The Colour Photography Field Guide
The Colour Photography Field Guide

Author: Michael Freeman

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2013-08-19

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 178157149X

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Understand the role colour plays in your images, learn to appreciate its dynamic effects and find out how to capture and reproduce it as precisely as possible in your own images. The Colour Photography Field Guide provides a unique look at analysing and combining three important ways of dealing with colour. The first is the subjective and cultural response to individual colour: the perception. The second is how colours are found and appear in photography: the science. The third is the means by which they can be viewed and altered digitally: the expression. - A clear and technically precise look at how colour affects your digital images - Portable and lightweight, for on-the-spot information and inspiration - With a host of case studies examining difficult colour situations such as capturing flesh tones and unreal colours

National Geographic Photography Field Guide
National Geographic Photography Field Guide

Author: Peter K. Burian

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780792256762

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From the institution that set the standard for exceptional photography comes the definitive how-to volume--fully revised and updated with the latest information. 280 photos, illustrations & maps.

Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide
Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide

Author: Bryan Peterson

Publisher: Amphoto Books

Published: 2010-12-21

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0817400192

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Everything you need to know in one take-anywhere field guide! This all-in-one guide from renowned photographer, instructor, and author Bryan Peterson will help you take better photos anytime, anywhere–with any camera. Want to finally understand exposure? Interested in learning to "see" and composing your images more creatively? Ready to master the magic of light? It’s all here, the techniques every amateur photographer needs to take better nature, landscape, people, and close-up photos. You’ll even get creative techniques, like making "rain" and capturing "ghosts," and practical advice on gear, equipment, and postprocessing software. Filled with Bryan’s inspirational photographs, this is the one essential guide for every camera bag.

John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide
John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide

Author: John Shaw

Publisher: Amphoto Books

Published: 2011-05-03

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0817400303

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An updated bestseller, this book of extraordinarily beautiful photographs of nature contains state-of-the-art instruction on how any photographer can aim for equally impressive results every time a camera is focused on the great outdoors. Even highly skilled photographers are often baffled by the problems facing them when they work outdoors. But with this exceptional field guide in hand, every photographer—beginner, serious amateur, semi-pro, and pro—can conquer the problems encountered in the field. Using his own exceptional work as examples, the author discusses each type of nature subject and how to approach photographing it. Specific advice and information cover selection of equipment and lenses; how to compose a shot; how to get close ups; and other tips covering a range of techniques to enrich various types of nature photographs.

Bryan Peterson's Understanding Composition Field Guide
Bryan Peterson's Understanding Composition Field Guide

Author: Bryan Peterson

Publisher: Amphoto Books

Published: 2012-11-06

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0770433081

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Learn to “see” more compelling images with this on-the-go field guide from Bryan Peterson! What makes an image amazing? Believe it or not, it is not about the content. What makes a photo compelling is the arrangement of that content—in other words, its composition. The right composition gives your images impact and emotion; the wrong one leaves them flat. In this handy, take-anywhere guide, renowned photographer, instructor, and bestselling author Bryan Peterson frees amateur photographers from the prejudices of what is “beautiful” or “ugly” so that they can instead focus on color, line, light, and pattern. Get the tools you need to show your distinct voice and point of view in every image you shoot. With this guide in your camera bag, you’ll be equipped not only to “see” beautiful images but to successfully shoot them each and every time. Also available as an ebook

Exposure Digital Field Guide, Borders Edition
Exposure Digital Field Guide, Borders Edition

Author: Alan Hess

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons

Published: 2010-11-17

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1118035712

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Exposure Digital Field Guide, Borders Edition is a condensed e-book version of the printed book Exposure Digital Field Guide. It walks you through the basics of good exposure, achieved by adjusting ISO, aperture, and shutter speed in different combinations to create the perfect image. Then it shows you how to achieve perfectly exposed portraits, event and action shots, nature images, and nighttime photos.

