A Practical Guide to Photography
Publisher: Schmetterling Productions
Published: 2017
ISBN-13: 9780954077952
Description: In this free downloadable ebook, I have put together everything I have learned about the fundamental basics of photography.

When I started learning photography back in 1997, I picked up an old book which taught me everything I needed to know in order to fully understand how a camera and photography works. While we have moved on to digital and cameras have become more complex and, in some ways, easier to use, these basics are just as important today as they ever were.

Laid out in a simple, visual and easy to read format that is devoid of technical jargon, the book helps you understand all the essentials such as: light, exposure, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, focussing and exposure compensation.

Using illustrations and example photographs, you can more easily see how all these work

This book has been designed to read on computers, tablets and large smartphones.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: 1. Introduction to light & direction of light; title: 2. How the camera sees and captures images; title: 3. Lenses and how they work; title: 4. Focusing (auto and manual); title: 5. The exposure triangle (shutter speed, aperture, ISO); title: 6. White balance; title: 7. Measuring the light; title: 8. Exposure compensation; title: 9. Image file formats – RAW, TIFF & JPEG