Book description
If you are serious about learning photography this is the book needed to get started.This authoritative classic, written by a leading international photography writer and lecturer has been updated by successful photographer, lecturer and best-selling Photoshop Elements author, Philip Andrews.
Benefit from his skill, experience and knowledge quickly as you learn how to use photography creatively, from scratch. All the fundamental basics are covered: how to select and compose a good picture; how different cameras operate, whether film or digital; how to use the camera's controls - shutter speed, focus, zoom, flash etc; advice on how best to tackle different subjects - people, places, animals, landscapes, or close-ups, as well as invaluable scanner and printing techniques.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Picture Making
- Part 2: Camera, Sensors and Film
- Part 3: Creative Use of Camera Controls
- Part 4: Tackling Different Photographic Subjects
- Part 5: Troubleshooting
- Part 6: Using the Studio
- Part 7: Digital Processing and Printing
- Part 8: Black and White Film Processing and Printing
- Part 9: Experimental and Constructed Images
- Part 10: Presenting and Assessing Your Work
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Appendices
- Appendix A Computer connection types
- Appendix B Camera memory cards
- Appendix C Digital camera sensor sizes and resolution (megapixels)
- Appendix D Suggested starting speeds/apertures for difficult night scenes
- Appendix E Scanner connections
- Appendix F What resolution should I pick?
- Appendix G ISO settings and their uses
- Appendix H Minimum shutter speeds to stop camera shake
- Appendix I Settings to control depth of field
- Appendix J Suggested starting speeds to freeze the action of different events
- Appendix K Flash guide numbers, apertures and distance
- Appendix L Rollfilm and sheet film cameras
- Appendix M Using a hand-held meter
- Appendix N Batteries
- Appendix O Health and safety in photography
- Appendix P Chemically treating black and white prints
- Glossary
- Additional technical details on the pictures in this book
- Index
Product information
- Title: Langford's Starting Photography, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2005
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136093975
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