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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Understanding Digital Wedding Photography | |
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The World of Wedding Photography | |
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Capturing Weddings | |
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Challenging and Rewarding Profession | |
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Using the Tools of the Trade | |
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Camera choices | |
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Personality goes a long way | |
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Training your eye | |
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Getting experience | |
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Recording Life's Milestone with Pictures | |
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Breaking into the Business of Wedding Photography | |
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Summary | |
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Developing Your Own Style | |
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Two Business Models | |
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Low prices up front | |
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High prices up front | |
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The motivation factor | |
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Follow the money trail | |
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Traditional Wedding Photography | |
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Equipment | |
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Personality | |
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Services and items offered | |
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The wedding day | |
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After the wedding | |
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Photojournalistic-Style Wedding Photography | |
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History and current trends | |
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Personality | |
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Informal formals | |
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The wedding day | |
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After the wedding | |
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Portrait Journalism | |
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Current trends | |
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The wedding day | |
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Equipment | |
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Finding a Style That Works for You | |
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Giving Clients What They Want | |
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Summary | |
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Choosing the Right Equipment for the Job | |
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Comparing Point-and-Shoot and SLR Cameras | |
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Point-and-shoot | |
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Strengths and weaknesses | |
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Major drawbacks | |
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Choosing a Camera of Your Own | |
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Lightweight | |
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Interchangeable lenses | |
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Fast focus | |
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Fast shutter | |
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Good color | |
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No perceptible shutter lag | |
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Long battery life | |
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Availability of a powerful TTL flash | |
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LCD screen | |
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Vertical shutter-release button | |
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Short power-on time | |
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Lenses for the Wedding Photographer | |
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Wide-Angle Zoom | |
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Dressing room shots | |
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Dancing shots | |
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Group shots | |
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Medium Zoom: A Little Bit of Everything | |
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Telephoto Zoom | |
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Low-light shooting | |
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Shallow depth-of-field effects | |
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Candid shots | |
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Compression of subject and background | |
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Portraits | |
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Art Lenses | |
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50mm f/1.4 | |
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Lens Baby | |
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Protective Filters | |
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Lighting Choices | |
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Portable flash systems | |
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On-camera flash systems | |
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Color Balance | |
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Bags and Boxes for Carrying Your Gear | |
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The photo backpack | |
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The rolling box | |
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Camera Settings and the Setup Menu | |
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Color space | |
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File format | |
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Sharpening | |
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Exposure modes | |
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Aperture priority mode | |
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Shutter priority mode | |
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Program mode | |
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Manual mode | |
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Methods of exposure compensation | |
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Exposure lock button | |
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+/- Dial adjustment | |
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Manual mode | |
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Summary | |
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Creating Your Wedding Day Workflow | |
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Discovering Workflow | |
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Wedding Shoot Workflow | |
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Preparing for the Shoot | |
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Batteries | |
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Battery packs | |
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Battery chargers | |
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Color space | |
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What to give your clients | |
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Getting your own prints | |
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File format | |
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JPEG | |
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RAW | |
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Adjusting the file type to the job | |
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What file type is right for you? | |
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Memory Cards | |
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Formatting your cards | |
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Memory card failure | |
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Deciding whether to format | |
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Packing up | |
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Final details | |
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Shooting the Pictures | |
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Portable Storage Options | |
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Transferring Images from Camera to Computer | |
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Creating a Backup Image Set | |
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Reviewing and Editing Images | |
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Archiving Finished Files | |
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Workflow Samples | |
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The Author's Digital Wedding Workflow | |
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Studio Coburg's Digital Wedding Workflow | |
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Holland Photo Arts' Digital Wedding Workflow | |
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Summary | |
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Composing Your Art | |
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The Rule of Thirds | |
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Moving into the Frame | |
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Use of Empty Space | |
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Cropping People | |
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Shooting a Bull's-Eye | |
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Leading the Focal Point | |
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Natural Posing | |
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The Creative Portrait Session | |
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Think Creative Thoughts | |
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Summary | |
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Shooting Weddings on Location | |
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Finding Beauty and Emotion in the Dressing Rooms | |
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Equipment | |
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Wide angle lens | |
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Medium lens | |
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70-200 telephoto | |
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Lens Baby | |
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Lighting the Dressing Rooms | |
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Window light | |
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Balancing light sources | |
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The guy's room | |
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Details shots | |
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Dressing Room Etiquette | |
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Knock before entering | |
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Talk about the nudity issue | |
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What not to shoot | |
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Summary | |
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Shooting Outdoors | |
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Equipment | |
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Working in Bright Sun | |
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Dynamic range | |
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How to cut your losses | |
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Using JPEG on a sunny day | |
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Watch the histogram and blinking highlight warning | |
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Exposure Latitude | |
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Overexposure | |
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Underexposure | |
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Tips for Group Photos | |
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Dealing with direct sun | |
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Late afternoon direct sunlight | |
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Fill flash | |
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Backlight techniques | |
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Overcast light | |
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Finding shade | |
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Light reflectors | |
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Late Evening Light | |
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Background Choices | |
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Including the background | |
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Minimizing the background | |
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Let the background pick your lens | |
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Summary | |
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Shooting Indoors | |
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Equipment | |
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Tripod | |
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Slaves | |
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Lighting the Set | |
