The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas
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The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas Details
Review Examines how the photograph can be animated through composition, engagement and passion; Fulford and Halpern’s The Photographer’s Playbook contains 307 assignments designed to inspire, enlighten and educate students, teachers and photographers. –British Journal of PhotographyJust what the doctor ordered for amateur photographers looking to educate themselves by immersing their imaginative gifts into the works of some of today’s successful photographers. –Resource MagazineThe idea is that photography is nothing if it stays in a little box, that there is a big wide world out there and photography needs to engage with it. –British Journal of PhotographyAn invaluable resource of perceptive information on all things photography…Inside is a treasure trove of advice… &ndashJuxtapoz, August 2014 issueThe Photographer’s Playbook is a slap in the face for the obvious, the hackneyed, the over-familiar. –British Journal of Photography Read more About the Author Jason Fulford is a photographer and cofounder of the non-profit publisher J&L Books. He has lectured at more than a dozen art schools and universities and is a contributing editor to Blind Spot magazine. Fulford’s photographs have been featured in Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine, Time, Blind Spot, Aperture, and on book jackets for Don DeLillo, John Updike, Bertrand Russell, Jorge Luis Borges, Terry Eagleton, Ernest Hemingway, and Richard Ford. He is a 2014 Guggenheim fellow, and his published books include Sunbird (2000), Crushed (2003), Raising Frogs for $$$ (2006), The Mushroom Collector (2010) and Hotel Oracle (2013). Read more
Reviews
This is a great book for someone stuck in a photographic rut… The 300+ exercises are all different and designed to challenge you creatively. One of the things I really enjoyed is that net every assignment involves a camera. Several of the exercises are writing or drawing based. While they won’t directly improve your camera skills, they will stretch your creative muscles in interesting ways.Other good things about the book:Every exercise comes from an artist – this contributes heavily to the variety of content.The artists featured provide valuable input and insight – they don’t just rattle off something to go doThe exercises are meant to be done one off – one is not dependent on anotherYou will learn as much about the craft of photography as you will improve your photographic skillsThe only improvement (IMO) is that the exercises could have been organized by topic. Instead, the table of contents is ordered alphabetically by artist last name. Great if you are looking for someone specific, but not as helpful if you are looking to flex a particular creative muscle.If this review was helpful to you, please click the "yes" button below - it helps Amazon (and those of us who write reviews) know if the information provided is of value to others.
