Digital Photographer’s Handbook

410 Pages·2016·92.82 MB·English

by  Tom Ang

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TOMANG
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For Wendy
Senior Editor Nicky Munro
Designer Joanne Clark
Jacket Designer Mark Cavanagh
Production Editor Ben Marcus
Production Controller Mandy Inness
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Managing Editor Stephanie Farrow
Senior Managing Art Editor Lee Griffiths
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1CORE 2 PHOtOgRAPHY
skills projects
12 Handling cameras 92 Starting projects
14 Your first pictures 94 Abstract imagery
16 Picture composition 97 Architecture
24 Focusing and depth of field 100 Interiors
28 Image orientation 104 Documentary photography
30 Image proportions 108 Street photography
32 Composition and zooms 110 Holidays and travel
34 Movement blur 118 Weddings
38 Close-ups 120 Children
40 Extreme lenses 124 Landscapes
42 Quick fix Optical problems 132 Cityscapes
46 Influencing perspective 136 Reflections
48 Changing viewpoints 138 Low-light photography
52 Quick fix Leaning buildings 140 Animals
53 Quick fix Facial distortion 144 Plants and gardens
54 Colour composition 150 Panoramas
58 Adjacent colours 154 Live events
60 Colour contrasts 158 Portraits
64 Quick fix White balance 164 Camera phone photography
66 Exposure control 166 Record-keeping
68 Silhouettes/backlighting
70 High-key images
72 Low-key images
76 Advanced metering
80 Accessory flash
82 Quick fix Electronic flash
84 Electronic flash
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3 image
development
170 Scanning basics 224 Colour to black and white
172 Workflow essentials 232 Vintage effects
174 Downloading 234 Working with RaW
176 File formats 238 Duotones
178 image management 240 Tritones and quadtones
180 Capture defects 241 Sepia tones
182 Colour management 242 Sabattier effect
184 Cropping and rotation 243 gum dichromates
186 Quick fix Poor subject 244 Split toning
detail 248 Hand tinting
187 Quick fix Poor subject 250 Cross-processing
colour 252 Tints from colour originals
188 Levels 256 Quick fix Bright landscapes
190 Burning-in and dodging 258 Filter effects
194 Dust and noise 264 multiplying filter effects
196 Sharpening 266 High dynamic range
200 Blurring 270 Selecting pixels
204 Quick fix image distractions 274 masks
206 image size and distortion 276 Quick fix Removing
208 Quick fix Converging backgrounds
parallels 278 Layer blend modes
209 Quick fix image framing 286 Text effects
210 White balance 288 Cloning techniques
212 Colour adjustments 294 Simple composite
214 Saturation and vibrance 296 Photomosaics
216 manipulation defects 298 image stitching
218 Curves
222 Bit-depth and colour
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4 showing and 6 going
sharing further
302 Proofing and printing 366 Learning more
306 output to paper 370 Portfolio technique
310 Art printing 372 Building up your business
314 online printing 374 Mounting an exhibition
318 Presenting prints 376 Copyright concerns
320 sharing images 378 shopping for equipment
324 Photos on the internet
326 selling your pictures
380 glossary
392 web resources
395 Manufacturers
5 Buying
396 software resources
guide
398 Further reading
400 index
330 The ideal camera 408 Acknowledgments
334 Camera phones
336 Compacts
338 Mirrorless compacts
340 sLRs
342 Choosing lenses
346 Photographic accessories
350 Digital accessories
352 Electronic lighting
354 Lighting accessories
356 Computers
358 Computer accessories
360 Choosing software
362 Printers and other devices
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INTRODUCTION
This is the sixth edition of the Digital Photographer’s Handbook, celebrating fourteen
years in print. In that time, while few of the fundamentals of image-making have
changed, digital technologies have transformed much of photography almost beyond
recognition. The steady rise of photographers’ skills as access to photography has spread
to literally billions of people all over the world is itself a remarkable social and artistic
phenomenon. One result is the bewildering explosion in the number of photographs
being made: the total has passed a trillion images per year, and by the next edition we
should not be surprised to learn that the 2-trillion mark has been reached.
While the steady improvement in photographic abilities is attributable in part to
technology’s ingeniously adept mediation, it is evident that skills and understanding
of photography have genuinely grown and continue to blossom. Nonetheless, the
hunger for photographic knowledge has also exploded, which drives the continuing
demand for – and appeal of – this book.
We have responded to the latest developments with numerous updates to the
Digital Photographer’s Handbook. We have taken account, for example, of the rise
of the interchangeable lens compact and the diversification of image manipulation
and management. In the process, our sections on film and scanning have finally had
to be removed. In their place, we have introduced several spreads on which we
examine images to understand the theory behind their impact.
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