Understanding Digital Cameras Getting the Best Image from Capture to Output

Packed with tips, clear explanations with all photography terms defined, boxes with key information, and showcasing a wide range of image styles and subjects, this book explains how digital cameras work, helping readers to achieve professional-looking results without resorting to digital manipulation after the shoot.Understanding Digital Cameras will help you to: * Choose the right camera, lens and output option to capture the perfect image * Develop great technique, whatever your style or subject matter * Be inspired Showcasing a wide range of images, plus the work and insights of guest photographers This key resource for all photographers will help you get the very best from today's sophisticated digital cameras. Discover which type of camera, lens, lighting and printer is right for you with clear explanations and close-ups of camera settings and menus. A key tool to improve your photography is to see comparison images side by side. Tarrant shoots the same scene with different equipment or a different approach, to show exactly what a camera and technique can or can't do. He also shows you images that haven't worked - and explains precisely why. In this book you will learn essential photographic techniques, before moving on to specific genres: people, nature, action shots and working in the studio. Detailed captions throughout explain which camera and lens was used for each shot and highlight key factors in getting the right exposure, lighting and composition. There is an essential troubleshooting guide to printing errors such as smudges, lines and colour casts. Discover how to produce fine art prints and optimize images for the Web. Plus key technical information on digital and optical quality and colour management. Packed with tips, clear explanations, with all photography terms defined, box outs with key information, and showcasing a wide range of image styles and subjects, this book (and a camera ), is all you need to start creating great images Jon Tarranthas spent many years as an award-winning professional photographer and much-published photographic writer. He is former editor of the British Journal of Photography, to which he still contributes, and of Professional Photographer and HotShoe International magazines. * Choose the right camera, printer and software to capture the perfect image and produce the best print or image for the Web* Improve the creativity of your digital pictures - without having to use a computer* Packed with colour images, diagrams and charts for easy, visual learning

The Practical Zone System For Film and Digital Photography

Praise for previous editions: "The Practical Zone System is one of the easier books to understand on the zone system for better black-and-white photographs... Its takes the complex issues of the zone system and removes the calcualtions and just gives you what you need to know."--The Midwest Book Review "I have found this new book on the zone system to be one of the best I have seen so far, and as an added bonus, it is even easy to understand..." - Apogee Photo Magazine Nov. 2006 Diagrams and illustrations show readers how to previsualize a picture and master the Zone System requirements of contrast control. It explores use of the system in digital photography.-PC Photo, February 2007 The book includes testing methods, test results for 10 major films in Kodak's XTOL developers, an overview of color photography, a listing of Internet resources for professional and fine art photographers, a primer on basic photography, and examples of how commercial photographers use the Zone System in their work.-Studio Photography, February 2007

The Photographer's Eye Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.Digital photography has brought a new, exciting aspect to design - first because the instant feedback from a digital camera allows immediate appraisal and improvement; and second because image-editing tools make it possible to alter and enhance the design after the shutter has been pressed. This has had a profound effect on the way digital photographers take pictures.The Photographer's Eye shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montage to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.

The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs

Henry Wilhelm with contributing author Carol Brower was the world's first, and is still the only book on the often controversial subject of preserving our fading color photographic heritage.
Fully illustrated, more than 740 pages in length, and over 20 years in the making, the book discusses the permanence (and the impermanence!) of color photographs).
Hundreds of color print, color negative, slide, and color motion picture materials are evaluated under controlled conditions and ranked according to their image stability. The book dramatically shows that some color print and film materials last far longer than others.

The Hasselblad Manual, 7 Ed.

Discover the great advantages and benefits of working in the medium film format or with the large digital sensor units in Hasselblad digital cameras and digital backs. Presented in an easily accessible format, this book shows the working and manipulation of the various cameras. Detailed illustrations dissect the equipment and provide insight into the ways in which these superb cameras and lenses are best utilized to create professional quality images.This edition of the Manual will bring you up to date with the latest features available within the popular Hasselblad camera systems emphasizing that camera and lens are the most important tools for creating exciting images whether you work digitally or with film. The complete Hasselblad camera system is discussed by renowned author and Hasselblad insider, Ernst Wildi, who provides a solid foundation of both traditional photography and digital capture techniques. Inside youll also find inspiring photographs from well-known photographers, illustrating a variety of photographic techniques using a Hasselblad camera.*Stay on the cutting-edge with completely updated information on the latest digital cameras and digital backs as well as lenses and accessories for digital imaging and film photography*Make the most of these sophisticated cameras with expert instruction on flash and close-up photography, digital imaging, and effective use and operation of lenses in any type of photography*Produce high quality images by following the detailed operational instructions while learning the most effective use of the different camera models*Includes full color portfolios from some of the most renowned Hasselblad photographers in the world

The Book of Photography

To take consistently successful photographs, it is important to understand the basic optical principles underlying how a camera works; type of lens; what film speed or digital setting to use in a particular situation; lighting equipment; plus the advantages and drawbacks of different camera formats.

The Art of Digital Photography

Easy-to-understand, and packed with both technical instructions and creative ideas, celebrated author and photographer John Hedgecoe walks you through the world of digital photography and shares his considerable expertise on this ever-changing medium.About the AuthorInternationally acclaimed photographer John Hedgecoe has shared his methods with millions of readers since his classic, The Book of Photography, was first published in 1976. In addition to his distinguished career as a teacher, his photographs have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world. He published John Hedgecoe's New Book of Photography with DK in 1994.