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A Deeper Frame
Creating Deeper Photographs & More Engaging Experiences
A DEEPER FRAME is an introduction to the discussion about re-introducing the illusion, or perception, of depth that is removed when the camera flattens the three-dimensional world into two. Learn more.
This eBook will help you understand principles that artists have understood for centuries, but that seldom get discussed in popular photography with more than passing mention. A DEEPER FRAME outlines seven ways that we can create more engaging images through the re-creation of a sense of depth in the flattened image to create photographs that feel immersive and invite a reader of that photograph to not merely look at the photograph but into or through the photograph.
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Reviews and Comments
I really enjoyed each and every bit of the post.Thanks a lot for sharing it
I pretty much read everything David writes and love all of it. He’s so passionate about what he does and that comes across loud and clear. He’s also not into buying a bunch more gear to be a better photographer and this book is another example of that. Well done! You can read my review of it here: http://www.herviewphotography.com/2011/06/29/review-a-deeper-frame-photographer-david-duchemin.html
I print these ebooks so I can take them with me to read in places I don’t want to take my laptop. But this particular ebook gave me printing errors that took a while to diagnose and fix (apparently it has to do with using some non-standard fonts in the text).
Anyway, just want to make folks aware that if they are having trouble printing this one, the solution I found was to set Adobe Reader to “Print as Image” (a check box that can be accessed by clicking the Advanced Button in the Print Dialog Box). Hope this saves some folks some time and grief.
To the folks complaining about length and price, wander down to your local store, buy a photography magazine for $5 if you can find one, cut out all the advertising and see what you are left with. The Craft & Vision books are a deal. Comment on content if you’d like, (I was really hard on the microstock book) but you can’t seriously think that $5 is not a deal. $4 if you act right away. I own a pile of the Craft & Vision book and was glad I got them.
Gary, you’re right. They are. I’m going to look into getting this flipped around, as it’s confusing. Thanks for catching that.
Hi David. I’m enjoying A Deeper Frame. Depth is something I really struggle to achieve in my photos, so this is a great subject. Maybe I’m wrong, but I find it hard to believe that the two images on p.11 aren’t reversed. Drawing rays from the front corners of the cars to the features on the wall makes me think this must be the case, but the page text implies that maybe these images are a counter-example of the accepted wisdom, so I could be wrong. If I’m right, they actually confirm the accepted wisdom.
Thank you for the great Read David!
I read it on my way to Hamburg, Germany and wanted to try getting “a deeper frame” right away. So this is what I came up with:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophheinrich/5908955649/in/photostream
Thanks once again!
David’s books are as good as it gets. “A Deeper Frame” is a remarkable learning tool at an unbeatable price.
I love this newest e-book. As an artist, I have had the instruction on the tools and skills needed to deepen my paintings and drawings. Here, David has taken yet another step on the journey of vision and expanded it to expression – how to create the illusion of depth in the art of photography. The beautiful part of this book is that it is well explained using descriptive language helpful to those more predisposed to art rather than technical jargon so commonly used for this medium. Discussion points on perspective, optics, focus, colour, light and creative exercises provide tools one can immediately put to use. I know this will make me a better photographer in the creation of my own images. Be prepared to challenge yourself in your photographic art – go deeper, add depth and make your images a more interesting experience. Thank you David. ☺
This is a stunner ebook. Small and concise but to the point. A must have for any vision loving photographers.
My small reivew of the book is up on my site > http://journeythroughnature.com/home/?p=1399 along with some of the images which i dug out from my portfolio which i felt suited the bill.
Cheers,
Shiv
“composing for a cube” Very useful concept.
And, just as I was missing some “vision” stuff: “Learning to see deeper moments and recognized deeper reactions to things has to happen before you can hope to photograph them”.
Great ebook once again!
2nd book purchase an no email confirmation with download directions – how do I get my book?
confirmation # 1033-4514-6226-8610
Jan – we’ve just resent your download code; stay tuned.
Well, in case you’re still wondering, it’s a whopping 23 pages…
Inspiring reading. Enough technical detail without overloading it. The description on the website is sufficient to know what to expect in the book. I came to the craftandvision site via David’s blogs/tweets and was confident to find my money’s worth in the book (i.e. wouldn’t need a page count or a couple of pages for preview).
