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. Energy and photography. 1. The nature of energy -- 1.1. Energy transfer2. Energy and exposure -- 2.1. Defining our terms -- 2.2. Tracing the energy from source to camera -- 2.3. The Jones-Condit equation3. Shutter speed and aperture -- 3.1. Power and shutter speed -- 3.2. Aperture and focal ratio4. Density and the elements of exposure -- 4.1. Reciprocity and exposure -- 4.2. Camera settings -- 4.3. Choosing between equivalent settings -- 4.4. Exposure value (EV)5. Metering -- 5.1. Direct-read versus null meters -- 5.2. Reflected-light metering -- 5.3. Incident-light metering -- 5.4. Flash6. VLS detector photography -- 6.1. An exposure benchmark for VLS photography -- 6.2. VLS photography in context7. Ephemeral-process (EP) and cyanonegative photography -- 7.1. Cyanonegative and EP wavelength response -- 7.2. Cyanonegative photography -- 7.3. Ephemeral process (EP) photography -- 7.4. Using EP photography to test the Jones-Condit equationpart II. The art and science of color. 8. The physical basis of color -- 8.1. Spectra and sources of light -- 8.2. Color, light sources and light detectors -- 8.3. The reflection curve and the reflected-light spectrum -- 8.4. Physical causes of the reflection curve -- 8.5. The detector response curve -- 8.6. Color and integration -- 8.7. The relation of color to black and white photography9. The physiological basis of color -- 9.1. The three-color model of color perception -- 9.2. Additive and subtractive colors -- 9.3. RGB color arithmetic10. The psychological basis of color -- 10.1. The opponent-process model of color perception -- 10.2. Yellow without yellow -- 10.3. Seeing and context -- 10.4. HSV and HSL -- 10.5. HSV and RGB11. Filters -- 11.1. Filters and black and white photography -- 11.2. Filters and color photography -- 11.3. Polarizing filters12. 'Color' in astronomy -- 13. Color experiments with EP photography.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, sometimes illustrated by photographic processes that are inexpensive and easily accessible to students (including a versatile new process developed by the author, and first described in print in this series). 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. One half of The Physics and Art of Photography, Volume 2, Energy and color focuses on the physics of energy, power, illuminance, and intensity of light, and how these relate to the photographic exposure, including a detailed example that follows the emission of light from the sun all the way through to the formation of the image in the camera. These concepts are described in both their traditional manner, but also using very-low sensitivity photography as an example, which brings the physical concepts to the fore in a visible way, whereas they are often hidden with ordinary high-speed photographic detectors.Beginning/undergraduate, appropriate for all levels.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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Optical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light.
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Photography, Artistic.

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