Location Photography: Essential Skills, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

1. Fornt Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Acknowledgements
6. Picture Credits
7. Contents
8. Introduction
   1. Introduction to teachers
   2. Introduction to students
   3. Research and resources
   4. The work process
   5. Choice of equipment
9. Exposure
   1. Introduction
   2. Intensity and time
   3. Hand-held light meters
   4. Taking a hand-held meter reading
   5. TTL light meters
   6. Interpreting the meter reading
   7. Revision exercise
   8. Gallery
10. Sensitivity and Image Capture
    1. Introduction
    2. Choosing a capture medium
    3. Positive image capture
    4. Image characteristics
    5. Limitations
    6. Latitude
    7. Pushing and pulling film
    8. Cross processing
    9. Revision exercise
    10. Gallery
11. Framing the Subject
    1. Introduction
    2. Communication and context
    3. Format
    4. Content
    5. Balance
    6. Subject placement
    7. The decisive moment
    8. Vantage point
    9. Line
    10. Depth
    11. Summary of basic design techniques
    12. Gallery
12. Creative Camera Control
    1. Introduction
    2. Focus
    3. Duration of exposure
    4. A creative decision
    5. Perspective
    6. Summary of basic camera techniques
    7. Gallery
13. Light
    1. Introduction
    2. Ambient light
    3. Characteristics of light
    4. Film latitude
    5. Exposure compensation
    6. Creative techniques
    7. Revision exercise
    8. Gallery
14. Filters
    1. Introduction
    2. Filter categories
    3. Filter factors
    4. Revision exercise
    5. Gallery
15. Lighting on Location
    1. Introduction
    2. Fill
    3. Reflectors
    4. Flash
    5. Choice of flash
    6. Guide numbers
    7. Flash as the primary light source
    8. Diffusion and bounce
    9. Fill-flash
    10. Flash as a key light
    11. Slow-sync flash
    12. Revision exercise
    13. Gallery
16. The Zone System
    1. Introduction
    2. Zone placement
    3. Contrast control
    4. The zones
    5. Operating the system
    6. Calibration tests
    7. Perfecting the system
    8. Revision exercise
    9. Gallery
17. Landscape
    1. Introduction
    2. History
    3. Personal expression
    4. Expressive techniques
    5. Detail
    6. Night photography
    7. The constructed environment
    8. Assignments
    9. Gallery
18. Environmental Portraits
    1. Introduction
    2. Framing the subject
    3. Photographing strangers
    4. Character study
    5. Assignment
    6. Gallery
19. The Photographic Essay
    1. Introduction
    2. Content
    3. Constructing a story
    4. Working styles
    5. Editing
    6. Ethics and law
    7. Distribution and sale of photo-essays
    8. Assignments
    9. Gallery
20. Glossary