500 Digital Photography Hints, Tips, and Techniques: The Easy, All-in-One Guide to those Inside Secrets for Better Digital Photography

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Pub. Date: 2004-09-04
Publisher(s): Quayside Pub Group
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Summary

Digital cameras have joined forces with computers to revolutionize photography almost overnight. Anyone with an interest in digital photography, from the most naive beginner to the experienced professional photographer, can learn from this handy book. It starts right at the beginning-how the digital camera works-and goes right through to using your digital images to make your own Web site. Every one of the 500 tips is clear and easy to follow, giving you the essential experience of a professional photographer whose enthusiasm for this new technology is catching. With its wealth of illustrations-all fully annotated to make clear sense-the book provides the help you need to get started and will act as a guide to all the sophisticated techniques you will soon be mastering. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Author's preface 6(1)
Introduction 7(5)
Why digital? 12(1)
The digital studio 13(3)
Image Capture
Equipment
16(18)
Compact digital cameras
16(4)
Digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras
20(3)
Interchangeable lenses
23(3)
Useful gadgets and accessories
26(3)
Carrying your equipment
29(2)
Camera supports
31(1)
Flash units
32(2)
Technique
34(18)
Using light
34(3)
Composing the picture
37(4)
Handling the digital camera
41(2)
Which file type?
43(1)
Using filters
43(3)
Spot-on exposures
46(4)
Focus
50(2)
How to photograph
52(20)
Landscapes
52(3)
Animals and wildlife
55(4)
Close-up and macro
59(3)
People and portraits
62(3)
At night and in low light
65(3)
Sport
68(2)
Vacations and travel
70(2)
Image Editing
The digital darkroom
72(6)
Buying a computer
72(2)
Computer monitors
74(1)
Useful peripherals
75(2)
Scanners
77(1)
Image processing techniques
78(12)
Getting started
79(2)
Using Levels
81(3)
Using Curves
84(5)
Saving digital images
89(1)
Advanced image processing
90(14)
Select options
91(6)
Sharpening options
97(7)
Adding artistry
104(6)
Artistic interpretations
104(2)
Lighting effects
106(4)
Output
Making the most of your work
110(10)
Choosing a printer
110(3)
Print media (printing paper)
113(1)
Things to do with your pictures
114(1)
The World Wide Web (WWW)
114(1)
Uploading images to an on-line gallery
114(6)
Camera care 120(1)
Digital resources 121(2)
Technical terms 123(3)
Index 126(2)
Acknowledgements 128

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