Serial photography using themed images to improve your photographic skills. - Translation of: Die Fotoserie. Heidelberg, Germany : Dpunkt Verlag, 2010

One of the most promising ways to improve as a photographer is through the use of serial photography - a method that author Harald Mante has used and taught throughout his career. In __Serial Photography: Using Themed Images to Improve Your Photographic Skills__, Mante explains how to focus your photographic work on themes, objects, shapes, colors, and moods, rather than randomly searching for that one great shot. After putting his methods into practice, you will soon notice that you are able to train yourself to look at things in new and exciting ways. And by continuously adding new images to your collections, you will improve the quality of your photographic work. In this beautifully illustrated book, Mante presents many of his own photographic series and gives thorough explanations of the concepts behind each series, providing motivation for readers to pursue their own serial projects. Serial Photography can be used as a guide or textbook by both amateur and professional photographers, as well as by students. Cover Copyright Tableau—Covered Cars Tableau—Street Signs Table of Contents Tableau—Benches Part 1: Serial Photography General Themes 1: Houses 2: Stairs 3: Tables and Chairs 4: Brushes 5: At the Market 6: Plastic 7: Balloons 8: Umbrellas and Sunshades 9: Water 10: Boats 11: Laundry 12: Traffic Mirrors 13: Street Lamps 14: Light and Shade 15: Palm Trees 16: Cacti 17: Views Through Buildings 18: People Photographed from Behind 19: Dolls and Mannequins 20: Shoes and Gloves Tableau—Manhole Covers Part 2: Serial Photography and Design Theory 21: Doubling Up 22: Triples 23: Semicircles and Circles 24: Lines and Stripes 25: Checkered Patterns Tableau—Colored Doors Part 3: Serial Photography and Color Theory 26: The Color Blue 27: Colors and Non-Colors 28: Complementary Colors: Red and Green 29: The Multicolored Spectrum 30: Monochromatic Pastels Tableau—Stencil Graffiti in Florence Part 4: Serial Photography Special Themes 31: Mirror Images 32: Automotive Reflections 33: Still Lifes 34: Glass Façades 35: Packaged Objects Tableau—Swarms Tableau—Color Runs 36: About the Tableaus 37: Displaying Serial Images

One of the most promising ways to improve as a photographer is through the use of serial photography - a method that author Harald Mante has used and taught throughout his career.

In Serial Photography: Using Themed Images to Improve Your Photographic Skills, Mante explains how to focus your photographic work on themes, objects, shapes, colors, and moods, rather than randomly searching for that one great shot. After putting his methods into practice, you will soon notice that you are able to train yourself to look at things in new and exciting ways. And by continuously adding new images to your collections, you will improve the quality of your photographic work.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Mante presents many of his own photographic series and gives thorough explanations of the concepts behind each series, providing motivation for readers to pursue their own serial projects. Serial Photography can be used as a guide or textbook by both amateur and professional photographers, as well as by students.

Explains the photographic method of serial photography, in which a person focuses on themes, objects, shapes, colors and moods, rather than randomly searching for that one great shot