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Book Synopsis
This book provides in-depth advice on everything from equipment and lenses, composition and close-ups, to up-to-date information on software filtration and the histogram. John Shaw explaines that successful photos come from having a vision, practicing and then acquiring the equipment needed to accomplish the intention.

Table of Contents
Preface
What Is There to Photograph?

01 / Gear
Which Camera?
Setting Up Your Camera
Tripods and Heads
Filters
Flash

02 / Getting Started
Working in Stops
Exposure Modes
Metering and Metering Patterns
Manual Exposure
Autoexposure and Exposure Compensation
Proper Exposure and Histograms
High ISO

03 / Lenses
What Lenses Do
Focal Lengths
Depth of Field
Focusing a Lens
Zoom Lenses or Fixed-Focal-Length Lenses
Teleconverters
Tilt/Shift (T/S) Lenses
Chromatic Aberration

04 / Composition
Learning to See Photo-Graphically
Lighting
Vertical or Horizontal?
Framing and Placement
Working a Subject

05 / Close-ups
Defining a Close-up
Working Distance and Background Coverage
Making Lenses Focus Closer
Macro Lenses
Close-up Flash

06 / The Photographer at Work
My Personal Field Gear
Changing My Camera Settings
Working in the Field
Working in the Digital Darkroom


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John Shaws Guide to Digital Nature Photography

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      Publisher Watson-Guptill Publications
      Published 17 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780770434984
      978-0770434984
      ISBN-10 0770434983
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      Art & Photography Photographic equipment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides in-depth advice on everything from equipment and lenses, composition and close-ups, to up-to-date information on software filtration and the histogram. John Shaw explaines that successful photos come from having a vision, practicing and then acquiring the equipment needed to accomplish the intention.

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      What Is There to Photograph?

      01 / Gear
      Which Camera?
      Setting Up Your Camera
      Tripods and Heads
      Filters
      Flash

      02 / Getting Started
      Working in Stops
      Exposure Modes
      Metering and Metering Patterns
      Manual Exposure
      Autoexposure and Exposure Compensation
      Proper Exposure and Histograms
      High ISO

      03 / Lenses
      What Lenses Do
      Focal Lengths
      Depth of Field
      Focusing a Lens
      Zoom Lenses or Fixed-Focal-Length Lenses
      Teleconverters
      Tilt/Shift (T/S) Lenses
      Chromatic Aberration

      04 / Composition
      Learning to See Photo-Graphically
      Lighting
      Vertical or Horizontal?
      Framing and Placement
      Working a Subject

      05 / Close-ups
      Defining a Close-up
      Working Distance and Background Coverage
      Making Lenses Focus Closer
      Macro Lenses
      Close-up Flash

      06 / The Photographer at Work
      My Personal Field Gear
      Changing My Camera Settings
      Working in the Field
      Working in the Digital Darkroom


      Index 218

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