September 2009
Beginner to intermediate
348 pages
8h 53m
English
Content preview from Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies®, 3rd Edition
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Chapter 15. Ten Things You Never Thought of Doing with Your Digital SLR
In This Chapter
Exploring the secret world of infrared photography
Playing with light
Using time to your (photographic) advantage
Making do-it-yourself effects
Saturating your colors
Going nuts with image editors
Anybody can take a digital SLR, point it at something interesting, and come back with a good photo. It takes a genu-wine second-degree black belt photo master to turn the mundane into something special. One way to add excitement to your humdrum photos is to apply some techniques that you probably never even thought of. This chapter provides a quick introduction to ten cool techniques.
Capturing the Unseen with Infrared Photography
If you're looking for a new type of photography to play with, infrared imaging with digital cameras can easily become your new playground. By ignoring visible light and capturing subjects solely by the infrared light they reflect, you can picture the unseen — in more ways than one. That's because, thanks to the magic of the digital SLR, you likely have to shoot blind. The same techniques that shield your sensor from visible light also keep you from seeing anything through the viewfinder. Fortunately, workarounds exist.
Infrared photography lets you render foliage in eerie shades of white and the sky in an unearthly black color. Human skin takes on a soft, fuzzy glow. You'll either love ...
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