Mastering Exposure and the Zone System for Digital Photographers

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Author(s): Lee Varis
Publisher: Cengage
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 276
Tags: Библиотека;Досуг;Фотография;

Table of Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
CHAPTER 1 Digital Capture Basics......Page 20
Basic Digital Capture Workflow......Page 25
Setting Up a Lightroom Catalog......Page 27
Photoshop—the Complete Digital Darkroom......Page 30
Review......Page 32
CHAPTER 2 Digital Zone System......Page 34
The Zone Scale......Page 35
Capture System Calibration......Page 42
Step-by-Step: Lightroom......Page 48
Adobe Camera Raw......Page 58
Shooting the Test Target......Page 61
Step-by-Step: DNG Profile Editor......Page 65
Utilizing the Camera Profiles......Page 73
Review......Page 76
CHAPTER 3 Studies in Light......Page 78
Greek Island Churches......Page 79
Monolake......Page 83
Foliage......Page 85
Artificial Light......Page 91
Night Photography......Page 99
Wedding Couple......Page 105
Studio Lighting......Page 107
Still Life......Page 111
Review......Page 118
CHAPTER 4 Post Processing......Page 120
First Steps: RAW Processing Controls......Page 121
Basic Adjustments......Page 125
Creative Manipulation......Page 133
B+W Tone Control......Page 147
Image Enhancement Workflow Overview......Page 155
Detailed Workflow Review......Page 172
Advanced Image Enhancements......Page 173
Parting Shots......Page 191
CHAPTER 5 HDR—The Fine Art of Cheating......Page 200
Capturing HDR Images......Page 201
Tone Mapping HDR Images......Page 208
Extreme Contrast and Detail......Page 228
Experimental HDR......Page 233
HDR Gallery......Page 236
Conclusion......Page 240
CHAPTER 6 Emerging Technologies......Page 242
Current New Capture Technology......Page 243
Where Do We Go from Here?......Page 246
APPENDIX A: Exposure Estimations......Page 248
Gallery......Page 253
B......Page 268
C......Page 269
F......Page 270
I......Page 271
L......Page 272
N......Page 273
R......Page 274
U–V......Page 275
Z......Page 276