Langford's Starting Photography, 6th Edition

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. Introduction
6. About the authors
7. Part 1: Picture Making
   1. Seeing and photographing
   2. Using the viewfinder – framing up
   3. Creating a point of emphasis
   4. Picking lighting conditions
   5. Pattern, texture and shape
   6. Using color
   7. Projects Developing a personal approach
8. Part 2: Camera, Sensors and Film
   1. Camera principles
   2. The camera
   3. Sensors
   4. Films
   5. Scanners
9. Part 3: Creative Use of Camera Controls
   1. Shutter speeds and movement
   2. Focus and aperture
   3. Choice of exposure
   4. Changing focal length
   5. Set for digital success
   6. Projects
10. Part 4: Tackling Different Photographic Subjects
    1. People
    2. Places
    3. Animal portraits
    4. Landscapes
    5. Creating black and white images
    6. Close-up subjects
    7. Action and sports photographs
    8. Going with the flow
    9. Projects Tackling self-set themes
11. Part 5: Controlling Light
    1. The basics of great lighting
    2. Lighting for people photographs
    3. Lighting objects
    4. Outside shooting
    5. Flash and its control
    6. Layout and lighting in the studio
    7. Projects
12. Part 6: Photographic Workflow
    1. Demystifying the photographic process
13. Part 7: Digital Processing and Printing
    1. Introducing the digital photography tools
    2. Transferring pictures from the camera to computer
    3. Processing the picture file
    4. First steps in enhancing
    5. Editing techniques
    6. Printing your digital files
14. Part 8: Experimental and Constructed Images
    1. Letting the image move
    2. Exploring reflections
    3. Using lens attachments
    4. Combining pictures
    5. Creative digital
    6. Print manipulation
    7. Projects
15. Part 9: Presenting and Assessing Your Work
    1. Finishing off
    2. Presenting pictures in sets
    3. Digital presentation
    4. Evaluating your results
16. Part 10: Troubleshooting
    1. Film users: assessing the results
    2. General shooting faults
    3. Digital users: checking images on the desktop
17. Appendices
    1. Appendix A Computer connection types
    2. Appendix B Camera memory cards
    3. Appendix C Digital camera sensor sizes and resolution (megapixels)
    4. Appendix D Suggested starting speeds/apertures for difficult night scenes
    5. Appendix E Scanner connections
    6. Appendix F What resolution should I pick?
    7. Appendix G ISO settings and their uses
    8. Appendix H Minimum shutter speeds to stop camera shake
    9. Appendix I Settings to control depth of field
    10. Appendix J Suggested starting speeds to freeze the action of different events
    11. Appendix K Flash guide numbers, apertures and distance
    12. Appendix L Using a hand-held meter
    13. Appendix M Batteries
    14. Appendix N Health and safety in photography
    15. Appendix O Black and white film processing and printing
    16. Appendix P Chemically treating black and white prints
18. Glossary
19. Index