Digital Photography Step by Step

362 Pages·2016·153.07 MB·English

by  Tom Ang

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
STEP BY STEP
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TOMANG
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
STEP BY STEP
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For Nicky (the Faithful Retainer)
Senior Project Editor Nicky Munro
Project Art Editor Sarah-Anne Arnold
Project Editor Hannah Bowen
Editor Hugo Wilkinson S 008 Introduction
Designer Joanne Clark
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Jacket Designer Dhirendra Singh
Senior Jacket Designer Mark Cavanagh
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Senior DTP Designer Harish Aggarwal QUICK-START
Jacket Editor Claire Gell
IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Managing Jackets Editor Saloni Singh
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Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT
014 Your first photos
Production Editor Joanna Byrne
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Production Controller Danielle Smith 016 Ten pillars of photography
Managing Editor Stephanie Farrow N 020 Preparing your camera
Managing Art Editor Lee Griffiths 022 Camera basics
Publisher Jonathan Metcalf
Art Director Phil Ormerod O 024 Scene modes
026 Viewing and sharing
First published in Great Britain in 2011
by Dorling Kindersley Limited C
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL
A Penguin Random House Company
COMMANDING
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001–285366–October/2016 PHOTO-TECHNIQUE
Copyright © 2011, 2016 Dorling Kindersley Limited
Text copyright © 2011, 2016 Tom Ang, except chapters 030 Elements of composition
7 and 8, copyright © 2011, 2016 Dorling Kindersley Limited
034 Image analysis: Working
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
with lines
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or 036 Perspective and viewpoints
otherwise, without prior permission of the copyright owner.
038 Q uick fix: Framing issues
The software used to enhance or manipulate the images in this book
include Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop, plus various plug-ins,
040 Composing with colour
but the techniques described are generic. If you have one of the
widely available image manipulation applications, you should be able
to carry out the majority, and probably all, of the operations described.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available
from the British Library.
ISBN 978-0-2412-2679-7
Printed and bound in China.
Discover more at
www.dk.com
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044 Image analysis: 078 Using aperture Mastering
Order from chaos
080 Image analysis: photo-subjects
046 Visual toolkit: The beauty of blur
Composition solutions 116 Portraiture
082 Plane of focus
048 Zoom lenses 120 V isual toolkit:
084 Visual toolkit:
Informal posing
050 Optimizing image quality Focal length
122 Child photography
052 Focusing on essentials 086 Lighting fundamentals
124 Image analysis:
054 Close-ups 088 Image analysis:
In conversation
Lighting the way
056 Image analysis: Macro world
126 Art photography
090 Visual toolkit:
058 Quick fix: Capture problems
Partnership with light 128 V isual toolkit:
060 Exposure metering Arts of the visual
092 Portable flash
062 Excessive dynamic range 130 Image analysis:
096 Studio lighting set-ups
Suburban moonrise
064 Image analysis:
098 Lighting small objects
Hyper-dynamic range 132 Quick fix: Creative block
100 Image analysis:
066 Quick fix: Incorrect 134 Plantlife and gardens
On location
exposure
136 Animal photography
102 ISO and noise
068 High and low key
138 Image analysis:
104 Colour settings
070 Exposure time and Cloudy waters
motion blur 106 Image size and format
140 Live events
072 Working in low light 108 Quick fix:
142 Image analysis:
Optical techniques
074 Image analysis: The Transfigured night
lady with the lamp 110 Expansive panoramas
144 Documentary photography
076 Stability during capture 112 Effects filters
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148 Image analysis: 184 Working in RAW 214 Controlling shadows
Café culture and highlights
186 Processing RAW files
150 Travel photography 216 Tone-mapping brilliance
188 Asset management
154 Image analysis: Crowded 218 Correcting white balance
clichés
220 Colour refinements
156 Quick fix: Ethical questions
222 Enhancing tone and colour
Enhancing
158 Architectural photography
images 224 I mage analysis: Entrancing
160 Interior worlds colour
162 Landscape photography 192 Processing pipeline 226 Saturation and vibrance
166 Image analysis: 194 Removing dust 228 Quick fix: Digital
Chasing rainbows corrections
196 Quick fix: Cleaning
and clearing 230 Sharpness and blur
198 Working with noise 232 Adaptive sharpening
optimizing 200 Trimming and resizing
workflow 202 Refining shapes
204 Correcting Levels manipulating
170 Workflow strategies
206 Adjusting tone images
172 Quick fix: File problems
208 Visual toolkit: Levels
174 File formats 236 Cloning techniques
and Curves effects
176 Imaging strategies 238 Selection methods
210 Burn and Dodge
178 Colour management 240 Protective masks
212 Image analysis:
180 Picture selection Writing with light 242 Quick fix: Selecting pixels
182 Pictures for a purpose 244 Removing image content
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246 Quick fix: Retouching faces Sharing images EquipmEnt
248 Working with layers and rESourcES
282 Showing your images
250 Visual toolkit: Layer
blend modes 286 Preserving your rights 322 Selecting a digital camera
252 Cut out and composite 288 Print set-up 326 Choosing the right lens
254 Converting to black 290 Presenting your prints 328 Accessories
and white 292 Online printing 330 Flash and accessories
256 Working in duotone 294 Earning with photos 332 Computer hardware
258 I mage analysis: 336 Photographic software
Evocative tones
338 Looking after equipment
260 Emulsion-based effects
making movies 340 Internet resources
262 Visual toolkit: Recreating
344 Further reading
darkroom effects 298 The film-making revolution
264 Changing colours 300 Building your kit
266 Image analysis: 302 Adjusting to shooting video
Embellishing reality 346 Glossary
304 Lighting for video
268 Cropping for effect 354 Index
305 Recording sound
270 Ageing an image 360 Acknowledgments
306 Camera techniques
272 Text in images
308 Downloading and importing
274 Art effects
310 Video editing
276 Visual toolkit:
312 Working with sound
Digital filters
314 Making your first film
278 Redirecting the image
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