Nikon Advanced Handbook - June 2022

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Welcome to

Nikon

Advanced
Handbook

The Nikon Advanced Handbook is your 212-page guide to using your Nikon DSLR in

more exciting ways. Now that you've mastered the basics of photography, it’s time

to stretch yourself. Inside you'll find all you need to know to really feel inspired and
confident to take amazing photographs of a range of subjects.

Over the following pages you'll discover how to improve and expand your repertoire
of camera techniques — from taking slow shutter photos with ND filters to mastering
your camera's histogram. See how to use a range of camera settings, tools and
accessories, including a whole section dedicated to flash.

Follow our experts’ tips for shooting smooth seascapes, vivid action, interesting
macro images, making movies and more. We even guide you through setting up
your own portrait studio and taking professional-quality wedding photographs.

There are also free video guides, which you'll find on FileSilo.
We hope you enjoy reading this Nikon Advanced Handbook and it helps you to start
improving your Nikon DSLR setup and techniques today!

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Advanced
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Outdoor Camera Skills

Broaden your horizons 10
Say hito a bluer sky! 14
Control bright skies 16
Shoot sunsets successfully 18
Take it slow with seascapes 22
How to get your landscapes sharp 26
Better bird shots 30
Get multiple exposures 33
Shoot wide open 34
Shoot the Northern lights 36
Shoot movies 40
Create a time-lapse 44

Discover the drama of black andwhite 46

Automate your ISO 49

Use histograms for perfect exposures 50

Play with fire! 54
Shoot the breeze 56
Take things steady 58

Indoor Photo Projects

Spin your own Spirograph effect 62 22 SIS ay aes w gees

Backlight your macro 67

Shoot supersharp close-ups 68

Make a splash with high-speed flash 70

Go crazy with colour 75
Get started with fine-art nudes 76
Magnify your subject 80

Set the mode for U! 82
Fill faces with flash 86
What is Auto FP? 88
CTOis go! 89
Spotlight on snoots 90
Go slow with flash 92
Perfect the strobist look 94
Make bounce flash easy 96
Ring flowers with light 98
Shoot stunning studio portraits 100
Put speed into a shot 106
Freeze action with flash 108
The pop-up way to strobist drama lo
Arty lighting with gels 112
Close encounters of the natural kind 116
Take it real slow 128
Welcome to shooting stars 140
The actor's portfolio 150
Food glorious food 160
Weddings 172
Degrees of separation 186
Create a look 192
Really change viewpoint 198
Become acolourist 204
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Grab your Nikon gear, embrace the elements, and take your outdoor

photography to the next level with our step-by-step tutorials. In this section ~~ — >
we have included essential tips that will help improve your landscape shots. We'll =~ ‘
teach you how to master the art of stunning seacapes, capture a beautifully blue =» ="
sky as well as tips on how to photograph sunsets sucessfully.

Harness the power of your Nikon DSLR and discover how to use the histogram

in order to take the perfect exposure and automate your ISO to save yourself
time when out shooting. Learn what it takes to shoot movies, time-lapse
sequences, multiple exposures and so much more!
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Broaden your horizons

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Say hi to a bluer sky! 14
Control bright skies 16
Shoot sunsets successfully 18
Take it slow with seascapes 22
How to get your landscapes sharp 26
Better bird shots 30
Get multiple exposures 33
Shoot wide open 34
Shoot the Northern lights 36
Shoot movies 40
Create a time-lapse 44
Discover the drama of black and white 46
Automate your ISO 49
Use histograms for perfect exposure 50
Play with fire! 54
Shoot the breeze 56
Take things steady 58
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Outdoor camera skills

THE MISSION
Shoot and stitch
panoramic images

TIME NEEDED

2 hours

KIT NEEDED
Nikon DSLR
Tripod with a
three-way head
Photoshop Elements

Broaden
your horizons

You don't need much special kit to capture amazing panoramic images, as

we reveal in this look at shooting and sti

Panoramic images are a great

way to showcase spectacular,
sweeping landscapes. By shooting a
series of overlapping images and
combining them on your computer,
you can take in a much wider angle of
view. This technique also means you
don't need an expensive wide-angle
lens — the 18-55mm lens that comes
with most Nikon DSLRs is fine.

This ‘stitching’ technique is much

better than taking a wide-angle shot
and simply cropping it, because it

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produces a picture with a much higher
resolution. Stitching photos together
in this way might sound complicated,
but it’s not. All you need is a tripod (to
keep the camera level as you take your
sequence of shots) and the right
software. We've used Photoshop
Elements for this tutorial because it
has a Photomerge Panorama tool that
makes combining images really easy.
If you've ever tried lining up images
manually, you'll know there are all
sorts of issues with perspective and

tching a landscape shot

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distortion. Thankfully, Photomerge
resolves these problems for you,
producing seamless panoramas
automatically. You may need to crop
off a few untidy edges, but the
process needn't take more than a
few minutes.
Even though shooting panoramas
is straightforward, there are still a few
things you need to do to make sure
that you get the best results. Read on
to find out how to get your shots and
combine them in Elements.