Better Available Light Digital Photography, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Table of Contents
6. Introduction
   1. The "gasp factor"
   2. This one's for you
   3. It's all about the photographs
   4. What's new
7. Chapter 1 What is available light?
   1. The golden hour
   2. Zap!
   3. Weather tips from Barry
   4. Light is light
   5. What is exif and what is it good for?
   6. Artificial light
   7. Painting with light
   8. Artificial natural light
   9. The philadelphia story
   10. Out of the past: film noir
   11. Moulin rouge!
   12. Flash in the pan
8. Chapter 2 Basic exposure
   1. The age of aquarius
   2. Light and color
   3. Meet the histogram
   4. The perfect exposure
   5. Really available light
   6. Creating high dynamic range images
   7. HDR in Photoshop
   8. Other HDR software
   9. HDR files from scanned film
   10. What does it all mean?
9. Chapter 3 Digital noise: What it is and how to deal with it
   1. Noise comes from many sources
   2. Chip size vs. Noise
   3. Shutter speed vs. ISO speed
   4. Do a noise test
   5. Built-in noise suppression
   6. Noise-reduction software
   7. Got noise?
   8. Picture code
   9. Keepin' it neat
   10. Visual infinity
   11. Applied science fiction
   12. The imaging factory
   13. Stoic STOIK
   14. Noise in motion
   15. Taking action against noise
   16. Noise in print
   17. Our take on noise
10. Chapter 4 White balance techniques
    1. Light is light?
    2. Real-world color balance
    3. AWB: color-temperature range of approximately 4000-8000 k
    4. Daylight: approximately 5200 K
    5. Shade: approximately 8000 K
    6. Cloudy: approximately 6000 K
    7. Fluorescent light
    8. Tungsten light: approximately 3200 K
    9. Flash: approximately 5400 K
    10. Manual
    11. Facing lighting challenges indoors
    12. On location
    13. Black and white?
    14. In-camera monochrome color effects
    15. No more film storage
11. Chapter 5 Fast lenses
    1. Zoom vs. prime lenses
    2. Case study: canon's 85 mm f/1.2 L lens
    3. One more time, boys
    4. Image-stabilization lenses
    5. Case study: fun in acapulco
    6. In-body stabilization
    7. Does it matter?
    8. What about depth of field?
12. Chapter 6 Tripods and other camera supports
    1. Standing on three legs
    2. It's made of what?
    3. Carbon-fiber choices
    4. Legs and feet
    5. Heads and columns
    6. The tripod bottom line
    7. Monopods
    8. Panorama heads
    9. Alternate supports
13. Chapter 7 Available light photography at weddings
    1. The new wedding photography
    2. New technology = new opportunities
    3. Wedding-day coverage
    4. Off to the reception
14. Chapter 8 RAW-image-file capture
    1. Paper or plastic?
    2. What's behind door no. 1
    3. Making the decision
    4. Pros and cons
       1. JPEG advantages
       2. JPEG disadvantages
       3. RAW advantages
       4. RA W disadvantages
    5. Digital film?
    6. Raw software
    7. Adobe camera raw
    8. Workflow: pictures, you've got pictures
    9. Sort 'em out
    10. Did somebody say distribution?
    11. Embed copyright with your files
15. Glossary
16. Index