500 Digital Photography Hints, Tips, and Techniques: The Easy, All-in-One Guide to those Inside Secrets for Better Digital Photography

by Weston, Chris

• ISBN13: 9782880467746
• ISBN10: 2880467748
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-04
• Publisher: Quayside Pub Group

Summary

Digital cameras have joined forces with computers to revolutionize photography almost overnight. Anyone with an interest in digital photography, from the most naive beginner to the experienced professional photographer, can learn from this handy book. It starts right at the beginning-how the digital camera works-and goes right through to using your digital images to make your own Web site. Every one of the 500 tips is clear and easy to follow, giving you the essential experience of a professional photographer whose enthusiasm for this new technology is catching. With its wealth of illustrations-all fully annotated to make clear sense-the book provides the help you need to get started and will act as a guide to all the sophisticated techniques you will soon be mastering. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Author's preface	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(5)
Why digital?	12	(1)
The digital studio	13	(3)
Image Capture
Equipment	16	(18)
Compact digital cameras	16	(4)
Digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras	20	(3)
Interchangeable lenses	23	(3)
Useful gadgets and accessories	26	(3)
Carrying your equipment	29	(2)
Camera supports	31	(1)
Flash units	32	(2)
Technique	34	(18)
Using light	34	(3)
Composing the picture	37	(4)
Handling the digital camera	41	(2)
Which file type?	43	(1)
Using filters	43	(3)
Spot-on exposures	46	(4)
Focus	50	(2)
How to photograph	52	(20)
Landscapes	52	(3)
Animals and wildlife	55	(4)
Close-up and macro	59	(3)
People and portraits	62	(3)
At night and in low light	65	(3)
Sport	68	(2)
Vacations and travel	70	(2)
Image Editing
The digital darkroom	72	(6)
Buying a computer	72	(2)
Computer monitors	74	(1)
Useful peripherals	75	(2)
Scanners	77	(1)
Image processing techniques	78	(12)
Getting started	79	(2)
Using Levels	81	(3)
Using Curves	84	(5)
Saving digital images	89	(1)
Advanced image processing	90	(14)
Select options	91	(6)
Sharpening options	97	(7)
Adding artistry	104	(6)
Artistic interpretations	104	(2)
Lighting effects	106	(4)
Output
Making the most of your work	110	(10)
Choosing a printer	110	(3)
Print media (printing paper)	113	(1)
Things to do with your pictures	114	(1)
The World Wide Web (WWW)	114	(1)
Uploading images to an on-line gallery	114	(6)
Camera care	120	(1)
Digital resources	121	(2)
Technical terms	123	(3)
Index	126	(2)
Acknowledgements	128