Using his popular bad image/good image pairings of real-life examples, Bryan Peterson takes the reader through all the techniques needed to succeed with digital photography in every popular genre: nature, people, sports, interiors, travel, low-light conditions, travel, weather, commercial portraits, macro, and wildlife—even how to use creative tricks such as reflections. As a bonus, Peterson explains, in straightforward text, the techniques of Photoshop as well as the basics of publishing, printing, and archiving and storing for personal or professional use. Full of great examples for beginners and serious photographers, Understanding Digital Photography makes it easy to create great digital pictures every time.
Author(s): Bryan Peterson
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 160
Title Page
Acknowledgments
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
All That Digital “Stuff”
What’s a Pixel?
The Three Digital Image Formats
ISO
White Balance
Infrared “Film”
Aperture
Aperture’s True Importance
F/22, Storytelling, and the Wide-Angle Lens
Isolation Apertures
“Who Cares?” Apertures
Shutter Speed
Interpreting Motion
Panning
Painting with Shutter Speed
Zooming
Light
The Importance of Light
Frontlight
Sidelight
Backlight
Diffused Light
Dusk and Low Light
Taking a Meter Reading
Backlit Portraits
Backlit Nature Subjects
Composition
Filling the Frame
Backgrounds
The Rule of Thirds
Horizontal vs. Vertical
Working Your Subject
Scale and the Landscape
White Backgrounds: An Exercise in Composition
Themes
Good Macro Subjects
Macro Depth of Field and Lenses
Specular Highlights
The Photoshop Digital Darkroom
Photography and Photoshop: It’s Like Driving
Opening and Cleaning a Digital File
Sharpening
Cloning
Adjusting Color
Black and White, Sepia, or Steely Blue
Color, Black and White, or Both
Digital Sandwiches
Composites
Photoshop as Graduated Neutral-Density Filter
Multiple Exposures in Photoshop
Correcting Keystoning
Panoramas
Cropping and Resizing
Workflow
Index
