Table of Contents
Technical Information in this Book
Section 1: Tools and Fundamentals
1 Choosing a Good Digital Camera
Advantages and Disadvantages of Compact Cameras
2 An Essential Rule for Digital Black and White Photography: Always Photograph in RAW Mode
3 Drama through the Use of Filters
Examples of Color Filter Effects—The Same Subject Photographed with Different Filters
Filters in Digital Photography
Creating Digital Drama Using Photoshop
Infrared Simulation in Photoshop
Section 2: Photographic Genres and Concepts
Reduction Instead of Postcard Cliché
From Clichéd Photo to Personal Expression
The People in Front of the Government Building
7 What Does Landscape Photography Mean in the 21st Century?
Unspoiled Landscape with Tuareg
Persons and Landscape on Lanzarote
Creating a Mystical Impression
Photographing Architecture Digitally
Concentrated Effect with Telephoto Lenses
Using a Model to Strengthen the Composition
9 The Graphic Element in Black and White Photography
Light and Shadow as Basis of Compositional Design
Reduction to Verticals and Horizontals
10 The Poetry of Melancholy Moods
Formalism with and without Content
Structures as Fantasy Stimulators
Finding the Essential in the Fleeting
It’s Easier with People You Know
Section 3: Rules of Composition
16 What Is Pictorial Composition?
Condensing an Event to a Composition
Getting to the Heart of an Image
17 The Golden Ratio and Elementary Construction
The Axial Symmetry of Modern Architecture
The Place of the Conference—Japanese Style
20 Less Is More—Reduction and Emphasis
Contrast through Aerial Perspective
24 How to Deal with the Center of an Image
Vanishing Perspective in the Tunnel
25 Pictorial Tension between Two Elements
Square Concrete Blocks in the Landscape
28 The Play of Forms—Conscious Repetition of Pictorial Shapes
View from Schauinsland Mountain
29 How to Compose with Blurred Movement
Long Exposure with Displacement
Blurred Movement in the Daytime
Section 4: The Digital Darkroom
Conversion from Color to Black and White
Simulating Analog Filter Effects
Adjusting the Effects of Filter Presets
Brightening Dark Areas while Increasing Midtone Contrast
31 Partial Manipulation with the Lasso Tool
Making Selections Using the Lasso
Partial Manipulation with the Magnetic Lasso
Partial Manipulation of Architectural Lines with the Polygonal Lasso
32 Dodging, Burning, and Retouching
More Precise Dodging and Burning than the Analog Darkroom Ever Allowed
33 Correcting Lens Errors and Distortion in Architectural Images
Shift Lenses Are Almost Superfluous