Complete digital photography / Ben Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Ben, 1967-

Contributor:

ProQuest (Firm)

Series:

Digital photography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Digital techniques--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Photography.

Photography--Digital techniques.

Digital cameras--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Digital cameras.

Image processing--Digital techniques--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Image processing.

Image processing--Digital techniques.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 566 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Charles River Media, [2007]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Whether you started your photographic career with a digital camera or have recently made the switch from film, Complete Digital Photography will answer all of your photography questions-from composition and shooting to post-production workflow, editing, and output. Designed for photographers of all skill levels, there's something for everyone in this updated and expanded fourth edition. Divided into four sections, the book begins by explaining the basics of digital capture, taking you through a fundamental photography primer. Next, you'll examine detailed buying guides that walk you through evaluating and choosing cameras, lenses, tripods, accessories, a computer, and a variety of editing and workflow software. With your gear in place, the third part of the book takes you on a detailed study of shooting. From composition and exposure to shooting techniques and digital-specific theory, you'll learn how to take better pictures with any type of camera. Point-and-shoot users will learn how to improve on their camera's automatic features, while high-end users will explore the intricacies of raw format photography and other advanced topics. The fourth part of the book will teach you all you need to know about workflow, editing, and output using a modern image editor. Tone and color correction, masking, compositing, and retouching are all covered. Using step-by-step tutorials, clearly-written examples, and easy-to-follow explanations, the latest edition of this best-selling photography guide is the one resource you need to produce stunning digital images.

Features: Complete, thorough coverage of the latest workflow tools such as Photoshop[Registered] Lightroom and Apple[Registered] Aperture[Trademark], as well as Bridge CS3 and Photoshop Camera Raw 4.0. Greatly expanded raw coverage detailing theory and practice-from shooting to post-production-for working with raw format. New sections on flash photography and available light photography. Learn to use strobes, reflectors, and diffusers to create better images. An all-new shooting section with detailed essays and lessons on composition, seeing, shooting practices, and more. New coverage of High Dynamic Range Shooting, sensor cleaning, adaptive shadow/highlight correction, black and white conversion, and more. Expanded and re-written printing coverage. Updated camera buyer's guide that includes SLRs, point-and-shoots, tripods, accessories, and more.

Contents:

Is This the Right Book for You? 3

What Counts as Digital Photography 6

The Best-Laid Plans 6

What Software Do You Need? 6

Digital 101: A Few Basic Ideas 7

Chapter 2 How a Digital Camera Works 11

Something Old, Something New 12

A Little Color Theory 13

How An Image Sensor Works 15

How Your Camera Makes an Image 22

How JPEG Compression Works 26

Meanwhile, Back in the Real World 27

Chapter 3 Basic Photography: A Quick Primer 29

Lenses 30

Exposures: Apertures, Shutter Speeds, and ISO 33

Mostly the Same 39

Chapter 4 Evaluating an Image 41

How Things Look On-Screen Doesn't Always Matter 42

The Top Nine Imaging Problems You're Likely to Encounter 43

Good or Bad, Who Can Tell Why? 53

Chapter 5 Choosing a Digital Camera 55

Budget 57

Point-and-Shoot or SLR 57

Resolution 61

Point-and-Shoot Lens Specifications 68

Basic Controls 70

Camera Design 78

Features 91

What's in the Box? 119

Special Features 121

Accessories 124

What Should I Buy? 131

Chapter 6 Building a Workstation 133

Choosing an Operating System 134

Building Your System 135

Software 141

Accessories 153

Preparing Your Monitor 154

Ready! Aim! 158

Chapter 7 Shooting 159

Seeing, Interpreting, and Composing an Image 160

Five Practices for Better Shooting 175

Initial Camera Settings 183

Building a Shot 186

Simple Flash Photography 212

Power and Storage Management 219

And That's Just the Beginning! 223

Chapter 8 Metering and Exposure 225

What You Can Do with Exposure Adjustments 226

How to Adjust Exposure 236

In-Camera Histograms 244

Bracketing 249

Exposing for Raw 251

Exposing to Avoid Chromatic Aberration (Purple Fringing) 255

Taking Control 256

Chapter 9 Special Shooting 257

Stable Shooting 258

Black-and-White Photography 262

Black-and-White Shooting 263

External Flash 267

Controlling Available Light 273

Macro Photography 276

Landscape Photography 279

Shooting Panoramas 283

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging 293

Underwater Photography 295

Tethered Shooting 296

Using Filters 296

Shooting in Extreme Conditions 299

Halfway There 304

Chapter 10 Workflow 305

Post-Production Workflow 306

Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 313

Learning More 316

Chapter 11 Correcting Tone and Color 317

Histograms Revisited 319

Cropping and Distortion Correction 320

Tutorial 11.1 Cropping an Image 320

Tutorial 11.2 Straightening an Image 324

Tutorial 11.3 Correcting Barrel and Pincushion Distortion in Photoshop CS2/CS3 328

Tutorial 11.4 Correcting Perspective in Photoshop CS2/CS3 331

Tutorial 11.5 Correcting Chromatic Aberration with Photoshop CS2/CS3 333

Corrrecting Tone 335

Tutorial 11.6 Using Levels Input Sliders 337

Tutorial 11.7 Adjusting a Real-World Image 342

Should You Worry about Data Loss? 346

Curves 348

Tutorial 11.8 Correcting Tone with Curves 350

Levels and Curves and Color 356

Tutorial 11.9 Correcting a Color Cast 358

Tutorial 11.10 Correcting Color with Curves 351

Hue/Saturation 365

Tutorial 11.11 Adjusting Saturation 366

The Story So Far 368

Chapter 12 Raw Conversion 371

Raw Workflow 372

Raw Editing 376

Copying Your Edits from One Image to Another 390

What More Do You Need? 391

Chapter 13 Building Your Editing Arsenal 393

What You'll Learn in This Chapter 394

Brushes and Stamps 394

Tutorial 13.1 Cloning Video Tutorial 397

Masks 399

Tutorial 13.2 Creating Complex Masks 407

Layers 414

Other Editing Tools 419

Chapter 14 Imaging Tactics 421

Editing Order 422

Converting Color Images to Grayscale 423

Finding Black and White Images 427

Retouching 428

Tutorial 14.1 430

Additional Editing Techniques 433

Tutorial 14.2 436

Tutorial 14.3 441

Color Adjustment 445

Tutorial 14.4 446

Editing 453

Tutorial 14.5 Video Tutorial: Painting Light and Shadow 461

Photoshop CS2/CS3 Smart Objects 462

Tutorial 14.6 Working with Smart Objects 462

Chapter 15 Special Effects 469

Simulating Depth of Field 470

Tutorial 15.1 Shortening Depth of Field in an Image 470

Stitching Panoramas 475

Creating "Hand-Tinted" Images 478

Applying Effects by Painting 481

Adding Texture, Grain, and "Film" Look 482

Cleaning Portraits 483

Compositing 485

High Dynamic Range Imaging 486

Chapter 16 Output 491

Resizing 492

Tutorial 16.1 Understanding Resolution 495

Sharpening 500

Painting Sharpening 503

Tutorial 16.2 Selective Sharpening of a Portrait 504

Web and E-mail Output 509

Outputting Electronic Files 512

Choosing a Printer 513

Printing 524

Tutorial 16.3 Generating a Soft Proof in Adobe Photoshop 529

Tutorial 16.4 Printing from Photoshop 531.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

922997458

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.