The Textbook of Digital Photography - PhotoCourse

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Chapter 9 Displaying & sharing photos on-


front matter
Copyright Booklet ii
Using this eText™ and Animations iii
Glossary v


  • Chapter list of Animations & Extensions...viii

  • Digital Cameras & images...

    • in the Beginning...1

    • What is a Digital Photograph?...1

    • Digital Photography—The Past and the Future...1

    • Why Go Digital? ...1

    • Types of Digital Cameras...

    • Jump Start—Taking Photos with Full Auto Mode...1

    • Camera Controls...

    • Composing images...

    • Capturing images...

    • Continuous Photography...

    • Playback mode...

    • When Things Go Wrong...

    • image sensors—introduction...

    • image sensors—Types...

    • image sensors—image size...

    • image sensors—sizes and Aspect ratios...

    • image sensors—sensitivity and Noise...

    • image sensors—it’s All Black and White After All...

    • image sensors—Cleaning...



  • Chapter

  • Digital WorkfloW...

    • Digital Workflow...4

    • image Formats...

    • in-Camera image storage Devices...

      • Computer... How Photos Are Stored in your Camera and



    • Transferring images...

    • storing images—On your system...

    • storing images—On the road...

    • Organizing your Photo Files...

    • image managers...

    • Evaluating your images—Basics...

    • Evaluating your images—histograms...

    • Photo-editing—Global Editing...

    • Photo-editing—local Editing...

    • Color management–Color models and Color spaces...

    • Color Management—The Workflow...8



  • Chapter

  • Controlling exposure...

    • The importance of Exposure...

    • How Exposure Affects Your Images...8

    • Exposure Controls—The shutter and Aperture...

    • Exposure Controls—Why so many Choices?...

    • Exposure modes...

    • Using Scene Specific Exposure Modes...9

    • The shutter Controls light and motion...

    • The Aperture Controls light and Depth of Field...

    • Using shutter speed and Aperture Together...

    • How Your Exposure System Works...9

    • When Automatic Exposure Works Well...

    • When to Override Automatic Exposure...

    • How Overriding Autoexposure Works...10

    • How to Override Automatic Exposure...10

      • Chapter

      • Controlling sharpness...

        • Eliminating Blur From Camera movement...

        • image stabilization...

        • increasing sensitivity (isO)...

        • sharpness isn’t Everything...

        • How to Photograph Motion Sharply...11

        • Focusing—The Plane of Critical Focus...

        • Focusing—Focus Areas...

        • Focus—Techniques...

        • Depth of Field...

        • Circles of Confusion...

        • Controlling Depth of Field...

        • Using maximum Depth of Field...

        • Using Shallow Depth of Field...13

        • Conveying the Feeling of motion...



      • Chapter

      • Capturing light & Color...

        • Where Does Color Come From?...

        • White Balance...

        • Color Balance and Time of Day...

        • sunsets and sunrises...

        • Weather...

        • Photographing at Night...

        • The Direction of light...

        • The Quality of light...



      • Chapter

      • unDerstanDing lenses...

        • introduction to lenses...

        • Understanding Focal lengths...

        • Zoom lenses...

        • Normal Focal lengths...

        • short Focal lengths...

        • long Focal lengths...

        • Portraits and Focal length...

        • macro mode and macro lenses...

        • Perspective in a Photograph...

        • lens Accessories...



      • Chapter

      • on-Camera flash photography...

        • Flash Power and Range...16

        • Flash sync and shutter speeds...

        • Autoflash...16

        • redeye reduction...

        • Using Fill Flash...

        • Flash Off...

        • Using Slow Sync Flash...17

        • Controlling Flash Exposures...

        • Using External Flash...

        • External Flash Accessories...







