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Take your best shots with this invaluable guide to composition for DSLR cameras Sometimes you get the best results by breaking the rules, but first you have to know what the rules are! In this indispensable photography guide, renowned photographer Harold Davis first walks you through the recommended guidelines for composing great shots with your DSLR camera-and then shows you how to break free, build your own unique style, and compose beautiful images with confidence. * Provides practical composition basics as well as the artistic tips and tricks eagerly sought by digital SLR camera lovers, who are growing in number as DSLR camera sales continue to grow * Explores the fundamental rules of composition-then how to break those rules to take captivating and unique images * Informs and inspires you with the author's own gorgeous examples of landscapes, portraits, close-ups, and other photos that illustrate his concepts * Helps you jump-start your creativity by showing you new ways to see Go beyond the basics and create a photography style that's all your own with this must-have guide.

Table of Contents:
Introduction. Cameras dont take photos, people do. Technique and Composition. Working with Your Camera. Lenses and Focal Lengths. Sensor Size and Focal Length. Using a Fisheye Lens. Working with Macro Lenses. Choosing the Right Focal Length. Understanding Exposure. Using Exposure Modes. Using Exposure Histograms. Creative Exposures. ISO and Noise. Shutter Speed and Motion. Aperture, Focus and Depth-of-Field. Focusing and Hyper-Focal Distance. Working with a Lensbaby. Blur and Bokeh. Understanding Dynamic Range. Extending Dynamic Range. Exposing for the Earth and Sky at Night. Multi-RAW Processing Beyond Landscapes. Bracketing Landscape Exposures. Combining Flower Captures. Extending Focal Range. Workfl ow and Digital Asset Management. Unleash your imagination. Using Visual Ambiguity. Seeing the Unexpected. The Power of Vision. Photography is Magic. A World of Mystery. Double Takes. Photography and Narration. Photography is Poetry. Photography That Tells a Story. Researching Your Subject. Be Specific. Abstraction. Plausible Abstraction. Photography and paradox. Combining Images. Photography is Deception. Playing with Scale. What is Reality? The Mystical Landscape. The Nature of Paradox. Surrealism. Photography is design. Lines. Shapes. Photography and Zen. Patterns. Iteration. Rhythm. Translating a 360 Degree World. Seeing the Frame. Framing. Dividing the Frame. The Golden Ratio. Frames within Frames. Color. Light. Working with Tones. Seeing the Composition. Black and White. Contrasting Color with Black and White. Spirals. Perspective. Order and Disorder. Emphasizing What Matters. Further Reading. Glossary. Index.

About the Author :
Harold Davis is an award-winning professional photographer. He is the author of more than 30 books, including Creative Night: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques , Creative Close-Ups: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques , The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing , and Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers . Harold writes the popular Photoblog 2.0, www.photoblog2.com.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470527146
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0470527145
  • Publisher Date: 16 Oct 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 654 gr


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