Photography - Books & Resources
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The
Digital Photography Book (Paperback): This isn't a book
of theory—it isn't full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts:
this is a book of which button to push, which setting to use,
when to use them, and nearly two hundred of the most closely
guarded photographic "tricks of the trade" to get
you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful,
more professional-looking photos with your digital camera every
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Understanding
Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital
Camera (Updated Edition) (Paperback): For serious amateur
photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately
exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here’s
the book to consult. More than seventy techniques, both popular
and less-familiar approaches, are covered in detail, including
advanced exposure, bounced flash and candlelight, infrared,
multiple images, soft-focus effects, unusual vantage points,
zooming, and other carefully chosen ways to enhance photographs.
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Portrait
Photography: Secrets of Posing & Lighting (A Lark Photography
Book) (Paperback): With easy-to-follow instructions and
detailed photo sequences showing how to arrange lights and lighting
accessories, this carefully structured course teaches all the
fundamentals of portraiture, as well as a host of other creative
techniques. It sets out everything the amateur needs to know
to create a wide range of styles, from choosing the right equipment
to composing the background to placing and positioning the subject
for maximum effect. |
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The
Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography (Amphoto Guide Series)
(Paperback): This practical, lesson-based workbook gives
readers a step-by-step tutorial in getting bright, crisp, beautiful
pictures from their digital cameras every time. Learn about
exposure, file formats and quality settings, low-light photography,
digital filters and white balance, composition and lens choice,
manipulating images, printing, and much more, all in a handy,
bring-along format.
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The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2: In Volume 2, Scott adds entirely new chapters packed with Plain English tips on using flash, shooting close up photography, travel photography, shooting people, and even how to build a studio from scratch, where he demystifies the process so anyone can start taking pro-quality portraits today! |
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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos: The Photographer's Eye shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montaged to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.
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