Photography : physics and art in focus /

This book uses art photography as a point of departure for learning about physics, while also using physics as a point of departure for asking fundamental questions about the nature of photography as an art.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beaver, John (John Ellis) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 22.
IOP ebooks. 2022 collection.
Temas:
Physical optics.
Photography, Artistic.
Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part I. Some preliminary ideas. 1. What is science? What is art?
  • part II. The nature of light. 2. What light is
  • 3. What light does
  • 4. The weird world of the photon
  • 5. Spectra and sources of light
  • part III. Geometry and two-dimensional design. 6. Geometry and the picture plane
  • 7. Light and shadows 1 : eclipses
  • 8. Light and shadows 2 : photograms
  • 9. Ray optics 1 : pinhole photography
  • 10. Ray optics 2 : a fish's eye
  • 11. Ray optics 3 : lenses
  • 12. Symmetry
  • 13. Two-dimensional design
  • 14. Camera design
  • 15. The view camera
  • 16. Perspective and pinhole photography
  • part IV. Energy and photography. 17. The nature of energy
  • 18. Energy and exposure
  • 19. Tracing the energy from source to camera
  • 20. The Jones-Condit equation
  • 21. Illumination and photograms
  • 22. The elements of exposure
  • 23. Metering
  • 24. Low-sensitivity detectors in photography
  • 25. Ephemeral-process and cyanonegative photography
  • part V. The art and science of color. 26. The physical basis of color
  • 27. The physiological basis of color
  • 28. The psychological basis of color
  • 29. Color synthesis in photography
  • 30. Filters
  • 31. Color experiments with black-and-white photography
  • part VI. Light detectors. 32 Types of detectors
  • 33. The characteristic curve
  • 34. Silver-based photochemical detectors 1
  • 35. Silver-based photochemical detectors 2
  • 36. Nonsilver photochemical detectors
  • 37. Reciprocity failure and solarization
  • 38. Photoelectronic detectors
  • 39. Three-dimensional photography
  • part VII. Photography as an art and the meaning of digital
  • 40. The digital and the analog
  • 41. Digital photography and astronomy
  • 42. Comparison of digital and film techniques
  • 43. Image manipulation
  • 44. The image, the object and the process
  • 45. Four photographers and a musician
  • 46. Toward an art and science of nature : a personal note
  • 47. Make your own pinhole fisheye camera
  • 48. Some technical notes on 'ephemeral process' photography
  • Appendix A. Units, dimensions, and scientific notation
  • Appendix B. Notes on the golden rectangle
  • Appendix C. Optimal pinhole size for a pinhole camera
  • Appendix D. Lambertian reflectors and emitters
  • Appendix E. A practical way to denote very-low sensitivity detector 'speed'
  • Appendix F. The optics of the camera stupida.

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