The Complete Photo Manual
300+ Skills and Tips for Making Great Pictures
Published on 30. November 2021
272 pages
978-1-68188-713-5 (ISBN)
Description
Focus on capturing the best images ever with tips from choosing the right gear to composition to processing-plus tutorials and updated software advice.
This comprehensive, all-in-one guide demystifies today's DSLRs and ILCs, walking you through their basic functions and setting you up for photo-making success, as well as offering creative projects for more advanced photographers. From setting a proper exposure to Photoshopping images together into clever composites,
The Complete Photo Manual Revised Edition has you covered!
With chapters on:
Camera Basics: Take a crash course in exposure, focus, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and more so you can master the fundamentals.
Composition & Shooting: Get out there and start shooting! This chapter helps you pick subjects, compose on the fly, work your camera settings as you go, correct for problematic situations, use a tripod, choose the right lens for your scene, and explore different storytelling idioms.
Setup & Gear: Graduate to a more robust photography kit with discussions of lights, light modifiers, and more. Here, you'll learn how to shoot more ambitious portraits, still lifes, and action shots.
Photo Editing & Beyond:
Make your photos even better with tried-and-tested tutorials in Photoshop and Lightroom, plus quick tips and image organization hacks.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CAMERA BASICS
- 001 Get to Know Your Camera
- 002 Prep Your Camera for Quick Shooting
- 003 Wake Your Camera with the Half-Press
- 004 Get Familiar with Camera Types
- 005 Get a Grip
- 006 Read the Manual
- 007 Capture Raw Images
- 008 Start Out in Program Mode
- 009 Get Organized
- 010 Learn Your Camera's Limits
- 011 Protect Your New Purchase
- 012 Experiment with Camera Functions
- 013 Understand Exposure
- 014 Look at a Graph of Your Exposure
- 015 Discover Light Metering
- 016 Choose a Metering Mode
- 017 Meter Manually with AEL
- 018 Fix Photo Problems with Exposure Compensation
- 019 Bracket to Ensure Good Exposure
- 020 Understand Shutter Speed
- 021 Freeze Megafast Action
- 022 Play with Slow Shutter Speeds
- 023 Take Full Control of Shutter with S Mode
- 024 Understand Aperture
- 025 Get a Handle on F-Stops
- 026 Go Deep-or Shallow
- 027 Explore the Reciprocity Law
- 028 Try Out Aperture-Priority Mode
- 029 Meet Manual Mode
- 030 Pick the Right Time for Manual
- 031 Count the Clicks
- 032 Set Manual Exposure
- 033 Understand ISO
- 034 Minimize Noise at High ISOs
- 035 Go Low with ISO
- 036 Control the How of Autofocus
- 037 Control the Where of Autofocus
- 038 Understand Why Autofocus Goofs (or Quits Outright)
- 039 Experiment with White Balance
- 040 Set a Custom White Balance
- 041 Control Color More with Presets
- 042 Explore the Built-in Flash
- 043 Choose Your Level of Flash Control
- 044 Cope with the Flaws of Built-in Flash
- 045 Understand Focal Length
- 046 Take Care of Your Lenses
- 047 Understand Lens Speed
- 048 See How Focal Length Measures Up on Different Sensors
- COMPOSING & SHOOTING
- 049 Understand Light
- 050 Go with Hard or Soft Illumination
- 051 Opt for Diffused Light
- 052 Embrace Harsh Light
