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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started: Going from Ordinary to Extraordinary
Creative Visualization
Assignment: Seeing the Potential
Planning Your Strategy
The Wow Factor: Point of View
Assignment: The Hunt for Visual Adventure
Get Creative with Lenses
Assignment: Get to Know Your Telephoto
Assignment: Develop Your Wide-Angle Eye
Quality of Natural Light
Assignment: Explore the Times of Day
Chapter 2: The Elements of Design
The Power of Line
Assignment: A Twisted Point of View
Shape
Shapes as Silhouettes
Form
Texture
Color
Assignment: Color Quest
Pattern
Assignment: Put the “Graphic” Back in “Photographic”
Black and White
Repetition
Chapter 3: Composing Your Photograph
Subject Placement
Assignment: Follow—and Then Break—the Rules
The Sky: How Much or How Little
Beware: Backgrounds and Borders
Orientation: Horizontal vs. Vertical
Facing the Right (or Left) Way
The Tripod: The No. 1 Photo Accessory
Chapter 4: Depth & Balance
Depth and Foreground Framing
Depth of Field
Assignment: DOF Still Not Clear? Try This!
Balance
Chapter 5: Photographing Motion
Freezing the Action
Steady Camera + Slow Shutter = Blurred Motion
Assignment: Getting Up to Speed
Panning a Moving Subject
Assignment: Give Panning a Try
Painting with Long Exposures
Assignment: Experiment like Crazy
Blurring Motion by Zooming
Chapter 6: Pulling It All Together
Personal Projects
Assignment: Drawing Up a List
Self-Evaluation
Glossary of Photographic Terms
Contributing Photographers
Resources
Index
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