Of Light: An Invitation to Photographic Storytelling, Schipper Harvey

Of LIGHT teaches by example. It builds upon the premise that camera technology is so good that concerns about technology (exposure, aperture, depth of field, f-stops etc.) are no longer impediments to great images. The book is a series of conversations which build in four parts. The first sets the context: storytelling. What is it to tell a story in images? In the exciting world of the visual imagination, how does one see something and build a pictorial story about it? The second articulates the basic building blocks of an image: line, colour and form. The third takes those building blocks and adds perspective, mood, mystery and revelation as the softer but defining qualities of the memorable image. At this point the concept of