The Sierra Club Guide to Close-Up Photography in Nature - Softcover

Fitzharris, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871569132 ISBN 13: 9780871569134

Publisher: Sierra Club Books, 1998

Synopsis

Shows ambitious amateurs how to use the latest techniques in close-up nature photography to produce stunning pictures of plants and animals in existing light, and offers more than a hundred examples and information on equipment. Original. 12,500 first printing.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Fitzharris is an internationally renowned photographer whose books include The Sierra Club Guide to 35mm Landscape Photography and The Adventure of Nature Photography. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

From the Inside Flap

filled with dozens of vibrant color photos of animals, plant life, and myriad other canvasses of nature in all its most sensational elements. From shooting a broad-tailed hummingbird in mid-flight, to a sunflower set against an azure sky, the Sierra Club Guide to Close-Up Photography in Nature shows you the most stunning shots of nature and goes through step by step the equipment, settings, angles, and techniques required to get them.

Table of Contents

Part One: Terms and Tools
What is Close-Up Photography?
Magnification and Reproduction Ratio
A Camera System for Close-Ups
Lenses and Accessories
Camera Supports
Electronic Flash
Reflectors

Part Two: Field Techniques
Recording Maximum Sharpness
Attaining Brilliant Color
Close-Up Focusing Technique
Aperture/Shutter Speed Compromises
Creating a Set
Automatic Exposure Procedures
Close-Up Accessory Combinatio

Reviews

YA-An outstanding introduction to this specialized aspect of photography. Fitzharris provides a concise, well-organized handbook, moving through terms, equipment, settings, artistic approaches, and subjects in the wild. Written in the first person, the book speaks directly to readers, thus promoting interest in circumstances of the photography shoot. New digital techniques are included in the final chapter. Outstanding full-color photographs on high-quality paper fill nearly every page. Each one is accompanied by an annotation that explains how it was taken and which film, camera, lens, etc., were used. While this resource is beyond the skills of novice photographers, it will whet their appetites to produce amazing pictures. Advanced students will understand the methods more quickly and will be motivated to seek higher skills.
Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sierra Club Books
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871569132
• ISBN 13: 9780871569134
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112