- 053 Learn the ABCs of Composition
- 054 Explore an Urban Canyon
- 055 Mix Up Scale
- 056 Break the Rules
- 057 Picture Nature's Patterns
- 058 Add Fun Lenses to Your Phone
- 059 Pick a Lens for Patterns
- 060 Follow the Rule of Thirds
- 061 Leverage the Landscape
- 062 Get to Know Tripods
- 063 Paint a Panorama
- 064 Find the No-Parallax Point
- 065 Style a Food Shoot
- 066 Respect the Restaurant
- 067 Shoot Dinner from Above
- 068 Flatter Your Food
- 069 Protect Your Gear in Extreme Climates
- 070 Track Light with a Compass
- 071 Explore a Cave
- 072 Seek Out a Sherpa
- 073 Scout Sites
- 074 Shoot Sky-High Photos
- 075 Shoot Through a Window
- 076 Go Fly a Kite
- 077 Bag a Bird's-Eye View
- 078 Locate Lost Sites
- 079 Explore Safely
- 080 Get the OK to Shoot Ruins
- 081 Light Up Hidden Spaces
- 082 Reimagine a Monument
- 083 Theme Your Travel Shots
- 084 Tell the Story of Your Journey
- 085 Shoot Overseas
- 086 Pose a Nude Portrait
- 087 Light the Body's Contours
- 088 Write a Basic Model Release
- 089 Always Get a Model Release
- 090 Get Familiar with Lenses
- 091 Stay Straight with Tilt/Shift
- 092 Play with the Scheimp ug Effect
- 093 Reverse the Scheimp ug Effect
- 094 Do the Vampire Tilt/Shift
- 095 Improvise a Macro Lens
- 096 Do the Macro Math
- 097 Learn Focus Stacking
- 098 Invest in Macro Tools
- 099 Use a Beanbag Support
- 100 Make Everyday Objects Appear Cosmic
- 101 Toy with Abstraction
- 102 Prowl for Urban Patterns
- 103 Consider All the Angles
- 104 Go Abstract
- 105 Highlight Detail with a Ring Light
- 106 Frame with the Foreground
- 107 Switch the Perspective
- 108 Clean a Lens with Vodka
- 109 Look Deeply into a Subject
- 110 Be Shallow
- 111 Straighten Out a Skyscraper
- 112 Fake Depth
- 113 Get Hyper About Focal Depth
- 114 Hold That Horizon
- 115 Shoot with a Mosaic in Mind
- 116 Zap Specks with Dust Mapping
- 117 Fight Zoom Creep
- 118 Take Notes Without a Notebook
- 119 Create a Portable Camera Manual
- 120 Perfect Your Optics with Lens Correction
- 121 Adjust Exposure on Your Phone
- 122 Make the Most of Live View
- 123 Consider Color
- 124 Cope with Color in Mixed Light
- 125 Float Above It All
- 126 Experiment with Flash Exposure
- 127 Picture Neon
- 128 Shoot Fairs at Night
- 129 Get Fired Up About Fireworks
- 130 Snag Many Salvos in One Shot
- 131 Blur the Bursts
- 132 Amp Up the Magic
- 133 Light a Portrait Like Rembrandt
- 134 Embrace the Darkness
- 135 Light the Way with Candles
- 136 Sharpen Shadows
- 137 Explore the Dark Side
- 138 Work with Available Light
- 139 Factor in Color Temperatures
- 140 Shoot Outdoors with Ambient Light
- 141 Make Poetry with Motion
- 142 Extend Exposure in Action Shots
- 143 Make People Disappear
- 144 Beat Mirror Shake
- 145 Capture the Blue Hour
- 146 Fake Motion
- 147 Factor in Blur
- 148 Get Familiar with Filters
- 149 Keep Snow White
- 150 Catch a Falling Snow ake
- 151 Find Nice Ice
- 152 Make the Most of Fog
- 153 Capture Mist in B&W
- 154 Find Fog
- 155 Keep Dry in the Damp
- 156 Master the Mist
- 157 Go Shooting in the Rain
- 158 Create Your Own Weather
- 159 Chase Raindrops
- 160 Hack a Rain Hood
- 161 Tackle Surf Safely
- 162 Brush Up on Sea Shooting Basics
- 163 Soften Surf
- 164 Protect Gear from Saltwater
- 165 Play with Tiny Waves
- 166 Seize a Starburst
- 167 Shoot into the Sun
