A Practical Guide to Improving Your Photography.
This book provides a practical and accessible guide to every aspect of photography. Illustrated with more than 400 images, it provides clear, up-to-date instruction that will allow even the most inexperienced photographer to achieve great results with every snap of the shutter.
Contents include:
- Knowing Your Camera: acquiring and using a camera, types of camera, lenses, accessories, film
- Getting the Basics Right: understanding exposure and depth of field, metering, using filters
- Composition: getting the picture you want, landscape, wildlife, portraits, groups, travel photography, still life, using colour and tone
- Natural Light: choosing the right time to shoot, using shadow, adapting natural light, reflectors
- Using Flash: flash and exposure, balancing flash with daylight and with tungsten, creating your own mini-studio
- Close Up and Macro Photography: macro lenses and accessories, shooting small subjects, metering macro, composition of close ups and macro photographs
- Going Digital: hardware, resolution, scanning, downloading, manipulation and software techniques, storage, etc
- The Black and White Darkroom: setting up a darkroom, test strips, split-grade printing, toners
- Creative Techniques: having fun with photography, using long and multiple exposures, cross processing and much more
With the 'Complete Photography Manual' and a camera you are well on your way to becoming a confident, versatile and accomplished photographer.
