Photography : physics and art in focus /: physics and art in focus. ([2022])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Physics and art in focus
• Uniform Title: Physics and art of photography
• Further Information: Note: John Beaver.
• Authors: Beaver, John (John Ellis)
• Other Names: Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
• Contents: Part II. The nature of light. 2. What light is -- 3. What light does -- 4. The weird world of the photon -- 5. Spectra and sources of light Part III. Geometry and two-dimensional design. 6. Geometry and the picture plane -- 7. Light and shadows 1 : eclipses -- 8. Light and shadows 2 : photograms -- 9. Ray optics 1 : pinhole photography -- 10. Ray optics 2 : a fish's eye -- 11. Ray optics 3 : lenses -- 12. Symmetry -- 13. Two-dimensional design -- 14. Camera design -- 15. The view camera -- 16. Perspective and pinhole photography Part IV. Energy and photography. 17. The nature of energy -- 18. Energy and exposure -- 19. Tracing the energy from source to camera -- 20. The Jones-Condit equation -- 21. Illumination and photograms -- 22. The elements of exposure -- 23. Metering -- 24. Low-sensitivity detectors in photography -- 25. Ephemeral-process and cyanonegative photography Part V. The art and science of color. 26. The physical basis of color -- 27. The physiological basis of color -- 28. The psychological basis of color -- 29. Color synthesis in photography -- 30. Filters -- 31. Color experiments with black-and-white photography Part VI. Light detectors. 32 Types of detectors -- 33. The characteristic curve -- 34. Silver-based photochemical detectors 1 -- 35. Silver-based photochemical detectors 2 -- 36. Nonsilver photochemical detectors -- 37. Reciprocity failure and solarization -- 38. Photoelectronic detectors -- 39. Three-dimensional photography Part VII. Photography as an art and the meaning of digital -- 40. The digital and the analog -- 41. Digital photography and astronomy -- 42. Comparison of digital and film techniques -- 43. Image manipulation -- 44. The image, the object and the process -- 45. Four photographers and a musician -- 46. Toward an art and science of nature : a personal note -- 47. Make your own pinhole fisheye camera -- 48. Some technical notes on 'ephemeral process' photography Appendix A. Units, dimensions, and scientific notation -- Appendix B. Notes on the golden rectangle -- Appendix C. Optimal pinhole size for a pinhole camera -- Appendix D. Lambertian reflectors and emitters -- Appendix E. A practical way to denote very-low sensitivity detector 'speed' -- Appendix F. The optics of the camera stupida.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Bristol [England] : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 535.2; Physical optics; Photography, Artistic; Optical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750337038; 0750337036; 9780750337021; 0750337028
• Related ISBNs: 9780750337014; 9780750337045
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2023).
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