- 168 Grab a "God Ray"
- 169 Outrun Ghosts
- 170 Capture the City's Bustle
- 171 Shoot a Stranger
- 172 Sneak a Smartphone Snap
- 173 Snap a Candid
- 174 Smooth Out Skin
- 175 Slim Down a Model
- 176 Sculpt a Face
- 177 Flatter with Color
- 178 Pack Away Eye Bags
- 179 Catch a Family Candid
- 180 Use Fast Lenses for Family
- 181 Stage Manage Your Crew
- 182 Light Your Kin Right
- 183 Try Posing Primers
- 184 Catch the Band Offstage
- 185 Make the Most of Burst
- 186 Shoot a Dress Rehearsal
- 187 Picture a Live Performance
- 188 Get in the Game with Basic Gear
- 189 Spotlight True Emotion
- 190 Capture Essential Wedding Shots
- 191 Rely on Your Assistant
- 192 Follow the Five-Second Rule
- 193 Limit Focus with a Lensbaby
- 194 Go for Blooming Beauty
- 195 Make Your Flowers Dance
- 196 Master Flight Fundamentals
- 197 Fool the Birdie
- 198 Try a Medium-Length Lens for Birdlife
- 199 Create Catchlights
- 200 Background Your Bird
- 201 Photograph Wildlife Safely
- 202 Play to Animal Instincts
- 203 Zero in on Zoo Creatures
- 204 See Eye to Eye
- 205 Lure Animals to Your Lens
- 206 Delve into Detail
- GEAR & SETUP
- 207 Know Your Lighting Gear
- 208 Pan Like a Pro
- 209 Show Motion with Flash
- 210 Freeze Motion with Flash
- 211 Finesse Flash Exposure
- 212 Work Your Shoe Mount
- 213 Use a Flashmeter
- 214 Make the Best of Phone Flash
- 215 Turn on TTL Flash
- 216 Smooth Skin with a Clamshell
- 217 Use Clothes as Re ectors
- 218 Turn a Room into a Portrait Studio
- 219 Go with a Single Light Source
- 220 Let There Be Light
- 221 Carry a Lighting Setup in Your Backpack
- 222 Move On Up to Car Kits
- 223 Create a Closet Lighting Cache
- 224 Bring Everyday Essentials
- 225 Learn About Light Falloff
- 226 Punch It Up with Hard Light
- 227 Take a Leap in the Dark
- 228 Soar with Strobe Power
- 229 Amp Up the Action
- 230 Shoot an Easy Rider
- 231 Sync at High Speed
- 232 Fire Up a Flash Party
- 233 Catch Speed from the Passenger Seat
- 234 Free Yourself with Wireless Flash
- 235 Capture Dancing Paint
- 236 Experiment with an Audio Trigger
- 237 Acquaint Yourself with Light Accessories
- 238 Shoot Flowers in a Light Tent
- 239 Protect Your Knees During Fieldwork
- 240 Craft a V-Card Re ector
- 241 Mimic a Dutch Masterpiece
- 242 Use Wet-Weather Re ectors
- 243 Shoot in Snow Light
- 244 Capture Cool Pinhole Shots
- 245 Build a Pinhole Camera
- 246 Learn the Bene ts of Film
- 247 Know Your Film
- 248 Have Film in the Bag
- 249 Explore Out-of-Date Film
- 250 Shoot with a Film Camera
- 251 Manually Focus Your Camera
- 252 Use Old Lenses on Your DSLR
- 253 Turn Back Time with Tintypes
- 254 Pick Tintype Subjects
- 255 Expose Using the Colloidal Process
- 256 Get the Lo-Fi Lowdown
- 257 Try a Retro Lo-Fi Camera
- 258 Go for Bokeh
- 259 Consider the Realm of Infrared
- 260 Shoot with IR Film
- 261 Set Up the Ideal IR Shot
- 262 Preserve Pupils
- 263 Make Your Own Ring Flash
- 264 Avoid Red-Eye
- 265 Paint with Light
- 266 Draw with a Flashlight
- 267 Know Your Lightbrushes
- 268 Photograph Star Trails
- 269 Shoot the Moon
- 270 Capture Stars without Trails
- 271 Prepare for Takeoff
- 272 Augment Your Aerial Photography Kit
- 273 Snag the Best Drone Shots
- 274 Rock Out with an Action Cam
- 275 See Things in Black and White
- 276 Tether Your Camera to Your Computer
