Chapter 2
Taking Pictures
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding and working with lighting
Working with different kinds and phases of photography
Buying camera equipment
Working with lighting patterns
Using color profile equipment, reflectors, and on- and off-camera flash
This book is about Photoshop Elements, not photography, but a little knowledge about taking better pictures will go a long way toward easing your workload in Elements. Ideally, you should be able to make slight adjustments for contrast, brightness, color, white balance, highlights, shadows, and so on, instead of having to resurrect a photo taken in poor lighting conditions. In other words, get the best picture you can with your camera and leave very little editing for Photoshop Elements.
If you take care in shooting and preparing the lighting for your pictures, the amount of time you spend in Elements can be greatly reduced — and you end up with much better pictures! This chapter shows you how to work with lighting.
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