Digital photographer's handbook
Book - 2016
This manual outlines key photography techniques and includes a series of projects designed to develop and refine skills.
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- Published
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New York, NY :
DK
2016.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Physical Description
- 408 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781465450869
- 1. Core Skills
- Handling cameras
- Your first pictures
- Picture composition
- Focusing and depth of field
- Image orientation
- Image proportions
- Composition and zooms
- Movement blur
- Close-ups
- Extreme lenses
- Quick fix Optical problems
- Influencing perspective
- Changing viewpoints
- Quick fix Leaning buildings
- Quick fix Facial distortion
- Color composition
- Adjacent colors
- Color contrasts
- Quick fix White balance
- Exposure control
- Silhouettes/backlighting
- High-key images
- Low-key images
- Advanced metering
- Accessory flash
- Quick fix Electronic flash
- Electronic flash
- 2. Photography Projects
- Starting projects
- Abstract imagery
- Architecture
- Interiors
- Documentary photography
- Street photography
- Vacations and travel
- Weddings
- Children
- Landscapes
- Cityscapes
- Reflections
- Low-light photography
- Animals
- Plants and gardens
- Panoramas
- Live events
- Portraits
- Camera phone photography
- Record-keeping
- 3. Image Development
- Scanning basics
- Workflow essentials
- Downloading
- File formats
- Image management
- Capture defects
- Color management
- Cropping and rotation
- Quick fix Poor subject detail
- Quick fix Poor subject color
- Levels
- Burning-in and dodging
- Dust and noise
- Sharpening
- Blurring
- Quick fix Image distractions
- Image size and distortion
- Quick fix Converging parallels
- Quick fix Image framing
- White balance
- Color adjustments
- Saturation and vibrance
- Manipulation defects
- Curves
- Bit-depth and color
- Color to black and white
- Vintage effects
- Working with RAW
- Duotones
- Tritones and quadtones
- Sepia tones
- Sabattier effect
- Gum dichromates
- Split toning
- Hand tinting
- Cross-processing
- Tints from color originals
- Quick fix Bright landscapes
- Filter effects
- Multiplying filter effects
- High dynamic range
- Selecting pixels
- Masks
- Quick fix Removing backgrounds
- Layer blend modes
- Text effects
- Cloning techniques
- Simple composite
- Photomosaics
- Image stitching
- 4. Showing and Sharidng
- Proofing and printing
- Output to paper
- Art printing
- Online printing
- Presenting prints
- Sharing images
- Photos on the internet
- Selling your pictures
- 5. Buying Guide
- The ideal camera
- Camera phones
- Compacts
- Mirrorless compacts
- SLRs
- Choosing lenses
- Photographic accessories
- Digital accessories
- Electronic lighting
- Lighting accessories
- Computers
- Computer accessories
- Choosing software
- Printers and other devices
- 6. Going Further
- Learning more
- Portfolio technique
- Building up your business
- Mounting an exhibition
- Copyright concerns
- Shopping for equipment
- Glossary
- Web resources
- Manufacturers
- Software resources
- Further reading
- Index
- Acknowledgments