Advancing Your Photography. Marc Silber
R PHOTOGRAPHY
A HANDBOOK FOR CREATING PHOTOS YOU’LL LOVE
MARC SILBER
Copyright © 2017 Marc Silber
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Advancing Your Photography: A Handbook for Creating Photos You'll Love
Library of Congress Cataloging
Names: Silber, Marc
Title: Advancing Your Photography / by Marc Silber
Library of Congress Control Number: 201790216
ISBN 9781633535695 (paperback), ISBN 9781633535701 (eBook)
BISAC category code: PHO024000 PHOTOGRAPHY / Techniques / Digital
Printed in the United States of America
This book is dedicated to my very talented wife Janice, for her continuous support and encouragement on our creative journey.
“Marc’s new book is an all-in-one, easily accessible handbook drawn from his huge library of interviews with top photographers — and packed with information that can be put into action immediately. This book will show you how the pros do it. Study this and take your best shot.”
- Chase Jarvis, award-winning photographer and founder & CEO of CreativeLive
“I've come to read, review and occasionally edit several books on photography. Thus, I feel particularly proud and honored to present Marc Silber's unique handbook. It's the first of its kind that will grant you that little extra that will make you a better photographer, by introducing you to the essential and paramount creative cycle of photography. Renowned interviewer, Marc Silber's emphatic flow of his narrative will undoubtedly attract any reader, and feed his mojo.”
- Jerome Milac, photographer & author
“Advancing Your Photography is a work of art, about art! Silber delivers clear, concise content, for all levels of skill, and accentuates the details that matter most to getting the result you desire. As an amateur myself, I felt more professionally suited to capture a meaningful photograph by applying what I learned.”
- David Lee Jensen, #1 bestselling author of The Naked Interview
“Marc Silber has great insight into the photographic community. As an exceptional photographer with an easy interview approach, his videos capture the essence of the photographer.”
- Larry Abitbol, CEO Bay Photo Labs
“I’ve been involved personally in some of Marc’s work and hope to continue supporting him and his vision in the future. Personally as a blogger and social photographer I’m excited about Marc’s new book and am looking forward to helping to promote it across my own sphere of influence on the Web.”
-Thomas Hawk, photographer and blogger
“This book was easy to read and understand. Everything was laid out in the perfect order for a beginner like me, and by the time I was done I really felt that I could take amazing photos, and was inspired to do so. It is also a visually beautiful book, which increased the quality of the whole experience.”
- Catherine Weaver, author and educator
“When I first went on a photo walk with Marc Silber, professional photographer, I could see he had a knack of explaining how to get better photographs. Information about photography is much needed; Marc’s ability to get professional photographers and historical figures to explain how to get better photography is quite impressive.”
- Robert Scoble, technical evangelist and author
“Marc Silber’s Photography interviews are dialogues that open minds of creative photographers and illuminate, only as photography can, the innovative methods and inspired insights of photographic artists and how they think and work. To see yet another San Francisco Art Institute alumnus flourish in the winds of competition is a testament to the legacy of the institution.”
—Jack Fulton, photography professor emeritus, San Francisco Art Institute
“Begin at the beginning, and go on till you
come to the end: then stop.”
— Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 THE CYCLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS PARTS
CHAPTER 3 GET TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA AS A CLOSE FRIEND!
CHAPTER 4 CAPTURE: BLENDING VISUALIZATION WITH KNOWING YOUR CAMERA
CHAPTER 5 PROCESSING YOUR IMAGES
CHAPTER 7 TIPS FOR MASTERING THE GENRES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 8 MASTERING THE WHOLE CYCLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
Photography is my life. It happens to be how I make my living, but before I ever became a professional, I knew this was what I wanted to do. I collected books by photographers I admired and subscribed to every photo magazine available; I was a fanatic. However, I never took a class. I learned by going out, taking photographs, and making mistakes. I started in the days