- 277 Try a Tethered Still Life
- 278 Build a Smartphone Tripod Mount
- 279 Mix Up a Drink Shot
- 280 Fake Ice Cubes
- 281 Use Treats to Photograph Puppies
- 282 Capture the Shine of Creatures' Coats
- 283 Shoot a Portuguese Man-of-War
- 284 Swim with Sharks
- 285 Prepare to Go Deep
- 286 Plunge into the Pool with a Compact
- 287 Snap Easy Snorkeling Shots
- 288 Light and Shoot Deepwater Photos
- PROCESSING & BEYOND
- 289 Know Your Image Tools
- 290 Polish Your Photos in Lightroom
- 291 Customize Photoshop For Optimal Work ow
- 292 Optimize a Computer for Editing Performance
- 293 Protect Your Pictures
- 294 Sample a Scrubby Slider
- 295 Use Layers for Superior Editing
- 296 Master Selections
- 297 Dive into Layers
- 298 Make Masks for More Editing Control
- 299 Double Up Your Layers
- 300 Fake a Neutral-Density Filter
- 301 Unlock the Background
- 302 Stack Layers to Enhance a Macro Photo
- 303 Edit Your Photos On the Go
- 304 Rotate Shots
- 305 Clean Up a Background
- 306 Super Undo It
- 307 Crop to Improve Your Shots
- 308 Uncrop a Photo
- 309 Put a Twist in Your Shot
- 310 Scratch Up Some Polaroid Art
- 311 Cook with Raw Files
- 312 Learn When to Go Raw
- 313 Choose a Raw-Speci c Program
- 314 Dodge and Burn Digitally
- 315 Convert an Image to B&W
- 316 Make Yours Monochrome with Efex
- 317 Fade (a Background) to Black
- 318 Cruise with Curves
- 319 Up a Silhouette's Contrast
- 320 Get Perfect Contrast
- 321 Fix It with Levels
- 322 Fix It with Curves
- 323 Soften with Blur
- 324 Replace Odd Color with One Color
- 325 Use Grayscale to Fix Color
- 326 Restore Some Original Color
- 327 Tone with Masks
- 328 Add Selective Grayscale with Hue/Saturation
- 329 Split Tones with Curves
- 330 Add Color by Hand
- 331 Control Tone with Lightroom
- 332 Light-Proof Your Darkroom
- 333 Set Up a Home Darkroom
- 334 Buy the Right Enlarger Lens
- 335 Clean a Negative
- 336 Make Your First Darkroom Print
- 337 Store Film Securely
- 338 Dodge and Burn
- 339 Protect Your Photo Paper
- 340 Go Pro for Top-Notch Prints
- 341 Fake an Antique Photo
- 342 Create Contact Sheets
- 343 Determine Maximum Size
- 344 Understand Resolution
- 345 Save Files as TIFFs
- 346 Fix Noise Without Losing Detail
- 347 Pick the Right Printer
- 348 Choose a Printer Ink
- 349 Display Your Best Shots
- 350 Comprehend Copyright
- 351 Protect with Metadata
- 352 Choose the Right Color Pro le
- 353 Store Images in the Cloud
- 354 Be a Picky Editor
- 355 Bring an Old Photo Back to Life
- 356 Edit Eyes
- 357 Undo a Squint
- 358 Remove Red-Eye
- 359 Extend Eyelashes
- 360 Retouch Subtly for Perfect Portraits
- 361 Save Face with Software
- 362 Preview Your Retouching
- 363 Fix Facial Flaws with Your Phone
- 364 Emphasize Motion by Faking Blur
- 365 Decipher Distorted Images
- 366 Warp a Wild Panorama
- 367 Wield the Warp Tool
- 368 Give a Photo the Fisheye Look
- 369 Widen Your World with Panoramas
- 370 Go Global
- 371 Make a Vertorama
- 372 Ditch Distortion
- 373 Create an Optical Illusion
- 374 Craft a Composite
- 375 Animate a GIF on a Smartphone
- 376 Switch Out Colors for Graphic Pop
- 377 Fake a Re ection
- 378 Quickly Sharpen a Landscape
- 379 Cut Off Fringe
- 380 Level Your Horizon
- 381 Pump Up the Clouds
- 382 Add Spot Contrast
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
