A guide to the world of digital photography, written in clear, jargon-free language. Through workshops and stage-by-stage screen shots of manipulated images, aspiring digital photographers should be able to learn all they need to know to make the most of camera and computer technology.
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220 colour photographs, glossary, index
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Höhe: 288 mm
Breite: 237 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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978-1-84000-178-5 (9781840001785)
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Tom Ang has worked as a technical editor, editor, and picture editor on several magazines. His own photography both digital and film has been internationally exhibited. He is a regular contributor to magazines such as MacUser, What Digital Camera and Ag Photographic. Tom won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for his photography of the Marco Polo Expedition and he is a specialist on Central Asia. He is the author of Picture Editing (Focal Press), Silver Pixels, Dictionary of Photography and Digital Imaging (Argentum), and Digital Photography and Tao of Photography (Mitchell Beazley). Tom is Senior Lecturer in Photographic Practice at the University of Westminster, London.
Welcome to digital photography: new pathways; equipment needed; setting up; the digital camera; camera controls; choosing a camera; survival guide. Digital shooting: making the transition; portraits - lighting; portraits - perspective; portraits - colour or black and white; candid and street photography; flash photography; tricks with landscapes; panoramas; abstract imagery; nature photography; travel photography. Revitalizing existing images: suitable images; scanning for results; resolution and results; tidy scans; storage and cataloguing. Picture processing: making a start; controlling colour; getting the tone right; good neighbours; layer effects; filtering influences; natural media; duotones; framing images. Master classes: workshop 1 - Catherine McIntyre; workshop 2 - Catherine McIntyre; workshop 3 - Steve Caplin; workshop 4 - Sandy Gardner; workshop 6 - Tania Joyce; workshop 7 - Tom Ang; workshop 8 - Tom Ang. Projects: devising a project; the family album; travelogues; expeditions; still life; gardens; nudes; architecture; greeting cards and invitations. Sharing your work: sharing your work; picture editing; making prints; publishing your pictures; internet publishing; pictures on CD-ROM; exhibiting your work; copyright issues. Understanding the technology: how to digital cameras work?; how to scanners work?; colour management; unravelling resolution; printer revolution; other output.
