Underwater Photographer Digital and Traditional Techniques

Name: Underwater Photographer Digital and Traditional Techniques
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ISBN: 9780240519883

ISBN-10: 0240519884

ISBN-13: 9780240519883

Edition: 3rd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Martin Edge

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Description:

One of the world's leading underwater photographers, Martin Edge explains in this book his consider-and-think approach to taking pictures. He shows how to select the right equipment, and provides guidance on all the basic techniques.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 3/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English



Foreword


About the book


Introduction


Acknowledgements


Photographic information



The Basics and Beyond



Basics refresher - traditional techniques



Colour loss, light and particulates



Getting close physically



Shooting up



Preferable lenses and lens law



The trouble with zooms



The environment



The Digital Revolution



Image quality, megapixels and sensors



Memory cards



File types: RAW vs JPEG and TIFF



Digital ISO and noise



Resolution



Digital white balance



Workflow and photo trips



Shutter lag



Understanding histograms: the digital underwater photographer's best friend



Capturing sunbursts with digital cameras



Using the LCD screen



Digital compact cameras




Digital SLRs and housings - what's on the market?



Digital underwater photography with filters




Using SLR Cameras and Compact Digitals Underwater



Using SLRs and digital compacts: an introduction



Exposure modes: aperture, shutter and manual



Metering patterns



Autofocus



Exposure compensation



Checking TTL is working



The Mindset



Our mindset



The 'think and consider' (TC) system



Camera preparation



Top-side pressures



Subject selection, negative space and potential



Approach



Lighting for the TC system



Composition for the TC system



Visualisation



Patience



Peak of the action



Shoot and evaluate



The Big Four



Composition



Lighting


Natural light


Using flash underwater - a new approach to an old technique


Twin flash guns



Close-up and macro photography


Introduction to close-up and macro


Blue-water close-up and macro techniques


Abstract images


How to photograph fish


The underwater photographer at night


Ring-flash lighting



Wide-angle photography


Introduction to wide-angle photography


Dome port theory


Balanced-light wide-angle photography


Close-focus wide-angle photography


Photographing people


Photographing shipwrecks


Photographing schooling fish


Rear curtain synchronisation


Under-overs


Creative wide-angles just below the surface


Internet resources, equipment suppliers and useful names and addresses


Glossary


Index