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Camera | |
Getting Started Camera and film | |
Loading film into the camera | |
Focusing and setting the exposure | |
Exposure readout | |
Exposing the film | |
What will you photograph? | |
Using a digital camera | |
Types of Cameras | |
Basic Camera Controls | |
More about Camera Controls | |
Inside a singlelens reflex camera | |
Shutter Speed Affects light and motion | |
Aperture Affects light and depth of field | |
Shutter Speed and Aperture Blur vs. depth of field | |
Getting the Most from Your Camera and Lens | |
Lens | |
Lens Focal Length The basic difference between lenses | |
Normal Focal Length The most like human vision | |
Long Focal Length Telephoto lenses | |
Short Focal Length Wide-angle lenses | |
Zoom, Macro, and Fisheye Lenses | |
Focus and Depth of Field | |
Automatic Focus | |
Depth of Field Controlling sharpness in a photograph | |
More about Depth of Field How to preview it | |
Perspective How a photograph shows depth | |
Lens Attachments Making close-ups | |
Using filters | |
Polarization and other effects | |
Film | |
Selecting and Using Film | |
Film Speed and Grain The two go together | |
Special-Purpose Films Infrared and chromogenic | |
Color in Film and Digital | |
Color Films | |
Exposure | |
Normal Exposure, Underexposure, and Overexposure | |
Exposure Meters What different types do | |
How to calculate and adjust an exposure manually | |
Overriding an Automatic Exposure Camera | |
Making an Exposure of an Average Scene | |
Exposing Scenes That are Lighter or Darker than Average | |
Backlighting | |
Exposing Scenes with High Contrast | |
Low Light and Reciprocity | |
Exposures in Hard-to-Meter Situations | |
Developing the Negative | |
Processing Film Equipment and chemicals you'll need | |
Mixing and Handling Chemicals | |
Processing Film Step by Step Setting out materials needed | |
Preparing the film | |
Development | |
Stop bath and fixer | |
Washing and drying | |
Summary of Film Processing | |
How Chemicals Affect Film | |
Evaluating Your Negatives | |
Push Processing | |
Printing | |
Printing Equipment and materials you'll need | |
Making a Contact Print Step by Step | |
Processing a Print Step by Step Development | |
Stop bath and fixer | |
Washing and drying | |
Summary of Print Processing | |
Making an Enlarged Print Step by Step Setting up the enlarger | |
Exposing a test print | |
Exposing a final print | |
Evaluating Your Print for Density and Contrast | |
More about Contrast How to control it in a print | |
Local Controls Burning in and dodging | |
Cropping | |
Spotting | |
Mounting a Print | |
Equipment and materials you'll need | |
Dry Mounting a Print Step by Step | |
Bleed Mounting/Overmatting | |
Lighting | |
Qualities of Light From direct to diffused | |
Existing Light Use what's available | |
The Main Light The strongest source of light | |
Fill Light To lighten shadows | |
Simple Portrait Lighting | |
Using Artificial Light Photolamp or flash | |
More about Flash How to position it | |
Using Flash | |
Digital Photography | |
Equipment and Materials You'll Need | |
Pixels Make the Picture | |
Digital Color Modes, gamuts, spaces, and profiles | |
Channels | |
Using Histograms and the Info Palette | |
Setting up a Workflow Stay organized | |
Workflow programs: Aperture and lightroom | |
Importing an Image | |
Scanning | |
Getting Started Editing an Image | |
Adjusting an Image Levels | |
Curves | |
Adjusting Part of an Image Selections | |
More Techniques Layers | |
Filters | |
Retouching | |
Sharpening | |
Compositing | |
Making a Digital Image Step by Step | |
Soft Proofing | |
Printing | |
Storage, Archiving, Retrieval | |
Ethics and Digital Imaging | |
Seeing Like a Camera | |
What's in the Picture The edges or frame | |
The background | |
Depth of Field Which parts are sharp | |
Time and Motion in a Photograph | |
Depth in a Picture Three dimensions become two | |
Chaos becomes order | |
Photographing for Meaning | |
Portraits Informal: Finding them | |
Formal: Setting them up | |
Photographing the Landscape | |
Photographing the Cityscape | |
Photographing Inside | |
Responding to Photographs | |
How to Learn More | |
Troubleshooting | |
Glossary | |
Photo Credits | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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