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

by Michael Harris (Author) "We seem to have a natural fascination with the way people choose to decorate and furnish their homes, as is borne out by the multitude..." (more)
Key Phrases: extra photographic lighting, transparency sleeves, diverging verticals, Ashley Morrison, Phase One, Law of Thirds (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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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 -- Review

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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 3 edition (January 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: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #869,646 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book!, August 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Professional Interior Photography (Professional Photography) (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.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Just What the Title Says!, June 9, 2004

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

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.

13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.