"In the digital age, photography confronts its future under the competing signs of ubiquity and obsolescence. While technology has allowed amateurs and experts alike to create high-quality photographs in the blink of an eye, new electronic formats have severed the original photo…
"Hoffmann explores an approach to artistic photography, based on Japanese Zen philosophy. Meditation and photography have much in common: both are based in the present moment, both require complete focus, and both are most successful when the mind is free from distracting though…
Culled from previously unpublished material, this collection of writing and photography by John Howard Griffin was taken from the period during which he was writing and revising what would be his most famous book, the bestselling "Black Like Me," Living in exile in Mexico at the…
The education of a photographer
This book explores image processing from several perspectives: the creative, the theoretical (mainly mathematical), and the programmatical. It explains the basic principles of image processing, drawing on key concepts and techniques from mathematics, psychology of perception, co…
Imaging techniques seek to simulate the array of light that reaches our eyes to provide the illusion of sensing scenes directly. Both photography and computer graphics deal with the generation of images. Both disciplines have to cope with the high dynamic range in the energy of …
Visual perception is a complex process requiring interaction between the receptors in the eye that sense the stimulus and the neural system and the brain that are responsible for communicating and interpreting the sensed visual information. This process involves several physical…
Get a quick introduction to WebGL, the new standard for 3D rendering on the Web and a member of HTML5's family of technologies. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn essential WebGL development and production concepts, using the JavaScript 3D engine Three.js. At the end of the …
"Preface This book is intended primarily for courses in image compression techniques for undergraduate through postgraduate students, research scholars, and engineers working in the field. It presents the basic concepts and technologies in a student-friendly manner. The major te…
"Preface This book is intended primarily for courses in image compression techniques for undergraduate through postgraduate students, research scholars, and engineers working in the field. It presents the basic concepts and technologies in a student-friendly manner. The major te…
To interlace or not to interlace' is a hot issue currently. Traditionally interlace has been part of the video standard as it reduces the transmission and display demands, while hardly affecting the perceived quality of the pictures. With the current explosion of new video forma…
Whether you're a beginner, advanced enthusiast, or a professional ready to start your business, this book will help you fundamentally understand more about photography and starting out in the photography business. This book dives into my personal journey as a photographer and bu…
"Contemporary art photography is paradoxical. Anyone can look at it and form an opinion about what they see, yet it represents critical positions that only a small minority of well-informed viewers can usually access. Why Art Photography? provides a lively, accessible introducti…