I would prefer to see a couple of relevant pages available for download/ view at 100% before deciding if the item is relevant and then make my purchase.
Whilst appreciating that the asking price is modest, I would prefer to see a couple of sample pages available for download/read at full size to allow a judgement as to whether the intended purchase is viable to ones needs.
Another classic bit of writing by David duChemin. I really enjoyed the approach and study of Depth as it relates to an image. Like many of his other books it is not an instruction manual, as each of us need to find our own answers. That said, there are many direct examples and illustrations used to share the point he was trying to make.
I wrote a full review on my site, if you are interested: http://dbueckertphoto.com/craft-and-visions-a-deeper-frame-review/
I have enjoyed the author’s eBooks very much. The missing detail to me is the settings and lens choice. I enjoy that part of looking at a photography book and feel cheated when it’s not included. Part of the creative process is what lens you choose and what settings you use to convey your message.
Very enjoyable read. This is well organized into 7 different ways of adding depth which I found helpful. For me the idea of using the ROT in 3D was a novel one.
There were also 2 photo’s included which I spent time deconstructing. The first demonstrated a bridge (? Golden Gate) with a large ship moving into the out of focus bokeh blur. I have not seen this before.
David’s photo of the railed dock walkway demonstrating foreground, mid ground and background had an added surprise of a ghost like boat in the mid ground. Everything in photo was relatively sharp except this boat which likely was swaying back and forth while tied to it’s mooring. Thank you for your effort.
German readers – I just wrote a review in German on my blog here:
http://www.lapplandblog.eu/files/a_deeper_frame_david_duchemin.php
Best regards
Henning
Thanks for the feedback Dirk, we’ve mostly abandoned the issue of page count. We’ve never released something we felt was less than a great value for $5, and page count isn’t remotely a guarantee of quality. This one’s as long, or longer than my first one, TEN. But we’ve changed it up, forced pages to a horizontal spread, so what once would count as 2 pages, is now just one.
I think it would be a good idea to tell your customers what they get e. g. how many pages your e-books have. It is quite common with books to specify the page format and number of pages.
Thank you in advance.
P.S. Your blog is great.
“A deeper frame” is short but exhoustive, single subject focused tips and techniques e-book.
It is about vision, David DuChemin’s favorite subject, just in more practical way.
An expression, as he calls it. Author tackles the subject of depth in the photographs. Not the
philosophical depth, but something that draws the eye into photograph, provides reference points,
shows scale, vastness, distance. He describes in detail the tools which can be used to achieve the
effect of depth in the images. Great for both amateurs and professionals, putting the advice from the e-book
to work will help tremendously transform the flat, two-dimensional images into multi-dimensional
story-telling frame. And with all the discount codes, you can have it for just $4
(or less, if you buy more e-books. Check all teh discount codes!). (This is just a fragment of the review I wrote on my blog.
You can read it here: http://bit.ly/kc29q2. Reviews of many other Craft & Vision e-books are also available there. Check the tag Craft&Vision)
This is a recommended read, for anyone interested I’ve given an overview on my blog:
http://www.photodmc.com/blog/2011/6/28/review-a-deeper-frame.html
Easily worth the $5 price!
I liken this to a mini workshop where David covers an important concept and provides you with some exercises so you can incorporate this technique into making more engaging images. Check out my blog for a full review http://blog.paulbousquet.com/
I really like the books by DuChemin – mainly because he’s focusing on what I think is important in photography: Expression and how to achieve an effect.
The content is nothing revolutionary or anything specifically new. But it helps me to be more aware of how to emphasize depth and perspective in my pictures. Simple as that. And exactly for this little step the e-book is well worth the price.
After reading the book, I wished that (1) the book has more examples and (2) that DuChemin didn’t stop with the Renaissance techniques, but also discuss how to make a picture deliberately flat. Having both ends of the spectrum does help to push forward your photographic skills more thoroughly.
David starts with the »why« and then he explaines »how to« create the perception of depth with using our viewpoint and perspective, choice of lenses, focus, color and light and more. A good dose of knowledge, well illustrated and worth the reading.