Photography & Video - Polishing Visual Expression Techniques and Creativity
By learning from basic camera operation to composition and lighting, your visual expressive ability will definitely improve.
The Significance of Photography and Video Expression
Photography and video are powerful means of capturing the world as seen through our eyes and sharing it with others. While the spread of smartphones has made it easy for anyone to shoot, producing impressive works requires acquiring techniques and knowledge.
What You Gain from Learning Techniques
By understanding camera mechanisms and the nature of light, you can express as intended. Once you understand the relationship between exposure, shutter speed, and aperture, your range of expression greatly expands - stopping or flowing movement, blurring or sharpening backgrounds.
Knowing composition principles transforms even casual everyday scenes into impressive shots. Mastering basics like the rule of thirds, diagonal composition, and framing becomes the shortcut to improvement.
Recommended Books
The books introduced here allow systematic learning from basics to application of photography and video. Learning appropriate for each level from beginners to experienced photographers is available.
National Geographic Complete Photography Manual (New Edition)
A comprehensive book for systematically learning the photography know-how cultivated by top photographers at National Geographic. It covers all the knowledge necessary for photographic expression, from camera basics to composition, exposure, color, and use of light. With abundant example photos, it explains shooting techniques from a professional perspective, with content suitable for everyone from beginners to veterans.
- Excellent photographs are born from both technique and observational skill
- Reading the quality and direction of light is fundamental to photography
- Composition is the blueprint for maximizing the appeal of your subject
- Understanding camera settings enables intended expression
ナショナル ジオグラフィック プロの撮り方 完全マスター 新装版 (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
ジェームズ・P・ブレア, ナショナル ジオグラフィック, 武田 正紀, 関 利枝子, 倉田 真木 / 日経ナショナル ジオグラフィック / 2022-02-17
多くの写真家に撮影の教科書として使われているベストセラーを、...
Complete Edition: 101+ Composition Techniques for Better Digital SLR Photos
The complete edition of a composition technique encyclopedia that has sold over 100,000 copies. It explains 121 composition techniques in encyclopedia format across 7 genres: natural landscapes, cities, people, vehicles, food, flowers, and animals. You can learn the approach to composition along with real examples, from how to determine your subject to guiding the viewer's eye.
- Composition is a visual language for conveying the photographer's intention
- Optimal composition patterns exist for each subject
- The key to improvement is finding your own way of breaking the rules after understanding basic compositions
- The impression of a photo changes greatly with framing and use of negative space
(構図テク早見表付) 完全版 写真がもっと上手くなるデジタル一眼構図テクニック事典101+
上田晃司, 岡本洋子, GOTO AKI, 関谷浩, たかはしうみ, ミゾ タユキ / インプレス / 2017-01-20
撮影に便利な構図テク早見表付き 累計10万部を突破した大ベス...
Complete Book of Photography
An introductory book that condenses all the knowledge needed to start photography into one volume, from camera basics to shooting techniques and RAW processing. It is structured with easy-to-understand explanations and abundant illustrations so that even those with zero sense or knowledge can understand. This is the complete edition, renewed from the 2018 first edition to match the latest camera trends.
- Understanding how cameras work is a shortcut to improving photography
- It is important to grasp the relationship between the three elements of exposure (aperture, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity)
- Post-shooting processing is also an important part of creating works
- Gaining knowledge changes you from 'shooting vaguely' to 'shooting intentionally'
Special Portrait Shooting Techniques by Light Magician Ilko
A practical book by Ilko Alexandroff, known as a leading expert in strobe lighting, explaining lighting techniques in portrait photography. You can learn techniques for freely controlling light from natural light to strobes along with abundant example photos. It is ideal content for those who want to take impressive photos in portrait photography.
- Understanding the quality and direction of light dramatically improves portrait expression
- Strobes are not difficult tools but allies that expand the range of expression
- The balance of light and shadow is important for bringing out the subject's charm
- Knowing how to use equipment increases adaptability at shooting locations
光の魔術師イルコの ポートレート撮影スペシャルテクニック (玄光社MOOK)
イルコ・アレクサンダロフ / 玄光社 / 2018-03-01
イルコのプロワザをすべて公開! YouTubeで独自の撮影ス...
Summary
Photography and video techniques are not acquired overnight. However, by gaining correct knowledge and accumulating practice, you will steadily improve. Apply the knowledge gained from these books to your daily shooting and pursue your own visual expression.