Night Photography and Light Painting, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Dedication
6. Table of Contents
7. Foreword: Tim Baskerville
8. Acknowledgments
9. Introduction
10. PART I GETTING STARTED
    1. Chapter 1 The history of light painting: From flash powder to flashlights
    2. Chapter 2 Night photography equipment
       1. Camera choice
       2. Lenses
       3. Tripods
       4. Cable or remote releases
       5. Lens shades and flare blocking devices
       6. Other equipment basics
       7. Dressing for night photography
    3. Chapter 3 The basics of night photography
       1. The night photography mind-shift
       2. Being prepared
       3. Many variables
       4. Composition and subject matter
       5. Composing and focusing
       6. Using a constant aperture
       7. Hyperfocal focusing
       8. Contrast and dynamic range
       9. Light sources and color temperature
       10. Weather
       11. Flare
11. PART II TYPES OF NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
    1. Chapter 4 Key camera settings and exposure for optimal image quality
       1. Optimal exposure
       2. Expose to the right
       3. The camera sensor
       4. Histograms
       5. The flashing highlight indicator and zebra patterning
       6. Dynamic range
       7. Set image quality to RAW
       8. Native ISO settings
       9. White balance
       10. Minimizing noise at the source
       11. Long-exposure noise reduction (LENR)
       12. High-ISO noise reduction
       13. Highlight tone priority/auto lighting optimizer/D-lighting picture styles
       14. Other camera settings
       15. Summary
    2. Chapter 5 Astro-landscape photography
       1. Planning and preparation
       2. Astro-landscape photography techniques
       3. Cameras for astro-landscape photography
       4. Lenses for astro-landscape photography
       5. Photographing celestial phenomena
       6. Rick Whitacre: Photographing meteors
       7. Michael Frye: Photographing lunar eclipses
       8. Astro-landscape photography checklist
    3. Chapter 6 Long exposures in natural light—moonlight and star trails
       1. The changing nature of moonlight
       2. Determining exposure
       3. Photographing the full moon
       4. Photographing by the light of the moon
       5. High-ISO exposure testing
       6. Moonlight and light pollution
       7. Star trails versus star points
       8. Stacking images for longer star trails
    4. Chapter 7 Postprocessing for night photography
       1. Why Lightroom?
       2. The Develop module tools: Basic
       3. The Develop module tools: HSL / Color / B&W
       4. The Develop module tools: Detail
       5. Sharpening
       6. Noise reduction
       7. Lens corrections
       8. High-contrast ambient artificial light image
       9. Artificial light image with strong mixed lighting and perspective distortion
       10. Astro-landscape photograph of Steve’s Rock, Olmsted Point, Yosemite
       11. Astro-landscape panoramic photograph of Owen’s Dry Lake
    5. Chapter 8 Painting with light—lighting the subject
       1. What is light painting?
       2. Light painting and exposure
       3. High-ISO testing and light painting
       4. Determining how much light to add
       5. Color
    6. Chapter 9 Drawing with light—subject is light
       1. Darren Pearson—DariusTwin.com
       2. Dennis Calvert—denniscalvert.net
       3. Hannu Huhtamo—HannuHuhtamo.com
       4. Ian Hobson—lightpainting.org.uk
       5. Janne Parviainen—jannepaint.com
       6. Jason Page
       7. Julien Breton—Kaalam.com and David Gallard—DavidGallard.com
       8. Stu Jenks
       9. Vincent Delesvaux—www.diliz-light.com
12. Contributors and Resources
13. Index