Achieving Your Potential as a Photographer
A Photographer’s Creative Companion and Workbook
by harold davis
focal press | 224 pp.
“Frankly, I am getting a bit sick of the Rule of
Thirds…”
What kind of blasphemy is this? Not
blasphemy at all, actually; it’s simply another
unconventional morsel of insight, courtesy of the
indomitable Harold Davis—fine-art photographer,
educator, author, all-around photographic oracle—
who’s now added to his extraordinary canon an
interesting fusion of photographic wisdom and
down-home advice.
Achieving Your Potential as a Photographer: A
Photographer’s Creative Companion and Workbook incorporates Davis’ signature
beautiful imagery and graphic vitality to help every photographer find his or her
personal goals. The book is vintage Harold Davis: graphically lively, amply thought
out and informed by Davis’ unique sense of organization and creative vision. It’s
well worth checking this title out when it launches next month.
price: $39.95
www.focalpress.com
The DSLR Filmmaker’s
Handbook, 2nd Edition
by barry andersson
wiley & sons | 480 pp.
Barry Andersson is a sharp,
experienced filmmaker who
knows where the bodies are
buried in the new HD medium
of DSLR live action. He walks you
through the benefits of what was
once just a gleam in the eye of
the movie business—a camera
system that loves low-light, takes
up hardly any room compared
to its film and video forerunners, and can be purchased
and easily accessorized for a fraction of the costs we
associate with full-on film and HD production. In short, an
ideal live-action-imaging approach both for starters and
the red carpet set skimping on budget to pay for an extra
shoot day with Jack Nicholson. If you’ve already added
HD motion pictures to your business model, you’re up on
a lot of this book’s raves and rants. If not, this is a good
place to start.
price: $49.99
www.wiley.com
The Filmmaker’s Eye
Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of
Cinematic Composition
by gustavo mercado
focal press | 192 pp.
Gustavo Mercado’s approach
to teaching film production
covers the gamut from 35mm
film to HD. The award-winning
indie director, writer and
producer concentrates on the
real backbone of the motion
picture—the story. He also
explains how every frame
of your picture contains the
visual vocabulary that serves your story. A must-have.
price: $27.95
www.focalpress.com
Reaching Your Goals
BY JIM CORNFIELD
BOTH SPREADS © HAROLD DAVIS
FOCUS
RIGHT AND BELO W: Davis
uses plenty of visual
examples, historical
references and even jokes
throughout the book to
help photographers think
outside the box.
LIGHT READING
