Using your digital SLR camera in simple steps / / Louis Benjamin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910150231003321
• Autore: Benjamin Louis
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow, England : , : Prentice Hall, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-283-73376-5; 0-273-77208-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p. ) : col. ill
• Collana: In simple steps
• Disciplina: 770
• Soggetti: Digital cameras; Photography - Digital techniques; Single-lens reflex cameras
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Contents for Using your Digital SLR Camera in Simple Steps Top Ten Tips Make your camera vanish Taking advantage of your dSLR Buy the best "glass" you can afford A great value lens: 50mm f/1.8 Megapixels and myth The benefit of full-frame sensors Shoot in raw Avoid auto white balance Avoid auto ISO "Photoshop" (editing) is not evil 1. Finding your way around the camera controls . Read the manual - strategically . Navigate menus . Exposure mode controls . Scene mode controls . Metering modes . What's in your viewfinder? . Using autofocus (AF) and focus lock . Using autofocus with Live View . Single shot and burst modes . Self-timer and intervalometer . Review images 2. Setting up your camera for shooting . Set image naming . Format your media card . Select image quality - raw versus JPEG . Choose a colour space . Select ISO sensitivity . Select a white balance setting 3. Taking control of exposure . The water model of exposure . Start thinking in stops . Using the auto-exposure modes . Take advantage of the aperture setting . Take advantage of shutter speed . High-key, mid-key, and low-key . Use exposure compensation . Bracket exposures . Reading the Histogram . Using manual exposure 4. Working with light . Types of light: colour temperature and white balance . Types of daylight . Types of indoor light . Work with bright light . The direction of light and ; backlighting . Lens flare and halation . Soft light and window light . Work with dim light 5. Selecting and Using Lenses . Focal length and the crop effect . Depth of field and pre-focusing . "Normal" lenses . "Fast" lenses . Telephoto lenses . Wide-angle lenses . Prime versus zoom lenses . Variable aperture zooms . Lensbaby selective focus with a tilt . Macro lenses . Change lenses 6. Composing better portraits . Framing . Orientation: portrait or landscape . Simplify . Get closer . Watch the fingers! . Keep an eye on the background . Making your portraits environmental . Isolate with depth of field . Keep the horizon horizontal . Change up your angles: use extreme perspective . Give your subjects leading space 7. Composing better images . The principle of thirds . Using negative space and tension . Using symmetry . Crop for composition . Frame in frame . Points of interest and shapes . Use lines . Patterns, textures, and repetition . Compose with colour . Compose with motion and time 8. Managing images in Lightroom . Workflow and backup . Using the integrated environment . Import . Add keywords . Find by keyword . Use ratings . Set up Lightroom-to-Photoshop transfer . Edit images from Lightroom in Photoshop 9. Editing and printing in Lightroom . Use the Develop module . Use Develop Presets . Adjust white balance . Use the Histogram . sp; Crop . Straighten . Remove noise . Remove red-eye . Heal and clone . Export images . Set up a slide show . Export a slide show . Print 10. Basic video editing . A look at Adobe Premiere Elements . Start a new project . Get media . Arrange media on the Sceneline . Arrange media on the Timeline . Edit start and end points in the Sceneline . Edit start and end points in the Timeline . Add transitions . Apply effects . Add narration and sound . Add titles . Share your video Top 10 dSLR Problems Solved . My photos are noisy . My night and indoor photos are blurry . I want to avoid silhouettes . How do I deal with lens flare? . How do I avoid red-eye? . Can I make flash shots look less "flashy"? . My prints look dark . My prints are coming out with a magenta cast . I'm having issues with file numbering on my photos . I'm getting a message about an embedded profile mismatch in Photoshop
• Sommario/riassunto: This text walks the reader through all they need to know to use their digital SLR camera fully and effectively.