The Enthusiast's Guide to DIY Photography

The Enthusiast's Guide to DIY Photography
Author: Mike Hagen
Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.
Total Pages: 759
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 168198296X

If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography.

The Enthusiast’s Guide to DIY Photography: 64 Projects, Hacks, Techniques, and Inexpensive Solutions for Getting Great Photos teaches you ingenious, clever, and inexpensive tricks and techniques that will help you shoot great images without breaking the bank. In this book, six chapters are broken down into 64 numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to know to improve your photography. Photographer and author Mike Hagen covers lighting solutions, studio equipment, lens hacks, macro projects, and more.

Lessons include:

  • 9. Making a DIY Beauty Dish
  • 17. Making an LED Light Wand
  • 19. Macro Reversible Lens Mount
  • 27. The Trekking Pole Monopod
  • 31. Kitchen Timer Timelapse Head
  • 47. Making Inexpensive Gobos
  • 57. Creating Action Camera Mounts for a Bicycle
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Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each technique, The Enthusiast’s Guide to DIY Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one lesson at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

The Enthusiast's Guide to Portraiture

The Enthusiast's Guide to Portraiture
Author: Jerod Foster
Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1681981408

If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books don’t waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills. The Enthusiast’s Guide to Portraiture: 59 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to create great portraits in natural light. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into eight chapters that include 59 photographic lessons to help you shoot great portraits, photographer and author Jerod Foster covers equipment, setup, light, composition, posing, color, storytelling, and post-processing. Example lessons include: • 8. Choosing a Lens and Focal Length • 10. Minimum Sustaining Shutter Speed • 13. The Three Degrees of Diffusion • 17. Modifying Natural Light • 21. Framing Your Subject • 29. Composing for Design • 33. The Nose and Cheek Line • 36. Working with Groups • 38. Letting Color Direct the Eye • 45. Creating Shot Lists Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Portraiture is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

50 Things Photographers Need to Know About Focus

50 Things Photographers Need to Know About Focus
Author: John Greengo
Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1681985020

While focusing your camera seems like it should be a no-brainer—there’s autofocus, after all!—it’s often not a simple task. Depending on the shooting situation, your camera, and the countless scenarios that can “throw off” the focus, the task of achieving sharp images with great focus can be deceptively challenging. If you’re a passionate photographer eager to learn the best ways to achieve tack-sharp focus in your images, these 50 focus-based principles are exactly what you need to take your work to the next level. With photographer and author John Greengo as your guide, you’ll quickly learn nearly four dozen techniques for achieving focus in every shooting situation. You’ll learn: • How to optimize autofocus no matter what kind of camera you have (DSLR or mirrorless) • How to master manual focus • Which focus modes and focus areas work best for different situations • How to use your camera’s autofocus aids, such as magnification and focus peaking • Techniques to keep your camera stable, either handheld or on a tripod • How shutter speed and aperture affect sharpness Written in the author’s friendly and approachable style, and illustrated with examples that clearly show how each technique can help you capture great photos, 50 Things Photographers Need to Know About Focus is designed to be an effective, fast, and fun way to learn how to achieve great focus in your images—no matter what situation. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Focus Basics Chapter 2: Autofocus Chapter 3: Mirrorless Autofocus Chapter 4: DSLR Autofocus Chapter 5: Customized Autofocus Controls Chapter 6: Autofocus Aids Chapter 7: Autofocus and Lenses Chapter 8: Manual Focus and Lenses Chapter 9: Exposure Control for Focus Chapter 10: Advanced Focusing Techniques Chapter 11: Other Focus Topics

The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-shot Techniques

The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-shot Techniques
Author: Alan Hess
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2016
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781457189708

If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books don’t waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills. The Enthusiast’s Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques: 49 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to shoot compelling images that require multiple exposures. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into five chapters that include 49 photographic principles to help you create great images, photographer and author Alan Hess covers double exposures, high dynamic range (HDR) images, panoramas, time lapse images, focus stacking, and image stacking. Example lessons include: 4. Using a Flash to Create Double Exposures 6. Double Exposure Portraits 13. Tripod, Release, and Mirror Lockup 17. What Is Tone-Mapping? 23. The Need to Overlap Your Panoramas 25. Handholding for Panoramas 33. Software Settings for Image Stacking 37. Focus Stacking in Landscape Photography 42. Exposure Settings for Time Lapse 43. Doing the Math for Time Lapse Sequences Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

The Enthusiast's Guide to Travel Photography

The Enthusiast's Guide to Travel Photography
Author: Jordana Wright
Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.
Total Pages: 635
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1681983443

If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography.

The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography: 55 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you what you need to know in order to shoot great images when you’re on the road. Chapters are broken down into numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Photographer and author Jordana Wright covers planning your journey, the gear and equipment you’ll need, and how to shoot great shots of landscapes, details, portraiture, wildlife, urban environments, food, and more. Lessons include:

Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

The Enthusiast’s Guide to Photoshop

The Enthusiast’s Guide to Photoshop
Author: Rafael Concepcion
Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1681983001

If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic, subject, or software so you can improve your photography.
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The Enthusiast’s Guide to Photoshop: 64 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you how to get the most out of Adobe Photoshop. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing what you need to get started on your journey to harnessing Photoshop's power in order to fully realize your photographic vision with your imagery. In this book, which is divided into 7 chapters that include 64 photographic lessons to help you conquer Photoshop, photographer and author Rafael "RC" Concepcion covers the most important tools, concepts, and techniques in Photoshop that you need to know.

Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Photoshop is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can confidently dive into Photoshop and create stunning images.