Stuart Oring

A Beginner's Guide to Pictures Stuart Oring

A Beginner's Guide To Pictures takes you into the world of visual communication by showing you how to read pictures. How do you approach a photograph, in order to understand what it might express? What do you think it says and is the photographer really trying to say that--or is something else in the photographer's mind? The various concepts about pictures are thoroughly explained (such as lighting, design, tonality, space, symbolism etc). A section of photographs provides examples and descriptive material to help your understanding. And, the author walks you through the analysis of a picture step-by-step.