Complete Guide to Digital Photography - Softcover

Ian Farrell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857385488 ISBN 13: 9780857385482

Publisher: Quercus, 2011

Synopsis

Comprehensive, up-to date, practical and easy to use, A Complete Guide to Digital Photography is the definitive reference for anyone who wants to get the most out of their digital camera. CHAPTER 1 Cameras, lenses and accessories: The digital camera: features, types, pixels, memory, getting started, care, maintenance and cleaning. Lenses: zoom, fixed, legacy, reverse lens macro, improvised lenses, tilt lens. Accessories: software, plug ins, beanbags, stringpods, tripods, lightstands, cookies, filters, reflectors. CHAPTER 2 Taking great pictures: Photo techniques: image frame, composition, design, graphic elements, light and colour, focus, depth of field, exposure, white balance. Photo ideas: Portraits and people, still life, reportage, travel, architecture, landscapes, sports and action, weddings, gardens and flowers, children, pets and animals, abstracts. Creative shooting: creative white balance, cross polarizing, star effects, soft focus, zoom-burst, long daylight exposure, night photography, star trails, panning, time-lapse, shooting smoke, high-speed water drops, painting with light, TTV photography, shooting in stereo. Lighting effects: off-camera flash, portable diffuser, snoot, portable grid spot, portable ringlight, portable beauty dish, studio strip light, studio ringlight, studio softbox, light cube. Moving images: camera vs camcorder, planning a shoot, filming, special effects, editing. CHAPTER 3 The Digital darkroom: Basic digital techniques: saving, auto fix, cropping, straightening, resizing, sharpening, brightening and darkening, removing redeye, black and white. Advanced digital techniques: colour management, adjusting colours, levels, curves, advanced curves, channels, cloning, dodge and burn, layers, masks. Digital processing and printing: digital Polaroid, cross processing , digital cyanotypes, digital lith, infrared, model world, panoramas, blurring backgrounds, adding movement, restoring old prints, wall art, inject transfers, scanner art.

About this title

About the Author

Ian Farrell has been shooting pictures since his parents bought him an SLR for his 12th birthday, and hasn't been far from a camera since. He is a professional portrait photographer with studios in both London and Cambridge. Author of the bestselling Digital Photography Beyond the Camera, Ian also writes for a number of leading industry publications, including Amateur Photography, British Journal of Photography, DSLR Photography and Digital Photography. He lives in Cambridge, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quercus
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857385488
• ISBN 13: 9780857385482
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416