Contents

Introduction

About the authors

Picture Making

1   Seeing and photographing

2   Using the viewfinder – framing up

3   Creating a point of emphasis

4   Picking lighting conditions

5   Pattern, texture and shape

6   Using color

Projects Developing a personal approach

Camera, Sensors and Film

7   Camera principles

8   The camera

9   Sensors

10   Films

11   Scanners

Creative Use of Camera Controls

12   Shutter speeds and movement

13   Focus and aperture

14   Choice of exposure

15   Changing focal length

16   Set for digital success

Projects

Tackling Different Photographic Subjects

17   People

18   Places

19   Animal portraits

20   Landscapes

21   Close-up subjects

22   Action and sports photographs

Projects Tackling self-set themes

Controlling Light

23   Lighting for people photographs

24   Lighting objects

25   Outside shooting

26   Flash and its control

27   Layout and lighting in the studio

Projects

Photographic Workflow

28   Demystifying the photographic process

Digital Processing and Printing

29   Introducing the digital photography tools

30   Transferring pictures from the camera to computer

31   Processing the picture file

32   First steps in enhancing

33   Editing techniques

34   Printing your digital files

Black and White Film Processing and Printing

35   Processing a film

36   Contact printing

37   Enlarging

Projects

Experimental and Constructed Images

38   Letting the image move

39   Exploring reflections

40   Using lens attachments

41   Combining pictures

42   Creative digital

43   Print manipulation

Projects

Presenting and Assessing Your Work

44   Finishing off

45   Presenting pictures in sets

46   Non-traditional presentation

47   Evaluating your results

Troubleshooting

48   Film users: assessing the results from the lab

49   General shooting faults

50   Digital users: checking images on the desktop

Appendices

Appendix A Computer connection types

Appendix B Camera memory cards

Appendix C Digital camera sensor sizes and resolution (megapixels)

Appendix D Suggested starting speeds/apertures for difficult night scenes

Appendix E Scanner connections

Appendix F What resolution should I pick?

Appendix G ISO settings and their uses

Appendix H Minimum shutter speeds to stop camera shake

Appendix I Settings to control depth of field

Appendix J Suggested starting speeds to freeze the action of different events

Appendix K Flash guide numbers, apertures and distance

Appendix L Rollfilm and sheet film cameras

Appendix M Using a hand-held meter

Appendix N Batteries

Appendix O Health and safety in photography

Appendix P Chemically treating black and white prints

Glossary

Index

..................Content has been hidden....................

You can't read the all page of ebook, please click here login for view all page.
Reset
3.141.42.116