Book description
What’s the best way to determine exposure? How do you know
which settings to use for various lighting scenarios? Why does
exposure differ for digital photography versus film
photography?
In this ebook, photographer Andrew S. Gibson answers these
questions and more, showing how to use the histogram to obtain
optimum exposure in your images. Going beyond simply focusing on
how to achieve the “right” exposure for a given
situation, he examines how the question of exposure is as open to
creative interpretation as any other aspect of photography. By the
end of this guide, you’ll understand how to take a photo that
is correctly exposed using the tools provided by your DSLR
camera.
In this updated edition, he provides in-depth coverage of using
Manual mode, including how to use Live View with a filter to make
adjustments to composition and focus, and using manual lens
attachments to ensure proper metering for correct exposure. In
addition, he provides greatly expanded coverage of three key
scenarios: the subject brightness matches the dynamic range of the
sensor; the subject brightness is less than the dynamic range of
the sensor; and the subject brightness is greater than the dynamic
range of the sensor. This coverage includes details on how to use
diffusers, portable flash, reflectors–and much more.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table o Contents
- About the Author
- Exposure Basics
- What Is a Histogram?
- What Histograms Tell You
- Digital vs. Film
- JPEG vs. Raw
- Image Quality and Exposure
- The Exposure Triangle
- Automatic Exposure
- Manual Exposure
- The Three Exposure Scenarios
- Copyright Page
- Need More Fuel?
- Powerful Ideas.Inspired eBooks.
Product information
- Title: Exposure and Understanding the Histogram, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2014
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780134044859
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