The physics and art of photography.

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"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.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 artpart II. The nature of light. 2. What light is -- 2.1. The speed of light -- 2.2. Geometry -- 2.3. Waves -- 2.4. Particles3. 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. Polarization4. Sources of light -- 4.1. Light and its spectrum -- 4.2. Thermal radiation -- 4.3. Non-thermal radiation -- 5. Wavelength reconsideredpart 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 plane7. Light and shadow : photograms -- 7.1. Shadows and the source of light -- 7.2. Laser photograms8. 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 ratio9. 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 design10. Symmetry -- 10.1. Transformations and invariance -- 10.2. Symmetry in physics -- 10.3. Symmetry in art -- 10.4. Asymmetry and broken symmetry11. 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 photography12. The view camera -- 12.1. Description of movements -- 12.2. Movements and the image circle -- 12.3. Selective focus -- 12.4. Controlling perspective.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 illustrated by photographic processes that are inexpensive and easily accessible to students (including a versatile new process developed by the author, and herein first described in print). A central theme is the connection between the physical interaction of light and matter on the one hand, and the artistry of the photographic processes and their results on the other. This book focuses on the physics of light and the optics of lenses, but also includes extended discussions of topics less commonly covered in a beginning text, including symmetry in art and physics, different physical processes of the scattering of light, photograms (photographic shadow prints) and the nature of shadows, elements of 2-dimensional design, pinhole photography and the view camera. Although written at a beginning undergraduate level, the topics are chosen for their role in a more general discussion of the relation between science and art that is of interest to readers of all backgrounds and levels of expertise.General audience.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.John Beaver is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Fox Valley Campus of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where he teaches physics, astronomy, photography and interdisciplinary courses. He earned his BS in physics and astronomy in 1985 from Youngstown State University, and his PhD in astronomy in 1992 from Ohio State University. His published work in astronomy is on the topics of spectrophotometry of comets and gaseous nebulae, and multi-color photometry of star clusters.Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 14, 2018).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
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Photography, Artistic.

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