Freeman Patterson
Author of Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography
About the Author
Freeman Patterson has published twelve books and won numerous awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association in 2001, the Miller Brittain Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts in 2003, and in 2004 The Garden was shortlisted for the Roloff show more Beny Photography Book Award. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1985. In 1973 Freeman established a workshop of photography and visual design in New Brunswick, and in 1984 he co-founded the Namaqualand Photographic Workshops in South Africa show less
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Works by Freeman Patterson
Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography (1979) 359 copies, 2 reviews
Photographing the World Around You: A Visual Design Workshop for Film and Digital Photography (1994) 101 copies, 1 review
Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image (Freeman Patterson Photography) (2001) 55 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Patterson, Freeman Wilford
- Birthdate
- 1937-09-25
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada (B.A., 1959)
Columbia University, Union Theological Seminary (M. Div., 1962) - Occupations
- photographer
writer
dean of religious studies (Alberta College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1962 - 1965) - Organizations
- elected trustee of New Brunswick School District #19, 1973 - 1989
Aids Saint John
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Saint John Harley Owners' Group.
The Toronto Guild for Colour Photography (former president, life member) - Awards and honors
- Order of Canada (Member, 1985)
Photographic Society of America Progress Medal (1990) - Short biography
- Freeman Wilford Patterson, photographer (b at Long Reach, NB 25 Sept 1937). Freeman Patterson is one of Canada's most popular landscape photographers. He is particularly acclaimed for his sensuous colour and technical skill in images that evoke the spiritual qualities of nature. Patterson developed an interest in photography while studying for a Master's of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary, New York, during the early 1960s. In 1965 he gave up a position teaching religious studies in Alberta in order to devote himself to photography full time. Patterson's photographs are best known through pictorial publications. A teacher and frequent writer on photography, Patterson is the author of several instructive guides on photographic technique and aesthetics.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Long Reach, New Brunswick, Canada
- Places of residence
- Shamper's Bluff, New Brunswick, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- New Brunswick, Canada
Members
Reviews
My copy of this book well pre-dates the digital camera revolution; I assume newer editions include discussion of that, but I didn't really *miss* it.
This is a good, cogently written introduction to the basic principles of photography, as art and science, as directly applied to nature. It has me really desperately wanting a proper photographer's camera rather than my little auto so that I can apply some of what I've learned about exposure and depth of field and lenses - but there's plenty in show more here that I *can* do even with my camera, and I've loved doing it.
Composition, light, color, suggestions of when and where and what to photograph and practice on (even, if you can find no other nature, a piece of moldy bread in your kitchen--) fill me up with inspiration. And the loads and loads of full-color examples are beautiful without being so intimidating they frighten me off. show less
This is a good, cogently written introduction to the basic principles of photography, as art and science, as directly applied to nature. It has me really desperately wanting a proper photographer's camera rather than my little auto so that I can apply some of what I've learned about exposure and depth of field and lenses - but there's plenty in show more here that I *can* do even with my camera, and I've loved doing it.
Composition, light, color, suggestions of when and where and what to photograph and practice on (even, if you can find no other nature, a piece of moldy bread in your kitchen--) fill me up with inspiration. And the loads and loads of full-color examples are beautiful without being so intimidating they frighten me off. show less
Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography by Freeman Patterson
Freeman Patterson's book is a classic, and with very good reason. It was helpful for me in many areas: composition of visual art; contemplative photography; focusing and discovering my vision; intentionally making images rather than just discovering them. I recommend it highly for photographers of all kinds, and for visual artists of all kinds.
Lots of information is outdated, such as talk about what film types to use etc. A new version is needed that shows how to accomplish the same things in Photoshop. There are some good ideas in here, though!
Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography by Freeman Patterson
This Third Edition familiarizes readers with the traditional principles of composition and visual design. The jargon-free text provides practical techniques and innovative exercises for breaking with traditional concepts of design to enable the photographer to develop a keen awareness of subject matter and a personal direction.
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