Digital Photography in Available Light

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1

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  • Digital Cameras Introduction xi

  • Introduction

  • Megapixels

  • The need for speed

  • Prosumer digicams - closing the gap?

  • Choosing a system

  • Check list overview

  • Asset Management

  • Digital asset management

  • Workfl ow sequence

  • Conclusion

  • Exposure

  • Introduction

  • Intensity and duration

  • TTL light meters

  • Interpreting the meter reading

  • Reading exposure levels

  • Camera RAW

  • Introduction

  • Processing RAW data

  • Processing activity

  • White balance

  • Tonal adjustments

  • Noise reduction and sharpening

  • Choosing a bit depth

  • Choosing a color space

  • Save or open

  • Additional information

  • Framing the Image contents

  • Introduction

  • Communication and context

  • For mat

  • Content

  • Balance

  • Subject placement

  • The decisive moment

  • Vantage point

  • Line

  • Depth

  • Summary of basic design techniques

  • Creative Controls

  • Introduction

  • Focus

  • Duration of exposure

  • A creative decision

  • Perspective

  • Summary of basic camera techniques

  • Light

  • Introduction

  • Light source

  • Intensity

  • Quality

  • Color

  • Direction

  • Contrast

  • Exposure compensation

  • Filtration

  • Lighting on Location contents

  • Introduction

  • Fill

  • Refl ectors

  • Flash

  • Choice of fl ash

  • Guide numbers

  • Flash as the primary light source

  • Diffusion and bounce

  • Fill-fl ash

  • Flash as a key light

  • Slow-sync fl ash

  • Post-production Editing

  • Overview

  • Sequential editing

  • Stage 1 - Global adjustments

  • Stage 2 - Local adjustments

  • Stage 3 - Final adjustments

  • Converting images to black and white

  • Advanced tone control - part a

  • Advanced tone control - part b

  • Panoramic Photographs

  • Introduction

  • Core steps in creating panoramas

  • Shooting panoramas

  • Producing panoramas

  • Landscape

  • Introduction

  • History

  • Personal expression

  • Expressive techniques

  • Detail

  • Night photography

  • The constructed environment

  • Assignments

  • Environmental Portraits contents

  • Introduction

  • Design

  • Revealing character

  • Connecting with new people

  • Directing the subject

  • Character study

  • Assignments

  • The Photographic Essay

  • Introduction

  • Visual communication

  • Capturing a story

  • Working styles

  • Editing a story

  • Ethics and law

  • Distribution and sale of photo-essays

  • Assignments

  • Glossary

  • Index

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