Short Course in Photography : An Introduction to Photographic Technique
by London, Barbara; Stone, JimEdition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-01
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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Summary
This easy-to-use text introduces photography students to the fundamentals of photography and suggests ways in which they might create photographs that have meaning. With a special focus on black and white photography, the book also explores digital techniques and web photography resources, equipment, cameras and camera accessories, the exposure and development of film, and the making and finishing of prints. All aspects of the process are explained and illustrated clearly in two-page spreads, each of which addresses a self-contained topic.
Table of Contents
| Camera | |
| Getting Started Camera and film | |
| Loading film into the camera | |
| Focusing and setting the exposure | |
| Exposure readout | |
| Exposing the film | |
| What will you photograph? | |
| Using a digital camera | |
| Types of Cameras | |
| Basic Camera Controls | |
| More about Camera Controls | |
| Inside a singlelens reflex camera | |
| Shutter Speed Affects light and motion | |
| Aperture Affects light and depth of field | |
| Shutter Speed and Aperture Blur vs. depth of field | |
| Getting the Most from Your Camera and Lens | |
| Lens | |
| Lens Focal Length The basic difference between lenses | |
| Normal Focal Length The most like human vision | |
| Long Focal Length Telephoto lenses | |
| Short Focal Length Wide-angle lenses | |
| Zoom, Macro, and Fisheye Lenses | |
| Focus and Depth of Field | |
| Automatic Focus | |
| Depth of Field Controlling sharpness in a photograph | |
| More about Depth of Field How to preview it | |
| Perspective How a photograph shows depth | |
| Lens Attachments Making close-ups | |
| Using filters | |
| Polarization and other effects | |
| Film | |
| Selecting and Using Film | |
| Film Speed and Grain The two go together | |
| Special-Purpose Films Infrared and chromogenic | |
| Color in Film and Digital | |
| Color Films | |
| Exposure | |
| Normal Exposure, Underexposure, and Overexposure | |
| Exposure Meters What different types do | |
| How to calculate and adjust an exposure manually | |
| Overriding an Automatic Exposure Camera | |
| Making an Exposure of an Average Scene | |
| Exposing Scenes That are Lighter or Darker than Average | |
| Backlighting | |
| Exposing Scenes with High Contrast | |
| Low Light and Reciprocity | |
| Exposures in Hard-to-Meter Situations | |
| Developing the Negative | |
| Processing Film Equipment and chemicals you'll need | |
| Mixing and Handling Chemicals | |
| Processing Film Step by Step Setting out materials needed | |
| Preparing the film | |
| Development | |
| Stop bath and fixer | |
| Washing and drying | |
| Summary of Film Processing | |
| How Chemicals Affect Film | |
| Evaluating Your Negatives | |
| Push Processing | |
| Printing | |
| Printing Equipment and materials you'll need | |
| Making a Contact Print Step by Step | |
| Processing a Print Step by Step Development | |
| Stop bath and fixer | |
| Washing and drying | |
| Summary of Print Processing | |
| Making an Enlarged Print Step by Step Setting up the enlarger | |
| Exposing a test print | |
| Exposing a final print | |
| Evaluating Your Print for Density and Contrast | |
| More about Contrast How to control it in a print | |
| Local Controls Burning in and dodging | |
| Cropping | |
| Spotting | |
| Mounting a Print | |
| Equipment and materials you'll need | |
| Dry Mounting a Print Step by Step | |
| Bleed Mounting/Overmatting | |
| Lighting | |
| Qualities of Light From direct to diffused | |
| Existing Light Use what's available | |
| The Main Light The strongest source of light | |
| Fill Light To lighten shadows | |
| Simple Portrait Lighting | |
| Using Artificial Light Photolamp or flash | |
| More about Flash How to position it | |
| Using Flash | |
| Digital Photography | |
| Equipment and Materials You'll Need | |
| Pixels Make the Picture | |
| Digital Color Modes, gamuts, spaces, and profiles | |
| Channels | |
| Using Histograms and the Info Palette | |
| Setting up a Workflow Stay organized | |
| Workflow programs: Aperture and lightroom | |
| Importing an Image | |
| Scanning | |
| Getting Started Editing an Image | |
| Adjusting an Image Levels | |
| Curves | |
| Adjusting Part of an Image Selections | |
| More Techniques Layers | |
| Filters | |
| Retouching | |
| Sharpening | |
| Compositing | |
| Making a Digital Image Step by Step | |
| Soft Proofing | |
| Printing | |
| Storage, Archiving, Retrieval | |
| Ethics and Digital Imaging | |
| Seeing Like a Camera | |
| What's in the Picture The edges or frame | |
| The background | |
| Depth of Field Which parts are sharp | |
| Time and Motion in a Photograph | |
| Depth in a Picture Three dimensions become two | |
| Chaos becomes order | |
| Photographing for Meaning | |
| Portraits Informal: Finding them | |
| Formal: Setting them up | |
| Photographing the Landscape | |
| Photographing the Cityscape | |
| Photographing Inside | |
| Responding to Photographs | |
| How to Learn More | |
| Troubleshooting | |
| Glossary | |
| Photo Credits | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
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