John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide

Name: John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide
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ISBN: 9780817440596

ISBN-10: 0817440593

ISBN-13: 9780817440596

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: John Shaw

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Covering every problem the nature photographer might encounter in the field, John Shaw offers his own approach to the challenges of on-the-spot nature photography, illustrated with his own full-colour images as examples.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 10/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 8.31" wide x 10.94" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

John Shaw has covered Congress since 1991 as a congressional correspondent and vice president with Market News International and as a contributing writer for The Washington Diplomat magazine. He is the author of The Ambassador: Inside the Life of a Working Diplomat and Washington Diplomacy: Profiles of People of World Influence. He has been a Hoover Institution Media Fellow and is a frequent commentator for C-SPAN and public radio.John T. Shaw has covered Congress since 1991 as a congressional correspondent and vice president with Market News International and as a contributing writer for the Washington Diplomat magazine. He is the author of The Ambassador: Inside the Life of a Working…



Preface


Introduction: What Is There to Photograph?


Exposure


Basic Theory of Exposure


The Non-Metered Exposure: "Sunny f/16"


Depth of Field vs. Shutter Speed


Calibrating Your Meter


Using Your Camera's Exposure Meter


Metering Some Unusual Situations


Autoexposure


Multiple Exposures


Long Exposures and Reciprocity Failure


Equipment and Film


Buying a Camera System


Tripods and Tripod Heads


Film


Pushing Film


Specialized Support Products


Filters


Graduated Neutral-Density Filters


TTL Flash


Lenses


What Lenses Do


Zoom Lenses vs. Fixed-Focal-Length Lenses


Wide-Angle Lenses


Normal Lenses


Short Telephoto Lenses: 80-200mm


Long Lenses: 300mm and Up


Teleconverters


Autofocus


Composition


Learning to See Photo-Graphically


Lighting


Working a Subject


Vertical or Horizontal?


Framing and Placement


Closeups


Defining a Closeup


Working Distance and Background Control


Extension


Supplementary Lenses


Using Zoom Lenses for Closeups


Macro Lenses


Closeup Flash


Higher Magnifications


Closeup Procedures


Working in the Field


Blinds


Aerials


Weather Concerns


My Personal Field Gear


A Nature Photographer's Calendar: A Seasonal Guide to Locations


Index