HOW TO GET A PERFECT EXPOSURE IN EVERY SITUATION... and Create Stunning Photos!

HOW TO GET A PERFECT EXPOSURE IN EVERY SITUATION... and Create Stunning Photos!
Author: Lorenzo Rossi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2020-05-18
Genre:
ISBN:

Do you have a digital camera that's always on auto mode? If so you're definitely not alone in fact most amateur photographers don't know how to use their expensive cameras to their full potential and that's why they almost always take average photos that they don't really feel proud of but it really doesn't have to be that way. My name is Lorenzo Rossi, I'm an 20 years professional photographer and photography instructor and in this book I'll share with you the 30 simple photography practices that will finally get you off of the auto mode and help you take photos that are so stunning nobody will believe it was you who took them now I know that's a big promise and if you're struggling with the technical side of your camera you're probably a bit skeptical and I totally understand that in fact when I got started about 20 years ago I was also struggling with camera settings so I know exactly how you feel and that's why I created this book revealing the 30 practices Pro photography schools rely on to teach their students. So by the end of this Book you'll have the confidence to stop using the auto mode once and for all and you'll be able to quickly select the perfect camera settings for any photography scene. What will you get from this book? All the necessary concepts, easy to understand. Understand the reasoning of different types of photographers with examples. Practice the concepts with 30 practices. Test the concepts with 6 exercises and 41 questions Quiz. Understanding Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO allows the photographer to plan ahead, create a desired outcome, and feel in control of their camera. This book clarifies, what can sometimes be an intimidating field of knowledge, the technical aspects of digital photography and puts you in the driver's seat for your journey in creating stunning photographs. The method used by photography schools. Forget about paying expensive photography schools, this is the book you'll ever need to master Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO. Easy to read and to practice. Have your equipment close by so that you will be able to practice on the spot.

Understanding Exposure, Fourth Edition

Understanding Exposure, Fourth Edition
Author: Bryan Peterson
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1607748517

This newly revised edition of Bryan Peterson's most popular book demystifies the complex concepts of exposure in photography, allowing readers to capture the images they want. Understanding Exposure has taught generations of photographers how to shoot the images they want by demystifying the complex concepts of exposure in photography. In this newly updated edition, veteran photographer Bryan Peterson explains the fundamentals of light, aperture, and shutter speed and how they interact with and influence one another. With an emphasis on finding the right exposure even in tricky situations, Understanding Exposure shows you how to get (or lose) sharpness and contrast in images, freeze action, and take the best meter readings, while also exploring filters, flash, and light. With all new images, as well as an expanded section on flash, tips for using colored gels, and advice on shooting star trails, this revised edition will clarify exposure for photographers of all levels.

Tony Northrup's DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography

Tony Northrup's DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography
Author: Tony Northrup
Publisher: Tony Northrup
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2014-11-26
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0988263408

The top-rated and top-selling photography ebook since 2012 and the first ever Gold Honoree of the Benjamin Franklin Digital Award, gives you five innovations no other book offers: Free video training. 9+ HOURS of video training integrated into the book’s content (requires Internet access). Travel around the world with Tony and Chelsea as they teach you hands-on. Appendix A lists the videos so you can use the book like an inexpensive video course.Classroom-style teacher and peer help. After buying the book, you get access to the private forums on this site, as well as the private Stunning Digital Photography Readers group on Facebook where you can ask the questions and post pictures for feedback from Tony, Chelsea, and other readers. It’s like being able to raise your hand in class and ask a question! Instructions are in the introduction.Lifetime updates. This book is regularly updated with new content (including additional videos) that existing owners receive for free. Updates are added based on reader feedback and questions, as well as changing photography trends and new camera equipment. This is the last photography book you’ll ever need.Hands-on practices. Complete the practices at the end of every chapter to get the real world experience you need.500+ high resolution, original pictures. Detailed example pictures taken by the author in fifteen countries demonstrate both good and bad technique. Many pictures include links to the full-size image so you can zoom in to see every pixel. Most photography books use stock photography, which means the author didn’t even take them. If an author can’t take his own pictures, how can he teach you? In this book, Tony Northrup (award-winning author of more than 30 how-to books and a professional portrait, wildlife, and landscape photographer) teaches the art and science of creating stunning pictures. First, beginner photographers will master: CompositionExposureShutter speedApertureDepth-of-field (blurring the background)ISONatural lightFlashTroubleshooting blurry, dark, and bad picturesPet photographyWildlife photography (mammals, birds, insects, fish, and more)Sunrises and sunsetsLandscapesCityscapesFlowersForests, waterfalls, and riversNight photographyFireworksRaw filesHDRMacro/close-up photography Advanced photographers can skip forward to learn the pro’s secrets for: Posing men and women. including corrective posing (checklists provided)Portraits (candid, casual, formal, and underwater)Remotely triggering flashesUsing bounce flash and flash modifiersUsing studio lighting on any budgetBuilding a temporary or permanent studio at homeShooting your first weddingHigh speed photographyLocation scouting/finding the best spots and timesPlanning shoots around the sun and moonStar trails (via long exposure and image stacking)Light paintingEliminating noiseFocus stacking for infinite depth-of-fieldUnderwater photographyGetting close to wildlifeUsing electronic shutter triggersPhotographing moving carsPhotographing architecture and real estate

