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Camera | |
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Getting Started Getting your camera ready | |
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Focusing and setting the exposure | |
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Exposure readout | |
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Exposing images | |
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What will you photograph? | |
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Types of Cameras | |
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Basic Camera Controls | |
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More about Camera Controls | |
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Inside a digital single-lens reflex camera | |
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Shutter Speed Affects light and motion | |
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Use it creatively | |
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Aperture Affects light and depth of field | |
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Use it creatively | |
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Shutter Speed and Aperture Blur vs. depth of field | |
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Getting the Most | |
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from Your Camera and Lens | |
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Lens | |
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Lens Focal Length the basic difference between lenses | |
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Normal Focal Length the most like human vision | |
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Long Focal Length Telephoto lenses | |
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Short Focal Length Wide-angle lenses | |
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Zoom, Macro, and Fisheye Lenses | |
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Focus and Depth of Field | |
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Automatic Focus | |
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Depth of Field Controlling sharpness in a photograph | |
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More about Depth of Field How to preview it | |
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Perspective How a photograph shows depth | |
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Lens Attachments Close-ups and Filters | |
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Light and Exposure | |
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Sensor and Pixels | |
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Pixels and Resolution | |
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Color in Photography | |
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White Balance | |
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Using Histograms | |
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Exposure Meters What different types do | |
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How to calculate and adjust an exposure manually | |
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Overriding an Automatic Exposure Camera | |
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Making an Exposure of an Average Scene | |
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Exposing Scenes that are Lighter or Darker than Average | |
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Backlighting | |
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Exposing Scenes with High Contrast | |
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HDR High dynamic range | |
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the Digital Darkroom | |
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Equipment and Materials You'll Need | |
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Pictures Are Files | |
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Digital Color Modes, gamuts, spaces, and profiles | |
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Channels | |
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Calibrating for accuracy | |
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Working with Camera Raw | |
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Setting up a Workflow Stay organized | |
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Workflow programs: Aperture and Lightroom | |
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Importing an Image | |
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Scanning | |
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Image Editing | |
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Getting Started Editing an Image | |
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Adjusting an Image Levels | |
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Curves | |
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Adjusting Part of an Image Selections | |
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More Techniques Layers | |
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Retouching | |
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Sharpening | |
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Compositing | |
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Color into black and white | |
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Filters | |
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An Editing Workflow | |
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Ethics and Digital Imaging | |
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Printing and Display | |
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Printers and Drivers | |
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Papers and Inks | |
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Soft Proofing | |
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Panoramic Photographs | |
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Presenting Your Work Framing | |
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Matting a print | |
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Mounting a Print Equipment and materials you'll need | |
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Dry Mounting a Print Step by Step | |
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Bleed Mounting/Overmatting | |
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Organizing and Storing | |
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Image Storage | |
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Using Metadata | |
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Software for Organizing | |
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Archiving Images and Prints | |
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Lighting | |
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Qualities of Light From direct to diffused | |
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Existing Light Use what's available | |
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The Main Light the strongest source of light | |
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Fill Light To lighten shadows | |
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Simple Portrait Lighting | |
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Using Artificial Light Photolamp or flash | |
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More about Flash How to position it | |
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Using Flash | |
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Seeing Like a Camera | |
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What's in the Picture the edges or frame | |
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The background | |
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Focus Which parts are sharp | |
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Time and Motion in a Photograph | |
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Depth in a Picture Three dimensions become two | |
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Chaos becomes order | |
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Photographing for Meaning | |
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Portraits Informal: Finding them | |
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Formal: Setting them up | |
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Photographing the Landscape | |
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Photographing the Cityscape | |
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Photographing Inside | |
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Responding to Photographs | |
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History of Photography | |
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Daguerrotype "Designs on silver bright" | |
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Calotype Pictures on paper | |
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Collodion Wet-Plate Sharp and reproducible | |
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Gelatin Emulsion/Roll-Film | |
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Base Photography for everyone | |
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Color Photography | |
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Early Portraits | |
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Early Travel Photography | |
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Early Images of War | |
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Time and Motion in Early Photographs | |
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The Photograph as Document | |
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Photography and Social Change | |
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Photojournalism | |
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Photography as Art in the 19th Century | |
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Pictorial Photography and the Photo-Secession | |
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The Direct Image in Art | |
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The Quest for a New Vision | |
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Photography as Art in the 1950s and 1960s | |
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Photography as Art in the 1970s and 1980s | |
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Digital Photography Predecessors | |
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Becomes Mainstream | |
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How to Learn More | |
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Troubleshooting | |
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Photographers' Web Sites | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Index | |