Book description
This established, detailed beginner's guide is the perfect choice if you're looking to develop your knowledge and skills, and take your photography to the next level. This authoritative classic by leading photography writer and lecturer Michael Langford has been refreshed and revised by best-selling photography author Philip Andrews for today's photographers. Strongly focused on digital, but with key references to traditional photography where relevant, offer a full grounding in the topic. Langford's Starting Photography is an ideal technical introduction.All the core basics are included, from how to select and compose a good picture to how different cameras operate and how to decipher their controls. Different subjects are explored, with advice on how to tackle people, places, animals, landscapes and close-ups, and valuable guidance on presenting and assessing finished work.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- About the authors
- 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: Controlling Light
- Part 6: Photographic Workflow
- Part 7: Digital Processing and Printing
- Part 8: Experimental and Constructed Images
- Part 9: Presenting and Assessing Your Work
- Part 10: Troubleshooting
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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 Using a hand-held meter
- Appendix M Batteries
- Appendix N Health and safety in photography
- Appendix O Black and white film processing and printing
- Appendix P Chemically treating black and white prints
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Langford's Starting Photography, 6th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2014
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136093890
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