Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)

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For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here’s the book to consult. More than seventy techniques, both popular and less-familiar approaches, are covered in detail, including advanced exposure, bounced flash and candlelight, infrared, multiple images, soft-focus effects, unusual vantage points, zooming, and other carefully chosen ways to enhance photographs. The A-Z format make sit easy for readers to find a specific technique, and each one is explained in jargon-free language. Top Tips for each technique help readers achieve superb results, even on the first attempt.


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Peterson is a professional photographer, internationally known instructor, and author, living in the U.S. and France. Drawing on 30-plus years of experience taking pictures, he provides a practical guide covering "the photographic triangle"—the interrelationship between aperture, shutter speed, and film—that is at the heart of every exposure. Suitable for both novice and experienced photographers, the text is illustrated throughout with the author's own work, accompanied by detailed explanations of how he achieved each shot. Changes from the first to the revised edition are not stated. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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