Confessions of a compact camera shooter : get professional quality photos with your compact camera / Rick Sammon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sammon, Rick.

Series:

--For dummies.

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

35mm cameras--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

35mm cameras.

Cameras--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cameras.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Publishing, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Top photographer and Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon shares his best tips and tricks for getting high-quality images with your point-and-shoot camera Prolific author and renowned photographer Rick Sammon shares essential tips, tricks, and advice from years of vast and unique photography experiences. Packed with pointers and helpful hints, this handy, full-color guide can travel with you on your journeys for getting stunning photographs taken with point-and-shoot cameras. You'll learn how to capture proper exposure, create depth of field, use the appropriate flash settings, and muc

Contents:

Confessions of a Compact Camera Shooter; Contents; Foreword - Full-Featured Compact Digital Cameras; Introduction - Confessions of a Compact Camera Shooter; Confession; Keep It Clean; See the Difference?; Noise; Lens Appeal; Check It Out; Uh Oh ...; The Rescue; Plug In for Fun; Save As ... What?; Compact Shooter's Gear Bag; A Heavier Load; Part I: Compact Camera, Pro Results; People Pictures; Animals; Landscapes and City Scenes; Snow and Nature; Pro Studio; Tell a Story with Pictures; The Answers; Part II: What Your Compact Camera Can and Can't Do; Image Quality; Digital Noise Difference

Getting Close to a SubjectSunsets-and More on Subject Size; Maximum Wide-Angle View; Close-ups; Action Sequences; Shutter Lag; More on Shutter Lag; Always Ready for Fun; On-the-Spot Creativity; Know Your Camera; Good News!; Part III: Top Tips for Great Digital Pix; An Interesting Subject is Key; Go for Good Composition; Pick an Interesting Vantage Point; Focus on Auto Focusing; Fine-Tune Your Exposures; Be Aware of the Background; See the Light; Create a Sense of Depth; Control the Light On-Site; Check Your Exposures; Check Your Camera Settings; Watch for Lens Flare; Subtle Lens Flare

Use Your RadarDead Center is Deadly; See Eye to Eye; When You Think You Are Close Enough, Move Closer; When YouThink You Are Done Shooting, Shoot More; Always Look Up, Always Look Down; The Name of the Game is to Fill the Frame; Don't Forget the Details; Frame It; Don't Just Stand There; Do It In the Digital Darkroom; Look for Pictures within a Picture; Be Ready for Fun ...and the Not So Fun; RAW Rules; Make Pictures, Don't Just Take Pictures; Always Carry a Camera; Don't Get Stuck; All Together Now; Develop Understanding; Part IV: Light: The Main Subject in Every Photograph

What Our Eyes See vs. What Our Cameras SeeScene Brightness and ISO Settings; Photographing People Indoors in Low Light; Reducing and Increasing the Light; More on Increasing the Light; Contrast and Outdoor People Pictures; Diffuser in Action; Contrast in Scenic Pictures; The Color of Light; The Direction of Light; The Quality of Light; Finding the Light: Part I; Finding the Light: Part II; Controlling the Movement of Light; Part V: Understanding ISO; Bright Light and Low Light Settings; Digital Noise Degrades Image Quality; Set Higher ISO to Stop Action; Increase ISO to Stop Your Movement

Lower ISO to Blur Subject MovementPart VI: Get the Best Image Quality: RAW and JPEG; When RAW Rules; When JPEGs are Okay; Settings for JPEG Image Quality/Compression; The Importance of Seeing the Light; RAW Really Rules with Panoramas; Part VII: A Case for White Balance; Individual White Balance Settings; Auto White Balance; When White Balance Goes Wrong; When the Wrong White Balance Can Actually be Right; Correcting White Balance in Camera RAW; Part VIII: Flash Settings: On, Off and Partial; Sunny Day Flash Shots; Fill Flash Outdoors in the Shade; Add Just a Touch of Flash

When Flash May Not Be Good

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612472008

9781118076255

1118076257

9781282472006

1282472003

9780470626559

0470626550

OCLC:

609853724