Professional Interior Photography (Professional Photography Series) [Paperback]

Michael Harris (Author)

Book Description

Series: Professional Photography Series | Publication Date: October 1998

A complete guide to the practice and art of the interior photographer. It guides you through the vast choice of equipment and materials available, combines the theory of lighting and composition with practical tips and suggestions for overcoming day-to-day problems, and offers useful advice on presenting and storing images, business skills and administration.



If you are just beginning a career in interior photography this book offers a good resource for ideas and techniques whilst encouraging individual interpretation. Illustrated with stunning colour photographs throughout, the text is written in an easily digestible style, making theory clear and simple to understand. Formerly the 'Manual of Interior Photography', the book now includes interviews with three leading masters of photography: Peter Aprahamian, Brian Harrison, and Andreas von Einsiedel, offering a unique insight into how they work. The current and likely role of digital imaging for the location photographer is also discussed.

Michael Harris works in London as a freelance photographer specializing in interior and architectural photography. His work covers a wide spectrum from industrial and commercial, to residential photography, with clients ranging from magazine publishers and architects to property agents. He is author of 'Professional Architectural Photography', also published by Focal Press.


Professional tips and suggestions to help improve your business practice
Learn the most practical solutions to typical problems you may face
Be inspired by a unique insight into the work of three leading interior photographers: Peter Aprahamian, Brian Harrison, Andreas von Einsiedel

Editorial Reviews

Review

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

Book Description

Covers all there is to know about architectural photography, including digital vs. film and the appropriate equipment required. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 2nd edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240514750
• ISBN-13: 978-0240514758
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,759,792 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.