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Digital Photography Essentials | |
Why Digital? | p. 3 |
The Excitement of Digital Photography | p. 4 |
It's Not All Daffodils | p. 12 |
Your Love of Photography | p. 14 |
Nuts and Bolts of Digital Imaging | p. 15 |
Resolution = Information | p. 15 |
Bit Depth | p. 22 |
Color Modes | p. 25 |
File Formats | p. 27 |
Understanding the Concepts | p. 32 |
How a Digital Camera Works | p. 33 |
Lens to Imaging Sensor to Media | p. 33 |
The Lens | p. 34 |
The Viewfinder and LCD | p. 46 |
The Shutter | p. 51 |
The Imaging Sensor | p. 53 |
Storing the Image | p. 69 |
Flash | p. 77 |
The Informed Photographer | p. 80 |
Buying a Digital Camera | p. 81 |
Types of Digital Cameras | p. 81 |
How to Decide | p. 93 |
How to Shop | p. 120 |
Making a Final Decision | p. 132 |
Essential Accessories | p. 133 |
Your Camera Bag | p. 133 |
The Camera Manual | p. 135 |
More Batteries | p. 135 |
More Storage | p. 142 |
The Importance of a Tripod | p. 147 |
More Light | p. 156 |
Lenses | p. 164 |
Essential Filters | p. 171 |
Dealing with Dust | p. 179 |
Odds and Ends | p. 181 |
What's in Your Photo Studio? | p. 186 |
Digital Photography Techniques | |
Digital Photography Foundations | p. 199 |
Setting Up Your Digital Camera | p. 199 |
Exposure Modes | p. 223 |
Metadata | p. 237 |
Taking the Image | p. 240 |
How Digital Photography Differs from Film Photography | p. 257 |
Digital Photography Is Photography | p. 269 |
Seeing the Light | p. 271 |
Measuring the Light | p. 272 |
Exposure Compensation | p. 290 |
Evaluating Exposure: Using the Histogram | p. 296 |
White Balance | p. 307 |
Evaluating Image Quality on the LCD Screen | p. 314 |
The Digital Darkroom | |
Building a Digital Darkroom | p. 325 |
The Darkroom | p. 326 |
The Computer | p. 329 |
Backup | p. 341 |
Printers | p. 342 |
Essential Accessories | p. 349 |
Software | p. 352 |
Ready for Images | p. 360 |
Download, Edit, and Convert | p. 361 |
Download | p. 361 |
Edit | p. 373 |
Converting RAW Files | p. 391 |
On to Optimization | p. 399 |
Essential Image Enhancement | p. 401 |
Photoshop Preferences | p. 402 |
Color Settings | p. 413 |
Developing an Image-Editing Strategy | p. 429 |
Global Tonal Correction | p. 438 |
Basic Color Correction | p. 473 |
Basic Image Clean-Up | p. 493 |
Digital Darkroom Flexibility | p. 512 |
Digital Darkroom Expert Techniques | p. 513 |
Sharpening | p. 513 |
Improving the Light | p. 526 |
Converting Color to Black and White | p. 556 |
Toning and Tinting Techniques | p. 563 |
Merging Images | p. 569 |
Improving Image Structure | p. 584 |
Working with High-Bit Files | p. 589 |
Creating Better Images | p. 591 |
Output, Manage, and Present | |
From Capture to Monitor to Print | p. 595 |
The Importance of Color Management | p. 595 |
Understanding Limitations | p. 596 |
Profiles | p. 597 |
Digital Camera Profiling | p. 598 |
Monitor Profiling | p. 600 |
Printer Profiling | p. 605 |
Preparing to Print | p. 610 |
Printing via Photoshop | p. 618 |
Outside Printing | p. 626 |
The Perfect Print | p. 628 |
The Digital Portfolio | p. 629 |
Presenting Photos Online | p. 629 |
Protecting Photos Online | p. 638 |
Digital Slide Shows | p. 645 |
Print Packages | p. 648 |
The Benefits of Sharing | p. 654 |
Archive, Catalog, and Backup | p. 655 |
Master Images | p. 656 |
Digital Asset Management | p. 657 |
Protecting Your Images | p. 670 |
Backup | p. 673 |
Back to Photography | p. 678 |
Index | p. 679 |
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