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The complete photo manual / [Miriam Leuchter, editor-in-chief].

The complete photo manual / [Miriam Leuchter, editor-in-chief].
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600561115 NF LEU
Adult Non-fiction Art /Photography . Available .
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Record Number 43790
ISBN 9781616282950
Title The complete photo manual / [Miriam Leuchter, editor-in-chief].
Portion of title Photo manual
Popular photography : the complete photo manual
Publisher San Francisco, CA : Weldon Owen, [2012] ©2012
Collation 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Note Gear and setup. Get familiar with cameras -- Go out and shoot -- Read the manual -- Capture RAW images -- Start out in manual mode -- Get organized -- Learn your camera's limits -- Protect your new purchase -- Experiment with camera functions -- Learn about illumination -- Discover diffusion -- Understand lighting angles -- Play with illumination -- Know your lighting gear -- Smooth skin with a clamshell -- Use clothes as reflectors -- Turn a room into a portrait studio -- Go with a single light source -- Let there be light -- Carry a lighting setup in your backpack -- Move on up to car kits -- Create a closet lighting cache -- Bring everyday essentials -- Finesse flash exposure -- Work your shoe mount -- Use a flashmeter -- Make the best of phone flash -- Turn on TTL flash -- Learn about light falloff -- Punch it up with hard light -- Take a leap in the dark -- Amp up the action -- Soar with strobe power -- Shoot an easy rider -- Sync at high speed -- Catch speed from the passenger seat -- Fire up a flash party -- Free yourself with wireless flash -- Capture dancing paint -- Experiment with an audio trigger -- Acquaint yourself with light accessories -- Shoot flowers in a light tent -- Protect your knees during field work -- Style a food shoot -- Respect the restaurant -- Shoot dinner from above -- Flatter your food -- Craft a V-card reflector -- Mimic a Dutch masterpiece -- Capture cool pinhole shots -- Build a pinhole camera -- Get to know tripods -- Paint with light -- Draw with a flashlight -- Know your lightbrushes -- Paint a panorama -- Find the no-parallax point -- Photograph star trails -- Shoot the moon -- Capture stars without trails -- Comprehend crop factor -- Tether your camera to your computer -- Try a tethered still life -- Build a smartphone tripod mount -- Mix up a drink shot -- Fake ice cubes -- Use treats to photograph puppies -- Capture the shine of creatures' coats -- Wade for the shot -- Watch your garden grow -- Shoot desert flora -- Sync up with monarchs -- Scout sites -- Shoot a gorgeous jellyfish -- Swim with sharks -- Prepare to go deep -- Protect your gear in extreme climates -- Track light with a compass -- Explore a cave -- Seek out a sherpa -- Shoot sky-high photos -- Shoot through a window -- Go fly a kite -- Bag a bird's-eye view -- Shoot overseas -- Locate lost sites -- Explore safely -- Get the OK to shoot ruins -- Light up hidden spaces -- Consider the realm of infrared -- Shoot with IR film -- Set up the ideal IR shot -- Learn the benefits of film -- Know your film -- Have film in the bag -- Preserve pupils -- Avoid red-eye -- Make your own ring flash -- Pose a nude portrait -- Light the body's contours -- Always get a model release -- Write a basic model release.
Composing and shooting. Learn the ABCs of composition -- Explore an urban canyon -- Mix up scale -- Break the rules -- Picture nature's patterns -- Make a phone microscope -- Pick a lens for patterns -- Follow the rule of thirds -- Leverage the landscape -- Get familiar with lenses -- Stay straight with tilt/shift -- Play with the Scheimpflug effect -- Reverse the Scheimpflug effect -- Do the vampire tilt/shift -- Improvise a macro lens -- Invest in macro tools -- Do the macro math -- Learn focus stacking -- Use a beanbag support -- Get close to animals -- Make everyday objects appear cosmic -- Toy with abstraction -- Prowl for urban patterns -- Consider all the angles -- Go abstract -- Highlight detail with a ring light -- Frame with the foreground -- Switch the perspective -- Clean a lens with vodka -- Adjust exposure on your phone -- Consider color -- Wrangle white balance -- Cope with color in mixed light -- Look deeply into a subject -- Be shallow -- Fake depth -- Straighten out a skyscraper -- Get hyper about focal depth -- Hold that horizon -- Finesse your F-stops -- Shoot with a mosaic in mind -- Zap specks with dust mapping -- Fight zoom creep -- Create a portable camera manual -- Take notes without a notebook -- Perfect your optics with lens correction -- Make the most of live view -- Fight battery drain -- Go to extremes with your histogram -- Know your lighting ratio -- Get the lo-fi lowdown -- Try lo-fi -- Go for bokeh -- Float above it all -- Experiment with flash exposure -- Picture neon -- Shoot fairs at night -- Evaluate the scene -- Expand dynamic range -- Play around with autobracketing -- Flatter with flash -- Get the white right -- Jump-start JPEGS -- Get fired up about fireworks -- Snag many salvos in one shot -- Blur the bursts -- Amp up the magic -- Light the way with candles -- Sharpen shadows -- Explore the dark side -- Work with available light -- Factor in color temperatures -- Shoot outdoors with ambient light -- See things in black and white -- Master monochrome metering -- Block out the blues -- Shoot in color for the best B&W -- Pan like a pro -- Show motion with flash -- Freeze motion with flash -- Make poetry with motion -- Extend exposure in action shots -- Beat mirror shake -- Make people disappear -- Capture the blue hour -- Fake motion -- Factor in blur -- Shoot with out-of-date film -- Shoot with a film camera -- Manually focus your camera -- Use old lenses on your DSLR -- Add your filters -- Catch a falling snowflake -- Keep snow white -- Find nice ice -- Make the most of fog -- Capture mist in B&W -- Find fog -- Keep dry in the damp -- Master the mist -- Go shooting in the rain -- Chase raindrops -- Create your own weather -- Hack a rain hood -- Tackle surf safely -- Brush up on sea shooting basics -- Soften surf -- Protect gear from saltwater -- Play with tiny waves -- Seize a starburst -- Shoot into the sun -- Grab a "God ray" -- Outrun ghosts -- Make art out of art -- Capture the city's bustle -- Shoot a stranger -- Sneak a smartphone snap -- Snap a candid -- Use wet-weather reflectors -- Shoot in snow light -- Smooth out skin -- Slim down a model -- Sculpt a face -- Flatter with color -- Pack away eye bags -- Catch a family candid -- Use fast lenses for family -- Stage manage your crew -- Light your kin right -- Try posing primers -- Catch the band offstage -- Shoot a dress rehearsal -- Make the most of burst -- Get in the game with basic gear -- Picture live performance -- Spotlight true emotion -- Capture essential wedding shots -- Rely on your assistant -- Follow the five-second rule -- Limit focus with a lensbaby -- Make your flowers dance -- Go for blooming beauty -- Find a fresh take on flowers -- Get artsy with seaweed -- Master flight fundamentals -- Fool the birdie -- Try a medium-length lens for birdlife -- Create catchlights -- Background your bird -- Photograph wildlife safely -- Play to animal instincts -- Plunge into the pool with a compact -- Snap easy snorkeling shots -- Light and shoot deepwater photos -- Zero in on zoo creatures -- See eye to eye -- Lure animals to your lens -- Delve into detail.
Processing & beyond. Know your image tools -- Customize Photoshop for optimal workflow -- Optimize a computer for editing performance -- Protect your pictures -- Sample a scrubby slider -- Use layers for superior editing -- Dive into layers -- Master selections -- Make masks for more editing control -- Double up your layers -- Unlock the background -- Fake a neutral-density filter -- Stack layers to enhance a macro photo -- Try touch for mobile editing -- Make a tilt/shift effect -- Rotate shots -- Super undo it -- Clean up a background -- Crop to improve your shots -- Uncrop a photo -- Put a twist in your shot -- Scratch up some Polaroid art -- Cook with RAW files -- Learn when to go RAW -- Choose a RAW-specific program -- Dodge and burn digitally -- Convert an image to B&W -- Make yours monochrome with Efex -- Fade (a background) to black -- Cruise with curves -- Get perfect contrast -- Up a silhouette's contrast -- Fix it with levels -- Fix it with curves -- Soften with blur -- Replace odd color with one color -- Tone with masks -- Use grayscale to fix color -- Restore some original color -- Add color by hand -- Add selective grayscale with hue/saturation -- Split tones with curves -- Control tone with Lightroom -- Light-proof your darkroom -- Set up a home darkroom -- Buy the right enlarger lens -- Clean a negative -- Make your first darkroom print -- Store film securely -- Dodge and burn -- Protect your photo paper -- Opt for easier HDR -- Go pro for top-notch prints -- Fake an antique photo -- Create contact sheets -- Understand resolution -- Determine maximum size -- Save files as TIFFs -- Fix noise without losing detail -- Pick the right printer -- Choose a printer ink -- Display your best shots -- Comprehend copyright -- Protect with metadata -- Choose the right color profile -- Store images in the cloud -- Be a picky editor -- Bring an old photo back to life -- Edit eyes -- Extend eyelashes -- Undo a squint -- Remove red-eye -- Retouch subtly for perfect portraits -- Fix facial flaws with your phone -- Save face with software -- Preview your retouching -- Emphasize motion by faking blur -- Decipher distorted images -- Wield the warp tool -- Warp a wild panorama -- Give a photo the fisheye look -- Widen your world with panoramas -- Go global -- Make a vertorama -- Ditch distortion -- Create an optical illusion -- Craft a composite -- Animate a GIF on a smartphone -- Switch out colors for graphic pop -- Fake a reflection -- Quickly sharpen a landscape -- Cut off fringe -- Level your horizon -- Pump up the clouds -- Add spot contrast.
Summary PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT & TECHNIQUES. Ever wanted to take a photo of a cyclist in motion? Shoot portraits of your loved ones that show them at their best, or compose fine-art images that reveal your creativity? With "The Complete Photo Manual," picture-perfect photos are just a shutter's click away. Photography books tend to be long, technical, and full of complicated jargon. For the amateur or pro who just wants to get quick-hitting tips and loads of inspiration, this is the book that does the job. In 355 handy, easy-to-grasp hints, this book gives you what you need to know to grasp the basics of lighting, composition, gear, working with models, and much, much more. Pro tips make this much more than a beginner's guide.Taking amazing pictures is getting easier and easier with the advances in digital photography, and "The Complete Photo Manual" is here to help you take full advantage!
Subject Photography
Photography -- Technique
Author Leuchter, Miriam, editor-in-chief.
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