Collins Complete Photography Course

Take better photograp in 10 easy lessons

John Garrett, Graeme Harris

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Състояние:: Много добро
Забележка:: Почти отлично, неизползвана книга.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр.

За изданието

Издателство:: Collins
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 2008 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 192
Корици:: Твърди
Категория:: Хоби
Тегло (гр.):: 686
Ширина (мм):: 185
Височина (мм):: 225
Дебелина (мм):: 20
ISBN:: 9780007279920

A practical, affordable and accessible home photography tutor. This inspiring project-based course book covers everything from basic composition to the latest digital darkroom techniques. Learn at your own pace as this practical, comprehensive course helps you develop your key photographic techniques. Contents include: step-by-step projects on exposure, aperture, lenses, light, filters, colour, black and white and image enhancement; plus professional secrets and stunning shots from around the world. The fully interactive and project-based approach of Collins Complete Photography Course will help you to raise both your camera confidence and your level of photography. * No jargon, no waffle, just everything you need to know to take great photographs. From improving your holiday photographs to experimenting with the latest digital darkroom techniques, this practical course caters for all levels of skill and experience. Easy-to-follow illustrated projects encourage and inspire you to greater camera confidence. Professional tips help make an instant difference to your photography whether you use a top-of-the-range SLR or a tiny camera phone. Exposure • Aperture • Shutter • Lenses • Composition • Light • Colour • Filters • Black & White • Image Enhancement ** Contents Introduction 8 The story of photography 10 You and your camera 12 Camera types 14 • Getting to grips with your DSLR camera 16 • Image quality 22 • Lenses 28 • Exposure 30 • Flash 33 • White balance 34 • Essentials 36 • Review 39 Exposure 40 Capturing the light 42 • Choosing the exposure 44 • Project 1: Bracketing 45 • Project 2: High-key photography 46 • Project 3: Low-key photography 48 • Project 4: Sunrise and sunset 49 • Project 5: Silhouettes 50 • Project 6: Multiple exposures 51 • Review 52 Aperture 54 Using aperture creatively 56 • Depth of field 58 • Project 1: Shooting with a wide-open aperture 60 • Project 2: Using selective focus 61 • Project 3: Stopping down 62 • Review 64 Shutter 66 Exploring shutter speeds 68 • Shutter speeds and movement 70 • The peak action 71 • Project 1: Fast shutter speed 72 • Project 2: Slow shutter speed 73 • Project 3: Panning 74 • Project 4: Movement camera 75 • Project 5: Camera movement 76 • Project 6: Time exposure 77 • Review 78 Lenses 80 The creative lens 82 • The angle of view 84 • Control of perspective 85 • Project 1: Wide-angle lenses 86 • Project 2: Telephoto lenses 88 • Project 3: Perspective in portraiture 89 • Project 4: Zoom movement 90 • Project 5: Close-up photography 91 • Review 92 Composition 94 The leap from a snapshot to a photograph 96 • Project 1: Horizontal or vertical format 98 • Project 2: Filling the frame 100 • Project 3: Changing viewpoint 101 • Project 4: Perspective 102 • Project 5: Focal points 104 • Project 6: The rule of thirds 105 • Review 106 Light 108 The magic ingredient 110» Time of day 112» Weather 113* Single light source 114» Window light 115» Making the most of flash 116» Project 1: Flash in daylight 118» Project 2: Night photography 119» Project 3: Candlelight 120 • Project 4: Photographing on a lightbox 121 • Review 122 Colour 124 Exploring colour 1 26 • Emotional colour 1 28 • Project 1: Saturated colour 130 • Project 2: Unsaturated colour 132 • Project 3: Colour relationships 133 • Review 134 Filters 136 Transforming the image 138 • Your filter kit 140 • Project 1: The polarizing filter 141 • Project 2: Graduated filters 142 • Project 3: Diffusing filters 143 • Project 4: Filters on lights 144 • Project 5: Colour correction and enhancement 145 • Review 146 Black and white 148 The power of black and white 150» Filters 152» Colour to black and white 153» Print quality 154» Final prints 156» Toning 157* Project 1: Red and orange filters 1 58 • Project 2: Available light 1 59 • Project 3: Shooting tonal abstracts 160 • Project 4: Sun prints and photograms 161 • Review 162 Image enhancement 164 The digital revolution 166 • Project 1: Cropping 168» Project 2: Colour correction 169 • Project 3: Removing unwanted details 1 70 • Project 4: Toning 171» Project 5: Hue/Saturation 1 72 • Project 6: Adding colour 173» Project 7: Solarization 174» Project 8: Posterization 175 • Review 176 Image management 178 Organizing and displaying your images 180 Further reading 186 Glossary 187 Index 190 Biographies and acknowledgements 192

Ключови думи: книги на английски език, фотография, цифрова фотография