Digital Photography Exposure For Dummies

Digital Photography Exposure For Dummies
Author: Jim Doty, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2010-10-26
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0470887451

Proper exposure techniques and tips in a single practical guide Most of today's cameras do all the work for the user, yet more and more photographers are looking to add some agility and aptitude to their do-it-all cameras. Digital Photography Exposure For Dummies builds upon skills introduced in Photography For Dummies to guide you through creating the perfect shot. Using aperture and shutter speed techniques, as well as knowledge of ISO sensitivity, lens choice, lighting, and color, you will learn a variety of methods and scenarios to produce astonishing and gripping images. Learn how to control the amount of light let into the lens for each photo Features full-color examples and comparisons in techniques Breaks down the settings and adjustments that should be made to achieve different effects Includes suggested exercises to apply as you become more comfortable with new techniques The step-by-step instructions in Digital Photography Exposure For Dummies allow you to get the picture you want every time!

Mastering Digital Photography

Mastering Digital Photography
Author: Eric Anderson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre:
ISBN:

An effective guide for photography mastery and taking of great pictures, digital photography is becoming increasingly popular as a means of storing memories, keeping events of places, people to personal life activities. This book aims to enhance the mastering of digital photography and help readers to get the most out of their digital cameras. It is an effective tool for every photographer to capture amazing shots. Almost three quarters of photographers experience at least one persistent blur or distortion and the last quarter will manage to take average looking pictures if they don't become well grounded on the foundation of the basic principles of capturing great shots. In the absence of an illustrative guide that caters to fill this space, we will always end up not taking our desired photos. "Mastering Digital Photography" is that mastery guide: the first easy step to take to master photography. Jump it and you will miss all it takes to capture stunning photographs. This book will solve all your problems about digital photography, so you can use it to reduce blurring in your photographs, capture amazing pictures of friends and family and give loved ones the opportunity to remember memorable events. To begin with, in the first chapter, we will talk about the effect of light, how the effect of source of light can either affect or improve your photographs. Having the knowledge of how a digital camera manipulates the color reproduction of light by calculating it through the white balance will help you take stunning photos with little to no blur. You will discover why natural colors appear on your photos taken in the shade and why this color correction by the white balance is important. If you find it hard focusing your lens at a certain distance to reproduce the best possible sharpness or you always shoot blurring pictures, you will be particularly interested in chapter 3. You will find out the real causes of numerous blurs and lack of sharpness in your photos and how to prevent them to get the best shots with the right sharpness in each case. The big issue of focusing and all the technical efforts involved are essentially only about finding the right distance setting for your picture at the moment of taking the picture. In chapter 4, you will find instructions on how the different methods of exposure metering of digital cameras work. It explains to get the necessary background knowledge to be able to influence the exposure in a desired way. For example, it relates to two simple principles that allow you to understand: Why different methods can give different results for the same subject. Why every automatic exposure meter regularly needs additional manual corrections. How to put the different methods into practice. Then, in chapter 5, we discussed exposure proper. Here, you will find instructions on how the amount of light that falls on the sensor of your digital camera determines the brightness of your photos. This chapter explains: The three key concepts of exposure: exposure time, aperture and ISO sensitivity. How the exposure control of a camera determines these three key concepts. How exposure can be adjusted with exposure compensation. While chapter 6 on the basics of digital photography explains everything about the white balance, so that you can use it for your own photos and make improvements yourself. Do know that the explanations are applicable to all camera models. In this chapter you will find: What white balance is and what it is used for in digital photography. The most important setting options for white balance on digital cameras. And much more instructions and tips are found in the rest of the chapters to help you create stunning images. For more info, order your copy Now!

Mastering Exposure

Mastering Exposure
Author: David Nightingale
Publisher: Ilex Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2014-10-24
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1781572615

Take creative control of your images and master the essentials of proper exposure with this comprehensive guide to photography?s most fundamental skill. Reinvigorate your artistic enthusiasm by being able to recognise not just the "correct" exposure, but also numerous other creative options for how to capture any given scene. Your photography will stand apart from the crowd, and reflect your own unique vision of the world, all because you have mastered the best techniques for capturing stunning images.

