Book description
You may be passionate about photography, and own a digital SLR with perhaps more advanced equipment as well. But do the photographs you take with this powerful equipment come out as well as you'd like? With this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, you learn how to apply the techniques and principles of classic photography so you can make great images with today's digital equipment. Harold Davis, author and renowned fine art photographer, puts the focus in Practical Artistry on light and exposure, two crucial concepts you need to understand and master if you are to truly capture the images you see. Davis presents a generous number of his own images in each chapter, complete with technical information and an explanation of what he was trying to achieve. These striking photographs not only illustrate the lesson at hand, but also serve as inspiration for your own efforts. Browsing the photographs alone will tell you a lot. Topics covered in this book include:
Camera, lenses, and equipment
Understanding exposure and measuring light
Relationship of aperture to shutter speed and ISO
Working with depth of field
Natural lighting, studio lighting, and the use of flash
Light and color temperature
Working with white balance
Photographing at dawn or dusk
Photography at night
Capturing motion
Telling a story with your image
Capturing people, places, and things
Setting up a digital workflow
RAW processing and double RAW processing
Adjusting exposure and reducing noise
Black & white photography
And much more
Concise and to the point, Practical Artistry clearly demonstrates that photography, essentially, is writing with light, and that the type of images you produce depend on the many choices you have for using that skill. Harold Davis gives you an array of choices in full living color.
Table of contents
- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Understanding Exposure
- What Is an Exposure? (1/2)
- What Is an Exposure? (2/2)
- The Exposure Equation (1/2)
- The Exposure Equation (2/2)
- Working with Exposure Modes (1/2)
- Working with Exposure Modes (2/2)
- Measuring Light (1/2)
- Measuring Light (2/2)
- Intentional Over and Underexposure (1/2)
- Intentional Over and Underexposure (2/2)
- Chapter 2: Working With Aperture
- Chapter 3: Selecting Shutter Speed
- Chapter 4: ISO And Noise
- Chapter 5: Using Light
- Chapter 6: Digital Darkroom
- Index
Product information
- Title: Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2008
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596529888
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