Improve your lighting technique to produce better quality photographs
Digital Photography Lighting For Dummies features the tools, concepts, and steps you need to give your subjects a high-quality look and feel. Everyone from advanced beginners to aspiring professional photographers will improve their understanding of lighting basics as well as the parts and functions of their camera.
* Explains the different kinds of lighting that different situations require and guides you through changing the settings on your camera
* Shows you how to set up equipment to capture the photograph you want with the proper amount of light and shadow
* Offers information on the latest lighting equipment and accessories
* Includes techniques and skills used by film photographers like David Bailey, Ansel Adams, and Annie Leibovitz
Reach for Digital Photography Lighting For Dummies and take your knowledge of lighting and photography to the next level!
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features the tools, concepts, and steps you need to give your subjects a high quality look and feel. (PhotographyMonthly.com, December 2010). starts right at the basics before working through the more advanced ways of lighting portraits/objects useful to most photographers. (Ephotozine.com, January, 2011). a very thorough and useful book covering all manner of lighting topics. (Amateur Photographer, February 2011). fantastic book for the amateur photographer a fun and user-friendly introduction to photographic lighting. (Digital SLR User, May 2011).
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Höhe: 23 cm
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Dicke: 2 cm
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978-0-470-64763-9 (9780470647639)
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Dirk Fletcher is the Chairman of the Photography Programs at Harrington College of Design in Chicago. He started the first completely digital photography curriculum in the Chicago area.
Introduction.
Part I: Lighting Basics.
Chapter 1: Lighting: An Overview.
Chapter 2: Defining Light in a Photographic Capacity.
Chapter 3: Getting Familiar with the Camera Settings that Control Light.
Chapter 4: Tooling Up: A Rundown of Lights, Gadgets, and Gewgaws.
Part II: Let There Be Light: Measuring and Manipulating Light.
Chapter 5: Measuring Light: It's All about Metering.
Chapter 7: Using Lighting Equipment to Create the Effect You Want.
Part III: Lighting for Different Conditions.
Chapter 8: From Dawn Till Dusk: Lighting the Great Outdoors.
Chapter 9: An Exciting New World: Shooting at Night.
Chapter 10: Lighting in the Studio.
Chapter 11: Rooms with a View: Lighting Interiors.
Part IV: Making Ordinary Photos Extraordinary with Lighting.
Chapter 12: Portrait Lighting.
Chapter 13: Lighting Advanced Subjects.
Chapter 14: Capturing the Action: Event Photography.
Chapter 15: Painting with Light.
Chapter 16: Correcting and Embellishing Lighting Postproduction.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 17: Avoiding Ten Rookie Lighting Mistakes.
Chapter 18: Ten Aspects of Light to Consider Before You Shoot.
Index.