A Photojournalist's Field Guide
A Photojournalist's Field Guide

Author: Stacy Pearsall

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 747

ISBN-13: 0133257908

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In this comprehensive, practical guide, award-winning photojournalist Stacy Pearsall offers the techniques, guidance, and inspiration needed to succeed in the dynamic and exciting field of photojournalism. Starting with an overview of photojournalism and her experience as both a combat and domestic photographer, Stacy covers the basics of preparing for assignments, discussing such key topics as selecting suitable attire for different environments, assembling essential camera gear, developing the right approach for a story, and honing your shooting technique. beyond the fundamentals, Stacy then dives into the nitty-gritty details of photojournalism work, providing insights into living and working in harsh conditions, maintaining physical and mental health, and managing relationships with subjects. The book interweaves hundreds of Stacy’s amazing photographs with stories of her experiences in the field, providing context for advice on everything from navigating unfamiliar locations, to properly exposing your images, to building innovative multimedia projects. Follow her into "the trenches" for the fascinating stories behind the shots, which show by example how to get the best photographs you can, even under the most challenging circumstances. Features stunning full-color images from some of the author’s most dramatic moments as a photojournalist Offers insights on preparing for long-term assignments, working in austere environments, and reintegrating into society after a project Interweaves photography techniques with advice on interacting with subjects and creating compelling stories

The Colour Photography Field Guide
The Colour Photography Field Guide

Author: Michael Freeman

Publisher: Ilex Press

Published: 2013-08-19

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 178157149X

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Understand the role colour plays in your images, learn to appreciate its dynamic effects and find out how to capture and reproduce it as precisely as possible in your own images. The Colour Photography Field Guide provides a unique look at analysing and combining three important ways of dealing with colour. The first is the subjective and cultural response to individual colour: the perception. The second is how colours are found and appear in photography: the science. The third is the means by which they can be viewed and altered digitally: the expression. - A clear and technically precise look at how colour affects your digital images - Portable and lightweight, for on-the-spot information and inspiration - With a host of case studies examining difficult colour situations such as capturing flesh tones and unreal colours

The Ultimate Field Guide to Landscape Photography
The Ultimate Field Guide to Landscape Photography

Author: Robert Caputo

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781426200540

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Ever wonder how landscape photographers manage to capture every detail in a panoramic shot of the Grand Canyon? Want to make a waterfall look like velvet? Or highlight the shafts of sunlight in your pictures of forests? All these answers and many more can be found in this definitive new guide to landscape photography--a must-have resource for amateur and experienced shutterbugs alike. In clear, straightforward language, master photographer Robert Caputo reviews the basics of landscape photography for both film and digital camera users. Using concrete examples, he reveals recent directions in style and sheds light on the latest technology, advising how and when to use it. For additional guidance and inspiration, every picture shown in the book includes specific details on shutter speed, aperture settings, ISO settings, lenses, and types of cameras. Profiles of top landscape photographers provide more innovative tips for making your pictures unique. And a hefty chapter shares up-to-the-minute, information on new equipment and software for creating better digital images. Filled with practical information and step-by-step instruction, this 160-page volume will easily fit in a camera bag for handy reference in the field. A glossary of useful web sites and professional resources completes this authoritative guide from National Geographic--the ultimate "professor" for anyone eager to learn how to take better landscape photos.

The DSLR Field Guide
The DSLR Field Guide

Author: Michael Freeman

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-08-21

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 113608701X

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Today's DSLRs have manuals running to hundreds of pages, but they neglect one crucial fact: great photographers do not just simply know how to navigate menus, they also understand how their camera works and how to get the best possible pictures from it. The DSLR Field Guide shares Michael Freeman's decades of professional photography experience with digital technology--from the anatomy of a DSLR, though to making the most of the camera's many settings so you can operate it with speed and accuracy, confident that you will be achieving the best possible result. Michael Freeman is the author of the global bestseller, The Photographer's Eye. Now published in sixteen languages, The Photographer's Eye continues to speak to photographers everywhere. Reaching 100,000 copies in print in the US alone, and 300,000+ worldwide, it shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs.