips and suggestions for overcoming day-to-day problems, and advice is given on how best to present and store images so you can concentrate on taking the images.



If you are just beginning a career in interior photography this book offers a good, comprehensive resource for ideas and techniques whilst encouraging individual interpretation. Illustrated with stunning colour pictures throughout, the text is written in an easy digestible style, making theory clear and simple to understand.

The interviews with the masters of interior photography have been expanded and updated to include their views on digital, and now include senior English Heritage photographer Derek Kendall alongside Brian Harrison, Andreas von Einsiedel and Peter Aprahamian.

*New information on the pros and cons of digital photography to keep you up to date
*Practical advice on which equipment to use to achieve professional results
*Inspirational colour photographs throughout, including images from top master photographers

Editorial Reviews

Review

Reviews of previous editions:

"An ideal briefing document...if you are just getting started - this book is a must."
Focus magazine

"Michael Harris does a great job on this book. In this book he recommends the view camera (instead of the typical 35mm). This book isn't really going to teach all aspects of how to use this camera or the equipment. However, there is pretty good coverage concerning lights and how to correct color with filters. He also gives a really good run down on what equipment to buy, composition, and different types of film.

If you want to learn a lot about architectural photography and its equipment, this is a really good book. If you want lots of specifics on view cameras, you'll need a different book." Reviewer from Amazon.com 5 star review

Book Description

Covers all there is to know about architectural photography, including digital vs. film and the appropriate equipment required.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 3 edition (January 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240519027
• ISBN-13: 978-0240519029
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,069,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book!, August 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Professional Interior Photography (Professional Photography Series) (Paperback)

Michael Harries does a great job on this book. In this book he recommends the view camera (instead of the typical 35mm). This book isn't really going to teach all aspects of how to use this camera or the equipment. However, there is pretty good coverage concerning lights and how to correct color with filters. He also gives a really good run down on what equipment to buy, composition, and different types of film.

If you want to learn a lot about architectural photography and its equipment, this is a really good book. If you want lots of specifics on view cameras, you'll need a different book.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Just What the Title Says!, June 8, 2004

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Daniel Payne (Canyon Country, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional Interior Photography, Third Edition (Professional Photography Series) (Paperback)

This book is a very useful and informative. It does a very good job of covering what makes professional interior photography work. Definitely a book for advanced amateurs or professionals. Would be great for a professional who is expanding their scope of work to include interior photography or who is looking for techniques or useful ideas. Harris does a very good job of describing appropriate camera and lighting equipment, lighting techniques, color correction processes, etc. The book is pretty much up-to-date and covers digital photography reasonably well. It is a very "hands-on" book from someone who obviously knows what they are doing. I probably would not recommend this to "snapshot" photographers, you might not get too much out of it.

19 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the right book for you, January 6, 2005

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JC (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional Interior Photography, Third Edition (Professional Photography Series) (Paperback)

This book is not good at anything in particular especially if you are doing or planning to do any kind of digital photography. It seems to me that the author is not a very good architectural photographer himself because most of the pictures you see in the book are terrible, even when used to ilustrate different points. When it comes to digital photography he speaks like he knows very little about what is possible to do today with a digital camera.
Not a source of inspiration or good complete information for anybody seriously getting into architectural photography.
First time I return a book to Amazon.