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Common lighting setups | |
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On-camera flash | |
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Single main light plus on-camera flash | |
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Dual umbrella | |
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Bounce flash | |
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Reflectors | |
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Diffusers | |
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White Balance | |
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JPEG shooters | |
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RAW shooters | |
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Minimizing Reflections | |
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Choosing Your Locations | |
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The Altar Area | |
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Seeing Good Locations | |
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Summary | |
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Documenting the Ceremony | |
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Must-Have Shots | |
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Ceremony Etiquette | |
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Flash Etiquette | |
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General Ceremony Information | |
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Networking | |
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Strange situations | |
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Emotional moments | |
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Working with Extreme Light | |
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Direct sun | |
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Low-light ceremony shots | |
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Catching the Guests | |
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Where to Be and When | |
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Pre-ceremony | |
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Mid-ceremony | |
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End of ceremony | |
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Summary | |
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Capturing Candid Moments | |
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Seeing Candid Moments | |
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Equipment | |
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When to use a long lens | |
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When to use a wide lens | |
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Catching Candid Moments | |
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Character studies | |
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Face the face | |
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Watching and waiting | |
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Summary | |
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Creating Romance in the Magic Hour | |
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Defining the Romantic Image | |
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Deconstructing Romance | |
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Equipment | |
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Creating the Photo Shoot | |
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Pre-bridal shoot | |
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Pep talk before the photo shoot | |
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Digital Romanticizing | |
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Summary | |
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Jazzing Up the Reception | |
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Must-Have Shots | |
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Cutting the cake | |
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Capturing the first dance and parent dance | |
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Bouquet and garter tosses | |
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Signing the wedding license | |
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Advanced Flash Techniques | |
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Equipment setup | |
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Techniques | |
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The twirl | |
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Panning | |
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Other Reception Images | |
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Summary | |
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Destination Weddings | |
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Reality Check | |
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How to Find the Jobs | |
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Your Web site | |
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Coordinators | |
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Advertising | |
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Web | |
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Magazine | |
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Travel Arrangements | |
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Airline travel tips | |
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Taxi travel tips | |
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Bus travel tips | |
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Health Issues | |
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Travelers' diarrhea | |
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Dangerous critters | |
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Vaccinations | |
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International Travel Paperwork | |
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Crossing U.S. borders | |
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Crossing international borders | |
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Specialized Equipment | |
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The carry-on camera case | |
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Checked baggage | |
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Carry-on camera box | |
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Carry-on backpack | |
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Laptop | |
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Wi-Fi connection | |
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Is It a Job or a Vacation? | |
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Two Reasons to Do Destination Weddings | |
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How to Calculate a Fee | |
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Summary | |
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The Business of Digital Wedding Photography | |
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Creating Your Own Workspace | |
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Three Workspace Options | |
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Studio | |
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Office | |
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Home office | |
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Designing Your Space | |
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Wall colors | |
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Seating | |
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Lighting | |
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Client Interviews | |
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Digital projector | |
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Plasma TV | |
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Cost comparison | |
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Music | |
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Setting the scene | |
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The portable interview | |
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Computer Hardware | |
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Choosing an operating system | |
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Selecting your computer size | |
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Desktop | |
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Portable | |
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Notebook | |
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RAM | |
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Hard drive speed | |
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Drive space | |
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Drive connections | |
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CD and DVD burner with software | |
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Graphics card | |
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Networking your computers | |
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Monitors | |
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Calibrating your monitor | |
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Adobe Gamma monitor profile | |
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Office Printer | |
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Fire-Proof Safe | |
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Essential Software | |
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Internet Service | |
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Domain registrar | |
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Web site host | |
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Your Web Site | |
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Do it yourself or hire someone | |
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SEO | |
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Construction phase | |
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Make it client friendly | |
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What information to include | |
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Software for creating the site | |
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Summary | |
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Working in a Digital Studio | |
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Transferring Images from Camera to Computer | |
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Download problems | |
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Don't format in the computer | |
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Editing, Selecting, and Deleting Images | |
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DAM software | |
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The editing process | |
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Select your best | |
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Renaming image files | |
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Archival Storage | |
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Image Manipulation | |
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Levels | |
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Brighten a dark image with screen mode | |
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Sharpening | |
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Summary | |
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Creating the Finished Product | |
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Print Options | |
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The proofing process | |
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Paper proofs | |
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Digital proofing | |
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Getting Paper Prints | |
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Purchasing from a lab | |
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Printing your own prints | |
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Printers | |
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Printer color calibration | |
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Bulk ink systems | |
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Paper choices | |
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Online proofing and print sales | |
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Online Storefront Providers | |
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Labtricity.com | |
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Pictage.com | |
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Printroom.com | |
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IntoTheDarkroom.com | |
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Set an expiration date | |
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Onsite Client Orders | |
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The Data DVD or CD as a Finished Product | |
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Specify Home Use Rights | |
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Other files to include on the disc set | |
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Albums | |
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The Design Stage | |
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DVD Movies | |
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Computer Slide Shows | |
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Summary | |
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Index | |