Complete Photo Manual
Subtitle: 300+ skills and tips for making great pictures
Publisher: Weldon Owen
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif.
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781616284497
Table of contents: title: Gear and setup.; title: Get familiar with cameras; title: Go out and shoot; title: Read the manual; title: Capture RAW images; title: Start out in manual mode; title: Get organized; title: Learn your camera's limits; title: Protect your new purchase; title: Experiment with camera functions; title: Learn about illumination; title: Discover diffusion; title: Understand lighting angles; title: Play with illumination; title: Know your lighting gear; title: Smooth skin with a clamshell; title: Use clothes as reflectors; title: Turn a room into a portrait studio; title: Go with a single light source; title: Let there be light; title: Carry a lighting setup in your backpack; title: Move on up to car kits; title: Create a closet lighting cache; title: Bring everyday essentials; title: Finesse flash exposure; title: Work your shoe mount; title: Use a flashmeter; title: Make the best of phone flash; title: Turn on TTL flash; title: Learn about light falloff; title: Punch it up with hard light; title: Take a leap in the dark; title: Amp up the action; title: Soar with strobe power; title: Shoot an easy rider; title: Sync at high speed; title: Catch speed from the passenger seat; title: Fire up a flash party; title: Free yourself with wireless flash; title: Capture dancing paint; title: Experiment with an audio trigger; title: Acquaint yourself with light accessories; title: Shoot flowers in a light tent; title: Protect your knees during field work; title: Style a food shoot; title: Respect the restaurant; title: Shoot dinner from above; title: Flatter your food; title: Craft a V-card reflector; title: Mimic a Dutch masterpiece; title: Capture cool pinhole shots; title: Build a pinhole camera; title: Get to know tripods; title: Paint with light; title: Draw with a flashlight; title: Know your lightbrushes; title: Paint a panorama; title: Find the no-parallax point; title: Photograph star trails; title: Shoot the moon; title: Capture stars without trails; title: Comprehend crop factor; title: Tether your camera to your computer; title: Try a tethered still life; title: Build a smartphone tripod mount; title: Mix up a drink shot; title: Fake ice cubes; title: Use treats to photograph puppies; title: Capture the shine of creatures' coats; title: Wade for the shot; title: Watch your garden grow; title: Shoot desert flora; title: Sync up with monarchs; title: Scout sites; title: Shoot a gorgeous jellyfish; title: Swim with sharks; title: Prepare to go deep; title: Protect your gear in extreme climates; title: Track light with a compass; title: Explore a cave; title: Seek out a sherpa; title: Shoot sky-high photos; title: Shoot through a window; title: Go fly a kite; title: Bag a bird's-eye view; title: Shoot overseas; title: Locate lost sites; title: Explore safely; title: Get the OK to shoot ruins; title: Light up hidden spaces; title: Consider the realm of infrared; title: Shoot with IR film; title: Set up the ideal IR shot; title: Learn the benefits of film; title: Know your film; title: Have film in the bag; title: Preserve pupils; title: Avoid red-eye; title: Make your own ring flash; title: Pose a nude portrait; title: Light the body's contours; title: Always get a model release; title: Write a basic model release; title: Composing and shooting.; title: Learn the ABCs of composition; title: Explore an urban canyon; title: Mix up scale; title: Break the rules; title: Picture nature's patterns; title: Make a phone microscope; title: Pick a lens for patterns; title: Follow the rule of thirds; title: Leverage the landscape; title: Get familiar with lenses; title: Stay straight with tilt/shift; title: Play with the Scheimpflug effect; title: Reverse the Scheimpflug effect; title: Do the vampire tilt/shift; title: Improvise a macro lens; title: Invest in macro tools; title: Do the macro math; title: Learn focus stacking; title: Use a beanbag support; title: Get close to animals; title: Make everyday objects appear cosmic; title: Toy with abstraction; title: Prowl for urban patterns; title: Consider all the angles; title: Go abstract; title: Highlight detail with a ring light; title: Frame with the foreground; title: Switch the perspective; title: Clean a lens with vodka; title: Adjust exposure on your phone; title: Consider color; title: Wrangle white balance; title: Cope with color in mixed light; title: Look deeply into a subject; title: Be shallow; title: Fake depth; title: Straighten out a skyscraper; title: Get hyper about focal depth; title: Hold that horizon; title: Finesse your F-stops; title: Shoot with a mosaic in mind; title: Zap specks with dust mapping; title: Fight zoom creep; title: Create a portable camera manual; title: Take notes without a notebook; title: Perfect your optics with lens correction; title: Make the most of live view; title: Fight battery drain; title: Go to extremes with your histogram; title: Know your lighting ratio; title: Get the lo-fi lowdown; title: Try lo-fi; title: Go for bokeh; title: Float above it all; title: Experiment with flash exposure; title: Picture neon; title: Shoot fairs at night; title: Evaluate the scene; title: Expand dynamic range; title: Play around with autobracketing; title: Flatter with flash; title: Get the white right; title: Jump-start JPEGS; title: Get fired up about fireworks; title: Snag many salvos in one shot; title: Blur the bursts; title: Amp up the magic; title: Light the way with candles; title: Sharpen shadows; title: Explore the dark side; title: