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Overview
Don’t be camera shy! The focus is on the basics.
Presented in concise, intuitive style, this guide has everything amateur photographers need to know to produce great images—whether shooting in digital or film. Best of all, each chapter includes FAQs and full-color visual examples to turn good shots into great shots. Professional photographer Mark Jenkinson shares tips and tricks for:
• Understanding how the features and controls affect photographs
• Making the best use of manual, aperture priority, and shutter priority settings
• Shooting moving objects
• Shooting in bright light or nighttime settings
• Adjusting depth of field
• Improving composition and lighting
• Choosing the best format for storing digital images
Presented in concise, intuitive style, this guide has everything amateur photographers need to know to produce great images—whether shooting in digital or film. Best of all, each chapter includes FAQs and full-color visual examples to turn good shots into great shots. Professional photographer Mark Jenkinson shares tips and tricks for:
• Understanding how the features and controls affect photographs
• Making the best use of manual, aperture priority, and shutter priority settings
• Shooting moving objects
• Shooting in bright light or nighttime settings
• Adjusting depth of field
• Improving composition and lighting
• Choosing the best format for storing digital images
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781440636400 |
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Publisher: | DK |
Publication date: | 05/06/2008 |
Series: | COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE Series |
Sold by: | Penguin Group |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 304 |
Sales rank: | 1,054,754 |
File size: | 51 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Mark Jenkinson is a photographer whose work has appeared in virtually every major magazine in the world, including Men’s Journal, Fortune, Maxim, GQ, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, Time, and Vogue. He has had photography exhibitions at major-market galleries and art institutes across the country, and has won numerous awards for photography. Jenkinson teaches photography at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. You can see his work on his website, markjensinsonphoto.com.
Table of Contents
Getting Started: Basic Camera Equipment and Essentials 3
Camera 101 3
Getting to Know Your Camera 6
Anatomy of a Single-Lens Reflex Camera 8
The Lens 9
The Viewing and Focusing System 9
The Focal Plane Shutter 11
The Light Meter 12
Pros and Cons of SLRs 12
Setting Up Your Camera 13
Camera Accessories 15
Tripods 15
Quick Releases 18
Gaffer Tape 19
Cable Releases and Remotes 19
Filters and Lens Hoods 19
Skylight and Ultraviolet Haze Filters 21
Polarizing Filters 22
Card Readers 23
Digital Storage Devices 24
Point-and-Shoot Cameras 24
Exploring Photographic Optics 27
The 50 mm Normal Lens 28
Focal Length and Angle of View 30
Aperture and F-stop 32
How Aperture Is Determined 32
How Aperture Controls Exposure 33
Lens Aperture and Depth of Field 34
Here's How It Works 34
How to Use,See, and Predict Depth of Field 36
Depth of Field: Inherent to Focal Length 37
Why Should We Care? 38
Depth of Field and Distance 39
Focal Length, Angle of View, and Composition 39
Autofocus: What It Is and How to Use It 40
Other Lenses 43
Prime Lenses 44
Long Zooms 44
Ultra Wide-Angle Zoom Lenses 45
Lensbabies 46
Teleconverters 48
Understanding Photographic Exposure 55
How Exposure Works 55
The Basic Exposure Controls 58
Aperture (F-stop) and Exposure 58
Shutter Speed 59
ISO Setting (Film Speed) 59
How It All Goes Together 60
Choosing Film Speed 60
Shutter Speed Decisions 61
Setting Aperture 61
How Light Meters Work 63
Your Light Meter 65
Verifying Proper Exposure 67
