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What the beginner photographer really needs is a no-nonsense guide
to the most important features on DSLRs written by experts that
reveals in plain English exactly what they need to know and nothing
more. This is that book. Teach yourself Photography explains all
the photography concepts beginners need, such as how to balance
exposures, how to get sharp shots, and how to maximize image
quality. Once you've mastered these basics, you can then move on to
our more advanced skills section at the end of the book featuring
practical how-to guides for shooting a range of core subjects. Take
your photography to the next level and start learning today!
With this extraordinary handbook, you, too, can frame the stars and have them hanging on your livingroom walls. Astrophotography for the Amateur provides a complete guide to taking pictures of stars, galaxies, the Moon, the Sun, comets, meteors and eclipses, using equipment and materials readily available to the hobbyist. Based on suggestions from readers of the first edition, the new edition has been completely updated and expanded to include new chapters on computer image processing and CCD imaging; expanded advice on choosing cameras and telescopes; completely updated information about films; a much larger bibliography; and hundreds of new photographs (in color and black and white) demonstrating the latest equipment and techniques. Astrophotography for the Amateur has become the standard handbook for all amateur astronomers. This new edition provides an ideal introduction for beginners and a complete handbook for advanced amateurs. It will also appeal to photography enthusiasts who will discover how to take spectacular images with only modest equipment. Michael A. Covington received his Ph.D. at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Syntactic Theory in the High Middle Ages (Cambridge, 1984). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is the Associate Director of the Artificial Intelligence Center at the University of Georgia.
In 2018 Caleb Cain Marcus completed twenty large-scale, unique
photographs, all depict a shifting beam of light. Each print, a red
monochrome, mixes two color spaces: digital and analogue to the
exquisitely printed book. Light imbued with the color of flesh
traces Caleb's exploration of color, shape and spatiality.
For professional photographers, chasing the light, waiting for it,
sometimes helping it, and finally capturing it is a constant
preoccupation and for some, an obsession. Drawing on four decades
of working with light, Michael Freeman takes a simple but practical
approach to interpreting, reacting to, and capturing photography's
most valuable commodity. Practical advice is organised into three
straightforward sections: Waiting, Chasing, and Helping. Begin by
mastering the art of patience, and recognise the immense value of
anticipating and planning for gorgeous light that's just over the
horizon. Then learn the techniques to meet otherwise transient and
fleeting lighting conditions halfway, with quick thinking and fast
reactions. Finally, make the most of the tools at your disposal to
enhance and manipulate light as you find it, covering everything
from in-the-field shooting choices to technical transformations in
post-production. This is the method of a working professional - to
interpret, approach, and master whatever lighting situation is
thrown at you and always get the shot, no matter what.
The complete and authoritative guide to the use of hidden cameras
to expose abuse or wrongdoing. Secret filming is no longer the
preserve of specialists, professional journalists and private
investigators. Drawing on the author's own experience producing
undercover documentaries and wearing secret cameras, this book
explains covert recording for the general public, including
specific advice on the practicalities of using a phone or covert
camera to record evidence. It considers the legal and ethical
issues and provides vital information for anyone who may use or
encounter secret filming, including the people or organisations
that might be filmed, regulators, social workers, local government
officials and anyone who may encounter it in court. It also looks
to the future of covert filming and the implications of
technological advances, such as drone cameras.
In this book, Mark Chen shows serious photographers how to employ a
sophisticated approach to HDR to create high-quality images that
avoid such visual pretence, stand the test of time, and
realistically capture details that would otherwise elude the
photographer. Chen begins by working step-by-step through the basic
procedure for creating an HDR image, then moves on to explore
progressively more complex and refined techniques.
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