Work with available light; title: Factor in color temperatures; title: Shoot outdoors with ambient light; title: See things in black and white; title: Master monochrome metering; title: Block out the blues; title: Shoot in color for the best B&W; title: Pan like a pro; title: Show motion with flash; title: Freeze motion with flash; title: Make poetry with motion; title: Extend exposure in action shots; title: Beat mirror shake; title: Make people disappear; title: Capture the blue hour; title: Fake motion; title: Factor in blur; title: Shoot with out-of-date film; title: Shoot with a film camera; title: Manually focus your camera; title: Use old lenses on your DSLR; title: Add your filters; title: Catch a falling snowflake; title: Keep snow white; title: Find nice ice; title: Make the most of fog; title: Capture mist in B&W; title: Find fog; title: Keep dry in the damp; title: Master the mist; title: Go shooting in the rain; title: Chase raindrops; title: Create your own weather; title: Hack a rain hood; title: Tackle surf safely; title: Brush up on sea shooting basics; title: Soften surf; title: Protect gear from saltwater; title: Play with tiny waves; title: Seize a starburst; title: Shoot into the sun; title: Grab a "God ray"; title: Outrun ghosts; title: Make art out of art; title: Capture the city's bustle; title: Shoot a stranger; title: Sneak a smartphone snap; title: Snap a candid; title: Use wet-weather reflectors; title: Shoot in snow light; title: Smooth out skin; title: Slim down a model; title: Sculpt a face; title: Flatter with color; title: Pack away eye bags; title: Catch a family candid; title: Use fast lenses for family; title: Stage manage your crew; title: Light your kin right; title: Try posing primers; title: Catch the band offstage; title: Shoot a dress rehearsal; title: Make the most of burst; title: Get in the game with basic gear; title: Picture live performance; title: Spotlight true emotion; title: Capture essential wedding shots; title: Rely on your assistant; title: Follow the five-second rule; title: Limit focus with a lensbaby; title: Make your flowers dance; title: Go for blooming beauty; title: Find a fresh take on flowers; title: Get artsy with seaweed; title: Master flight fundamentals; title: Fool the birdie; title: Try a medium-length lens for birdlife; title: Create catchlights; title: Background your bird; title: Photograph wildlife safely; title: Play to animal instincts; title: Plunge into the pool with a compact; title: Snap easy snorkeling shots; title: Light and shoot deepwater photos; title: Zero in on zoo creatures; title: See eye to eye; title: Lure animals to your lens; title: Delve into detail; title: Processing & beyond.; title: Know your image tools; title: Customize Photoshop for optimal workflow; title: Optimize a computer for editing performance; title: Protect your pictures; title: Sample a scrubby slider; title: Use layers for superior editing; title: Dive into layers; title: Master selections; title: Make masks for more editing control; title: Double up your layers; title: Unlock the background; title: Fake a neutral-density filter; title: Stack layers to enhance a macro photo; title: Try touch for mobile editing; title: Make a tilt/shift effect; title: Rotate shots; title: Super undo it; title: Clean up a background; title: Crop to improve your shots; title: Uncrop a photo; title: Put a twist in your shot; title: Scratch up some Polaroid art; title: Cook with RAW files; title: Learn when to go RAW; title: Choose a RAW-specific program; title: Dodge and burn digitally; title: Convert an image to B&W; title: Make yours monochrome with Efex; title: Fade (a background) to black; title: Cruise with curves; title: Get perfect contrast; title: Up a silhouette's contrast; title: Fix it with levels; title: Fix it with curves; title: Soften with blur; title: Replace odd color with one color; title: Tone with masks; title: Use grayscale to fix color; title: Restore some original color; title: Add color by hand; title: Add selective grayscale with hue/saturation; title: Split tones with curves; title: Control tone with Lightroom; title: Light-proof your darkroom; title: Set up a home darkroom; title: Buy the right enlarger lens; title: Clean a negative; title: Make your first darkroom print; title: Store film securely; title: Dodge and burn; title: Protect your photo paper; title: Opt for easier HDR; title: Go pro for top-notch prints; title: Fake an antique photo; title: Create contact sheets; title: Understand resolution; title: Determine maximum size; title: Save files as TIFFs; title: Fix noise without losing detail; title: Pick the right printer; title: Choose a printer ink; title: Display your best shots; title: Comprehend copyright; title: Protect with metadata; title: Choose the right color profile; title: Store images in the cloud; title: Be a picky editor; title: Bring an old photo back to life; title: Edit eyes; title: Extend eyelashes; title: Undo a squint; title: Remove red-eye; title: Retouch subtly for perfect portraits; title: Fix facial flaws with your phone; title: Save face with software; title: Preview your retouching; title: Emphasize motion by faking blur; title: Decipher distorted images; title: Wield the warp tool; title: Warp a wild panorama; title: Give a photo the fisheye look; title: Widen your world with panoramas; title: Go global; title: Make a vertorama; title: Ditch distortion; title: Create an optical illusion; title: Craft a composite; title: Animate a GIF on a smartphone; title: Switch out colors for graphic pop; title: Fake a reflection; title: Quickly sharpen a landscape; title: Cut off fringe; title: Level your horizon; title: Pump up the clouds; title: Add spot contrast