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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
A Few Digital Basics
File Formats
Returning to an Original Raw File
16-Bit Mode and Color Space
White Balance
Exposure
What Is Meant by Exposure?
The Photographic Triangle
The Heart of the Triangle: The Light Meter
Six Correct Exposures vs. One Creatively Correct One
Seven Creative Exposure Options
Aperture
Aperture and Depth of Field
Storytelling Apertures
Isolation Apertures
The Depth-of-Field Preview Button
“Who Cares?” Apertures
Shutter Speed & ISO
The Importance of Shutter Speed
The Myth of ISO Exposed
Freezing Action: Fast Speeds
Slowing Down
Panning
Motion with a Tripod
Motion in the Background
Motion in Low Light: 1 Second and Beyond
Learning to See
Learning the Language
Seeing Starts with Your Lenses
Wide-Angle Lenses
Street Zooms
The Telephoto
The Fish-Eye
Looking Up
Shooting Down from Above
Seeing Themes
Designing a Striking Image
Line
Shape
Form
Texture
Pattern
Color
Scale
Composition
Filling the Frame
Backgrounds
Horizontal vs. Vertical
The Golden Section and the Rule of Thirds
Breaking the Rules
Avoiding Mergers
Framing within the Frame
Working Your Subject
Picture within a Picture
Composing Action
The Importance of Light
The Best Light
Frontlight
Sidelight
Backlight
The Sunny f/16 Rule
Exposure Meters
18% Reflectance
The Sky Brothers
Mr. Green Jeans (the Sky Brothers’ Cousin)
Night and Low-Light Photography
HDR Exposures
Close-Up Photography
Close-up vs. Macro
Extension Tubes
Canon Close-up Filters
Backgrounds
Ring Flash
Nontraditional Subjects
Photographing People
Overcoming Your Shyness
Approaching and Respecting People
People Psychology 101
Unconventional Techniques
Making “Rain”
“Painting”
Zooming
Attaching the Camera to…
Photographing “Ghosts”
Deliberate Overexposure
Useful Tools
Tripods and Tripod Heads
Self-Timers, Mirror Lock-up, and Cable Releases
Polarizing Filters
Neutral-Density Filters
Graduated Neutral-Density Filters
Index
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