Exposure Photo Workshop

Exposure Photo Workshop
Author: Jeff Wignall
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1118079248

Named One of Shutterbug Magazines Top Digital Imaging Books of 2008! Capturing an image and getting the right exposure is critical and Jeff Wignall recognizes exposure as the secret for creating an image that captures a vision and shares it with the world. When you apply his techniques with patience, experimentation, and a focus on the outcome, you will begin creating images that reveal not only what you saw, but how you felt when you saw it. In fact according to Shutterbug magazine Exposure Photo Workshop “may be the best book yet written about exposure.” By learning to work with natural light as well as when to use flash you will confidently capture action, night scenes, rainbows, sunsets, and reflections like never before. With stunning images, Jeff Wignall shows you how to perfectly expose pictures in even the most challenging existing light conditions, including poor weather, using a flash, and even a section guiding you through using multiple wireless flash units. You can upload your own images to Photoworkshop.com and get feedback from other photographers. Wignall starts by explaining the fundamentals of exposure and why it’s important. This leads into learning the basics of exposure controls. By the end of chapter 2, you will know how to control the exposure on your point-and-shoot or digital SLR camera. Chapter 3 walks readers through measuring light using just about any light meter and Chapter 4 delves into lens apertures and depth of field. The focus moves to shutter speed and subject motion. After Chapter 6, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to turn off your camera’s automatic settings and take manual control. Wignall then examines natural light exposures, discussing the intricacies of light quality, light direction, and time of day. As you approach more advanced exposure options, you’ll need the troubleshooting advice provided in Chapter 8, covering difficult situations such as metering challenges, handling contrast, and creating dramatic silhouettes. With more advanced techniques mastered, you can then approach night and low-light conditions and then examine special considerations such as the weather and natural phenomena. The book finishes strong with a comprehensive look at all things flash photography.

The Photo Cookbook

The Photo Cookbook
Author: Tim Shields
Publisher: Photography Academy
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2019-11-18
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0578612917

This Photo Cookbook is your quick and easy guide to creating your own jaw-dropping pictures without complicated and boring explanations, using the camera or phone you already have. Award-winning Chefs use recipes to create amazing dishes, and if you follow their recipes, you can create the exact same dishes. This Photo Cookbook contains 30 recipes you can use to take amazing photos. Want to shoot a glorious sunset? There’s a recipe for that. Want to create amazing compositions? There are 8 recipes for that. Want to take a stunning portrait shot with a blurred out background? There’s a recipe for that, too. Every recipe is short, to the point, and stands alone. The Photo Cookbook was written by award-winning photographer Tim Shields with thousands of students in his photography programs. Take the best photos of your life using the camera or phone you already have And the best part? Every recipe comes with a how-to video! Just open the regular camera app on your phone and point it at the QR code on the page, or tap the QR code when reading on mobile phones and tablets. When the link pops up, tap it and the video will start. You don’t need any new software or apps.

The Beginner's Photography Guide

The Beginner's Photography Guide
Author:
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1465455310

All you need is a digital camera and this bestselling book to unlock your full potential as a photographer! This handbook will help you improve your skills, give you a fresh perspective on how to approach a shoot, and which equipment will work best. If you have a burst of inspiration and ideas for new projects, this must-have will guide you through every step. Achieve stunning results with this expert advice on everything from how to choose the right equipment and aperture exposure, to image enhancement and flash. This comprehensive guide is a trusted resource and an ideal starting point. Written for beginners, this photography book is easy to read and understand, even if you have never worked with a camera before. It has step-by-step tutorials covering the whole range of camera functions and photographic techniques. Each chapter of the book is full of practical hands-on projects and tutorials that will help you get the best from your camera. At-a-glance comparison images show how camera settings can produce remarkably different pictures. The results are shown side-by-side with each technique, along with the setting used to create a particular look or effect. You'll also learn how to enhance your images using a range of innovative ideas adopted by professionals. Go from Novice to Pro Photographer in a Flash It has been fully updated to reflect all the latest developments in technology and creative trends in digital image-making. This manual will teach you all the tips and techniques you need to ensure that your memorable moments are captured perfectly every time! The Beginner's Photography Guide will help you find your inner photographer: - Takes you through every technique you need to create stunning images. - Easy-to-follow layout and step-by-step and tutorials. - Handy checklists with a quick rundown of the equipment and camera settings. - Hundreds of inspirational images to motivate you to reach your goal.

Exposure Photo Workshop

Exposure Photo Workshop
Author: Jeff Wignall
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2011-06-24
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 111813267X

New and updated techniques for working with exposure Exposure involves a variety of skills, but once mastered, can turn a hobbyist into a bona fide photographer. This hands-on resource dissects the components of exposure—ISO, aperture, shutter speed—and shows how they work together to capture the photographer’s vision. You’ll learn how to leave the safety of automatic settings and understand how controlling the settings can result in beautiful photos. Stunning photos of people, wildlife, and landscapes serve to inspire you to practice your new skills in exposure and create memorable and frame-worthy photos. Unveils the many intricate levels of exposure and clearly explains how to master each one so that you can capture amazing photos Encourages you to apply each of the techniques you learn with patience and experimentation when photographing people, wildlife, landscapes, or any other subject matter Details the essentials for taking frame-worthy photos in a variety of challenges, such as action, night scenes, low light, bad weather, and more Features updated, stunning, and inspiring full-color photos throughout Expose yourself to the fantastic and unparalleled advice contained within the pages of Exposure Photo Workshop, Second Edition!