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Stoppees' Guide to Photography and Light

Name: Stoppees' Guide to Photography and Light
Author: Brian Janet Stoppee
ISBN: 9781136100536

by Brian Janet Stoppee

September 2012

Intermediate to advanced

504 pages

15h 23m

English

Focal Press

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1. The Color of Light
A Colorful Day of Sunlight The Temperature of Light The Year in Light Light’s Direction What Your Eye Sees How Your Brain Compensates Color’s Palette Neutral Density Gray Minimum Density: Super White Maximum Density: Blackest Black Angles of Incidence and Reflection What’s Seen… What’s Hidden Reflections Surfaces and Textures Everywhere Plenty of Highlights Plenty of Shadows Create a Highlight; Control a Shadow Brightness Tone Hue Contrast Vibrant, Saturated, and Muted Colors High-Key Low-Key Weather’s Light
2. Digital Exposure and Optics
The Exposure Trinity Time, Sensitivity, and Volume The Time Factor Camera Movement, Shake, Image Stabilization Be a Tripod Freezing Action and Beautiful Blurs Extended Exposure Instead of Film Personality… …It’s All About the Sensor Sensitivity: The ISO Equivalent ISO in Action: Choose the Proper Speed Avoid Noise; Enjoy Grain Volume of Light The Numbers on the Lens What Lenses Do to Light The Letters on the Lens EV: Exposure Value Autoexposure Settings Camera Metering Methods Exposure Locks Exposure Compensation Bracketing Exposure Manual Through-the-Lens Metering Depth of Field Expressions Hyperfocal Distance = Maximizing Depth Visual Economy Equivalent Focal Length Fisheye to Ultra-Wide Views The Wide-Angle Perspective What’s Optically Normal? The “Fast” Lens The “Portrait” Lens Telephoto Compression The Ultra-Telephoto Eye Macro Vantage Bending Light, Bending Objects Balancing Light to White The Color Moods of White Balancing Bracketing Color Mired Shift Visualize Angles of View Light and Perspective Wide and Narrow Luminance Ranges Diffraction and Image Crispness Viewfinder Screens and Your Eye Area Modes Focus Modes and the Power of Manual
3. Measuring Light and Color
Light Meter Skills Incident Readings Light Source Size and Distance The Inverse Square Law The Gray Card The Flash Meter Spot/Reflective Readings Volume/Time Priority Metering and EV Light Ratios for Multiple Light Sources Color Metering
4. Light, Color, and Use
The End Use Determines Everything Color Models Color Gamuts and Working Spaces Color Depth File Format and the End Result Understand Image Size Upsampling and Downsampling

5. Preproduction Smarts
Paper Planning and Tear Sheets Scouting and Electronic Planning Manage Memory on Location Data Storage and Backups Synchronize Color See All the Color Calibrate a Monitor Control Print Color On Location with Cameras On Location with Computers On Location with Lighting Location Responsibilities
6. Raw Files and Scanned Films
Bridge: The Metadata The Raw File Advantage The Adobe Camera Raw Environment Histograms in Camera Histograms in Camera Raw White Balancing Temperature and Tint Tonality Recovery, Fill Light, and Blacks Clarity Vibrance and Saturation The Tone Curve Sharpening and Noise Reduction Converting Color to Grayscale Hue, Saturation, and Luminance Split Toning: Highlights and Shadows Lens Correction and Camera Calibration Film to Digital: Pro Scanning Scanning Tools
7. Ambient Light
Early Morning Midday = Diffusion Gender-Specific Light Late Afternoon Silhouettes and Sunsets Candles and Firelight After Dark: Mixing Color Temperatures
8. Man-Made Modifiers
Nature Modifies Light Reflect Light Diffusers Reflection and Diffusion Tools Flagging Light and Subtractive Reflectors The Framework of Scrims Fabrics, Road Rags, and Lighting Control Kit Tents Dots and Fingers Barn Doors and Snoots Grids and Spots What Umbrellas Do Multiple Umbrellas for Soft Light The New Umbrellas Light Bank Technology Speed Rings Light Bank Primer - Triolet The Big Bank When Smaller’s Better OctaPlus Banks Lanterns, Pancakes, and Skirts? Filter Basics Lighting Designer Color Tricks Diffusion Materials Reflection Materials Polarizers Color Correctors Blue and Green Screens
9. Creative Support and Safety
Stand Requirements C Stands vs. Inclines Crate and Riser Systems Arm and Boom Solutions Weights and Bags Headers and Drop Downs Magic Fingers Grip Heads Mafers and Mathellinis Flexible Arms and Knuckle Heads MiniGrips Clamps, Pigeons, Ties, etc. The Right Tripod Weight and Location Tilting Column Wisdom The Quick Release Ball Head Off-Center Ball Head Control
10. Daylight Fluorescent
Bright Lights, Low Wattage The Funny-Shaped Lamps The Total System Soft Box Simplicity Create Reflections: A Quick Starter Create Moonlight
11. HMI
Why HMI? Controlling the Ballast The PAR That Hollywood Look The Optical Spot/Flood Detailing a Tabletop Shot The Projector and Gobos Projector Attachment and Mist Effects
12. Wireless Battery Flash
What the Camera Does The Sophisticated Flash Bouncing and Fast Fill Flash Off-Camera Flash Control the Wireless Flash Studio The Macro Flash Tool Kit Revealing the Macro World On the Tabletop
13. Digital Studio Flash
The System What’s a Watt-Second? Light Output in Digital Increments Sync Cables and Going Wireless Recycling Time vs. Power Output Manage Flash Duration Contrast Ratios Quartz Modeling Lamp The Flexible Bare Tube reflector Options The Slave Eye Copying Flat Art Monolight Simplicity One Light Source Panel Frames for Floods of Light Create Sunlight Glamour Lighting Multiple Umbrellas Multiple Light Banks Assisting Natural Light Slaving Background Rooms Location Safety Mixed Lighting effects Bouncing the Big Space Create Window effects with Cookies
14. Essential Tablet Tools
The Tablet that Fits Your Needs Tablet Tools The Finger Wheel ExpressKeys and Touch Strips Make It Feel Right Program the ExpressKeys Adjust a Cintiq
15. Light of Painter
Understand Traditional Media Chalk and Pastel Acrylic Oil Pastel Watercolor Photo Auto-Painting
16. Light and Exhibits
Printer Drivers and Media ICC Profiles Control Ink; Interpret Your Vision Manage Ink The Black and White Gamut Matte and Gloss Velvet and Canvas Light and Print Longevity
Appendix and Product Index
Index
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