  • Chapter Contents

  • stuDio photography...17

    • Using Continuous lights...17

    • Using strobes...18

    • Connecting the Camera and studio lights...18

    • Understanding hard and soft light...18

    • Using Fill Cards and Reflectors...18

    • Using Diffusers...18

    • Other lighting Controls...18

      • Balance...19 Putting it All Together—Exposure and White



    • Choosing a Background...19

    • Positioning the Camera...19

    • Portrait and Product Photography—introduction...19

    • The main light...19

    • The Fill light...19

    • The Background light...20

    • The rim light...20

    • Thinking About your Photograph...20



  • Chapter

  • Displaying & sharing photos on-sCreen ...20

    • sending Photos to Others—E-mail...20

    • sending Photos to Others—instant messenger...20

      • sharing...20 sending Photos to Others—Peer-to-peer Photo



    • Slide Shows—On the TV...20

    • Slide Shows—On the Computer Screen...21

    • Slide Shows—Editing & Polishing...21

    • File Formats—The Final Payoff...21

    • Slide Shows—Digital Projectors...21

    • Slide Shows—Digital Picture Frames...22

    • Publishing your Photos—eBooks...22

    • Publishing your Photos—Photo sharing sites...22

    • Publishing Your Photos—Your Own Web Site...23

    • Publishing your Photos—Photo Blogs...23

    • Publishing your Photos—rss...23

      • Background managers...23 Entertaining yourself—Wallpaper or Desktop



    • Entertaining yourself—screen savers...23

    • mapping your Photos...23

      • Chapter

      • Displaying & sharing printeD photos...24

        • How Color Photographs are Printed...24

        • making Prints—On-line...24

        • Making Prints—for Profit...24

        • making Prints—locally...24

        • making Prints—Do-it-yourself...24

        • Inkjets—Printing Paper...25

        • Inkjets—Inks...25

        • Inkjets—Archival Issues...25

        • mating & mounting Prints...25

        • Framing, hanging & storing Prints...26

        • Photo Books—Do it yourself...26

        • Photo Books—having Them Done...26

        • scrapbooks...26

        • Photos on Fabrics...26

        • Photos on smooth surfaces...27

        • Photo Gifts and Novelties...27

        • laser-Etching and Fired Ceramics...27



      • Chapter

      • BeyonD the still image...27

        • Panoramic Photography...27

        • stereo Photography...27

        • Animations...28

        • shooting movies...28

        • Panning & Zooming still Photographs...28

        • morphing...28

        • lenticular Photography—Prints that move...28

        • Flipbooks—handheld Animations...28

        • Photographing in Black & White and infrared...29

        • Night Vision...29

        • Pin hole Photography...29





    • Tripods Chapter 4 Controlling sharpness

    • image stabilization

    • isO and Noise

    • Distance and sharpness

    • shutter speed Effect on motion

    • The Plane of Critical Focus

    • Focus Areas

    • servo AF Focus

    • Focus lock

    • Aperture and Depth of Field

    • selective Focus

    • The Color of light Chapter 5 Capturing light & Color

    • Adjusting White Balance

    • hard and soft light

    • Canon lenses Chapter 6 using lenses

    • Focal Length and Angle of View

    • Focal length Factors

    • image stabilization

    • Optical and Digital Zoom

    • 360-Degree VR Panorama

    • Wide-angle lens Distortion

    • Macro Magnifications

    • Parallax in an Optical Viewfinder

    • Perspective in a Photograph

    • The Inverse Square Law Chapter 7 on-Camera flash photography

    • Calculating Guide Numbers

    • Flash sync

    • red-eye

    • Fill Flash

    • First and second Curtain sync

    • Flash Exposure Compensation

    • high speed sync

    • high speed stroboscopic Photography

    • External Flash

    • hard and soft light Chapter 8 stuDio photography

    • The main light

    • The Fill light

    • The Background light

    • The rim light

    • Animated Gif sCreen

    • Flash Slide Show

    • PDF Slideshow

    • A PDF Coffee Table eBook

    • A PDF eBook on Monarch Butterflies

    • Visit a Photo Blog

    • mapping Photos

    • CmyK Colors Chapter 10 Displaying & sharing printeD photos

    • 360-Degree VR Panorama Chapter 11 BeyonD the still image

    • Object Photography

    • Continuous mode

    • Time-lapse Photography

    • movie mode



  • Cameras are Dark Boxes Chapter 1. Digital Cameras & images

  • Dots on an Inkjet Print

  • manual for DC

  • Buying a Digital Camera

  • Canon lenses

  • Camera straps and Bags

  • Caring for your Camera

  • Camera icons

  • The light Path Through an slr

  • Parallax in an Optical Viewfinder

  • Continuous mode

  • Understanding Exposure

  • Where “Charge-Coupled” Comes From

  • Calculating image sizes

  • Pixels and Curves

  • Pixelization

  • Calculating Print sizes

  • Output Devices Determine image sizes

  • The Big lie

  • resolution—The Original meaning

  • image sensor sizes

  • Calculating Aspect ratios

  • isO and Noise

  • Noise, Example from Cadillac ranch

  • rGB Color

  • Dust on your image sensor

  • scanning Chapter 2. Digital WorkfloW

  • rAW vs JPEG image Quality

  • The Effects of Compression

  • Color Depth

  • Exploring Folders

  • Dragging and Dropping Files and Folders

  • you have Asset management

  • Adjusting an Image’s Tonal Range

  • Print sizes

  • Adjust Hue, Saturation and Lightness

  • sharpening an image

  • Understanding histograms

  • highlight Warnings

  • Editing can be used to improve images

  • Editing Can be Used to Change Pictures

  • Adjusting Perspective

  • Changing Color spaces

  • rGB Color

  • CmyK Colors

  • Understanding Exposure Chapter 3 Controlling exposure

  • Changing Exposure modes

  • shutter speed Effect on Exposure

  • shutter speed Effect on motion

  • Type of shutters

  • Aperture settings and Exposure

  • Aperture and Depth of Field

  • Aperture-shutter speed Equivalents

  • How Your Meter Sees

  • Exposure Compensation

  • Exposure lock

  • Autoexposure Bracketing

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