Perfect Digital Photography Second Edition

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Perfect Digital Photography Second Edition

Perfect Digital Photography Second Edition

Authors: Jay Dickman and Jay Kinghorn

Published: May 2009

eISBN: 9780071601672 0071601678 | ISBN: 9780071601665

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section I: Creating the Image

Chapter 1 The Power of Photography

Everyone Is a Photographer Now

How To: Respecting Human Dignity, Promoting Social Change

Chapter 2 Equipment

The First-Time Digital Buyer

Don't Be Intimidated by Going Digital

How Do I Know the Camera Is Right for Me?

How To: Buying Your Digital Camera

Chapter 3 Developing Technical Proficiency with Your Camera

The Parts of Your Camera

Choosing a File Type

Understanding Storage Media

The Grand Mantra of Photography: There Are No Rules

How To: Panoramic Photography

Chapter 4 Understanding Light

The Viewfinder Is Our Canvas and Light Is Our Paint

Flash, On or Off Camera

Indoor Lighting

Understanding Frontlight, Sidelight, and Backlight

How To: Understanding Light

Chapter 5 Creative Exposures

Camera Controls

Achieving Impact in Your Photography

How To: Creative Shutter Control

Chapter 6 Composition

Rules of Classic Composition

Keep It Simple

Breaking the Rules

How To: Using a Multitude of Tools in Your Composition

Chapter 7 Telling the Story

The Components of a Story

How To: Creating a Photo Story

Chapter 8 Photographing People

Is There an Easy Formula to Photographing People?

Photographing Children

Posing Your Subject

Choosing Equipment to Get the Best Shot

Environmental Portraits

Photographing People in Action

How To: Photographing People with the Light You Have—A Sometime Minimalist's Guide

Chapter 9 Travel and Documentary Photography

Go Light! Minimize Equipment for Travel Photography

The Advantage of Digital in Travel Photography

How to Find Photo Possibilities

So You've Arrived, Now What?

Where to Find Inspiration

Taking Those First Few Travel Shots

Photography as a Passport, the Photographer as Ambassador

Documentary Photography

How To: Choosing What's Inside the Camera Bag

Sharing Your Vision

Chapter 10 Photographing the Natural World

We All Want to Be Ansel Adams

The Components of Outdoor Photography

Photographing Wildlife

Specialized Equipment

The Benefits of Digital in Nature Photography

How To: Creating a Sense of Place in Your Outdoor Photography

Section II: The Digital Darkroom

Chapter 11 Welcome to the Digital Darkroom

New Tools, Same Challenges

Building Your Workflow

The Importance of Shooting Raw

What Tools Do I Need? Building Your Digital Darkroom

Organizing Your Photo Library

Backup Strategies

How To: Finding Balance in the Digital Darkroom

Chapter 12 Getting Started with Lightroom

How Lightroom Is Organized

Understanding the Catalog System

How To: Backing Up Your Lightroom Catalogs

Chapter 13 Editing Your Photos

Why Not Keep Everything?

Performing the First Round of Editing

Performing the Second Edit

Collections

How To: The Philosophy of Editing

Chapter 14 Correcting Tone and Color

Histograms

Optimizing Your Photos in Lightroom

Advanced Corrections

How To: Making the New Three-Minute Correction

Chapter 15 Image Refinements

Using the Selective Correction Tools in Adobe Photoshop

Introduction to Photoshop

Adjusting Specific Areas in Photoshop

From Selections to Masks

How To: Making Selective Adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop

Chapter 16 Advanced Image Corrections

Four Rules for the Digital Darkroom

Burning and Dodging

Image Sharpening

Adobe Photoshop: Essential Skills

Wrap-up

How To: Using Complex Masks to Enhance Focus and Attention

Chapter 17 Output

Where Do Pixels Come From?

Color Modes/Color Spaces and Color Management

How To: Using Lightroom's Export Module

Chapter 18 Printing

Monitor Calibration and Profiling

Lighting

The Art of Printing

Printing to an Inkjet Printer

Advanced Printing Options

How To: Printing Fine Art from Photoshop

Chapter 19 Multimedia Explorations

Types of Multimedia Publishing

Multimedia Explorations

Index