Other Metering Modes on Your Camera 68
Spot Metering 69
Handheld Light Meters 70
Formats: Digital Sensors and Traditional Film 77
All Megapixels Are Not Created Equal 78
A Note About ISO Settings and Digital Noise 79
Capture Format: JPEG 81
Pros and Cons of JPEGs 84
Capture Format: RAW 84
Wait! Why Not Just Shoot a JPEG? 86
Pros and Cons of RAW Files 87
Film 88
Film Speed and Grain 88
Types of Film 89
Black-and-White Negative Film 89
Pros and Cons of Black-and-White Film 91
Color Slide/Transparency Film 91
Pros and Cons of Color Transparencies/Slide Films 93
Color Negative Films 94
Pros and Cons of Color Negative Films 96
Format FAQs 96
Photography Rules and Conventions 99
Some Conventions of Composition 100
The Rule of Thirds 101
The Spiral 102
Diagonals, Zigzags, and S-Curves 103
Dynamic Symmetry 104
Negative/Positive Space 105
The Dutch Angle/Lasso 106
The Frame Within a Frame and the Dirty Frame 109
Watch the Background 110
Talent vs. Practice 112
Practice the Rules 112
Break the Rules 112
Move, Don't Zoom! 113
Invent Pressure and Goals 114
Reinvent the Everyday 114
Go Someplace New 116
Shoot Digital Endlessly 116
Light Is Color, and Color Is Light 121
Color Perception 123
How We See Color 123
Proportions of Color in Light Sources 125
Black Body Light Sources 125
How Film Sees Color 126
Non-Black Body Sources 128
Flash and LEDs 129
Digital Photography and Color Balance 132
Creating a Custom White Balance 134
Learning to See in Color 135
Turn Off Auto White Balance 136
Assignment: Seeing Color 136
Looking at Light 136
The Sun 137
Other Common Sources 139
Light Direction 141
Shadow Quality 143
Flash: Lightning in a Bottle 145
Shoe-Mounted Flash 145
Multiple and Wireless Flash Setups 146
Learning Lighting: The Strobist Blog and Flickr Group 152
Photographing People 155
Portraits 156
The Bathroom Mirror as a Camera 156
Why We Look Different in Photos 157
The Psychology of Portraiture 157
How to See Others the Way They See Themselves 158
Lens Selection 159
Lighting for Portraits 160
A Primer on Three-Point Lighting 161
Context 165
Candid Photographs of People 170
Point of View in Candid Photography 171
People FAQs 171
Shooting Events 179
Weddings 180
Your Role at a Wedding 180
Scouting the Location 183
Technique 185
Bar and Bat Mitzvahs 186
Sports 187
Outdoors 188
Indoor Sports 189
Hidden Knowledge 190
Recitals and Performances 192
Thinking Cinematically and Editorially 193
Event FAQs 194
Planning Ahead 195
Rent or Borrow Extra Equipment 196
What to Bring 196
Travel and Landscape Photography 199
Travel Photography Is Hard 200
It's All About Being There 201
The Vantage Point of Space 201
The Vantage Point of Time 202
The Vantage Point of Identity 203
Think Ahead: What Do You Need? 206
A Travel Appraoch 208
An Assignment 208
Travel FAQs 211
Painting with Light 212
Shooting at Night 213
Shooting RAW 215
Mindful Travel with Cameras and Gear 217
The Least You Need to Know 217
Shooting Still Lifes: The Secret Life of Things 219
Thinking About Still Lifes 220
Lighting for Still Lifes 223
Incandescent Light Bulbs 224
Lighting with LEDs 225
Flash 226
Controlling the Quality of Light 227
Still-Life FAQs 230
A Simple Lighting Setup for Soft Light 230
Lighting with Purpose 233
Digital Imaging, Archiving, and Printing 237
Computer Equipment: Who Said Digital Was Cheap? 238
Monitors 238
Printers 239
Using the Right Printer Paper 240
Kiosks and the Internet 240
Archiving Your Work 241
iPhoto 242
Adobe Photoshop Elements 243
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 244
The Least You Need to Know 245
Be On Your Way Now 247
Taking Next Steps 248
Using Photo-Sharing Web Sites 248
Making Custom Photo Books 249
Maintaining Your Portfolio 250
Online Photography Resources 251
Internships and Assisting 253
Workshops and Classes 254
Glossary 256
An Overview of Photoshop Editing Tools 266
Index 278
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