The physics and art of photography. Volume 1, Geometry and the nature of light /

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. Although not a how-to manual, the topics center around hands-on applications, most-often ill...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beaver, John Ellis, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 5.
IOP concise physics.
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?
  • 1.1. The coherence of our experience
  • 1.2. Truth in science
  • 1.3. Operational definitions
  • 1.4. Inspiration and perspiration
  • 1.5. Criticism and self esteem
  • 1.6. Looking at art
  • part II. The nature of light. 2. What light is
  • 2.1. The speed of light
  • 2.2. Geometry
  • 2.3. Waves
  • 2.4. Particles
  • 3. What light does
  • 3.1. Reflection, absorption and transmission
  • 3.2. Specular reflection
  • 3.3. Refraction
  • 3.4. Diffuse reflections
  • 3.5. Scattering
  • 3.6. Interference
  • 3.7. Diffraction
  • 3.8. Fluorescence
  • 3.9. Polarization
  • 4. Sources of light
  • 4.1. Light and its spectrum
  • 4.2. Thermal radiation
  • 4.3. Non-thermal radiation
  • 5. Wavelength reconsidered
  • part III. Geometry and two-dimensional design. 6. Geometry and the picture plane
  • 6.1. From 3D to 2D
  • 6.2. The human brain's construction of three-dimensional reality
  • 6.3. Linear perspective and the Camera Obscura
  • 6.4. The picture plane
  • 7. Light and shadow : photograms
  • 7.1. Shadows and the source of light
  • 7.2. Laser photograms
  • 8. Ray optics 1 : pinhole photography
  • 8.1. Focal length and angle of view
  • 8.2. Distortion and angle of view
  • 8.3. Vignetting
  • 8.4. Focal ratio
  • 9. Ray optics 2 : lenses
  • 9.1. Focus
  • 9.2. Focal length
  • 9.3. Depth of focus and focal ratio
  • 9.4. Zone focusing
  • 9.5. Ray tracing
  • 9.6. Aberrations and distortion
  • 9.7. Resolution
  • 9.8. Lens design
  • 10. Symmetry
  • 10.1. Transformations and invariance
  • 10.2. Symmetry in physics
  • 10.3. Symmetry in art
  • 10.4. Asymmetry and broken symmetry
  • 11. Two-dimensional (2D) design
  • 11.1. Elements of 2D design
  • 11.2. Figure and ground
  • 11.3. Lines
  • 11.4. Geometric shapes
  • 11.5. Value and contrast
  • 11.6. Hue and saturation
  • 11.7. Depth cues
  • 11.8. Unity and repetition
  • 11.9. Rhythm
  • 11.10. Framing
  • 11.11. Composition : some useful rules of thumb
  • 11.12. Some examples of 2D design in photography
  • 12. The view camera
  • 12.1. Description of movements
  • 12.2. Movements and the image circle
  • 12.3. Selective focus
  • 12.4. Controlling perspective.

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