Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos: 83 Composition Tools from the Masters (Photography Book) - Softcover

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Marc Silber is the author of the number-one bestselling book Advancing Your Photography, an award-winning professional video producer, photographer, and photography educator who has been successfully working in the field for decades. Marc combines his passion for the visual art of photography with his love of life. He started out learning darkroom skills and the basics of photography at the legendary Peninsula School in Menlo Park, CA in the ’60s, and moved on to hone his skills to professional standards at the famed San Francisco Art Institute, one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of higher education in art and photography in the United States. Since then, Marc has been an dedicated educator; he began his teaching career at the age of nineteen at the National Outdoor Leadership School, teaching mountaineering. When teaching a life-or-death subject such as mountaineering, one learns how to make sure the students understand the material; when Marc moved into teaching photography in workshops all over the country, he became renowned as an engaging and helpful speaker and coach, as his greatest joy comes from helping others. Most recently, Marc has embraced the digital age with a highly popular YouTube show also named Advancing Your Photography, which has won several Telly Awards and other recognition for his work there. This new book on composition, The Secrets to Taking Amazing Photos, is a distillation of all the pro tips and wisdom from his YouTube series, coupled with his research of the master artists in a format you can take with you and refer to constantly when you are out creating your photographs.

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CRACKING THE COMPOSITION CODE

No matter what kind of camera or smartphone you’re using, you can take your photography to the next level by learning composition tools and secrets known to the masters of the art.

There’s a common misconception that composition is an ambiguous talent and only certain people have a natural gift for it, but the truth is that composition involves a set of skills that you can master. Just as you can use cookbook recipes to make your favorite meal—you also can create amazing photos by following a composition recipe!

With decades of experience, renowned author and photographer Marc Silber details the ins-and-outs of composition. Taking from both schools of thought (there are no rules to art vs. those who live by the book), Silber will help you find the best ways to tell your visual story. As he explains, “Like cooking a three-course meal, you need to know your tools and have recipes that you can follow and take inspiration from.”

Marc Silber has spent years studying the works of masters and interviewing some of the biggest names in photography. Now he can provide you with simple and easy-to-follow techniques for creating photographs that you and others will love!

Never before has there been such a collection with clear descriptions and examples that demonstrate the secrets behind world-class photographs.

“This is a complete must-have, a veritable cornucopia of wisdom gained over decades of experience.” —Gray Levett, Editor, Nikon Owner magazine

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS BOOK:

• How to take better photographs today by learning the essential tools to composition
• Quick and easy to follow “recipes” for composition at your fingertips
• The secrets of composition from the masters of classical art and photography
• Various tips and strategies for using photos to tell a visual story, and examples to making these tools your own