Light & Lighting: The Definitive Guide For Serious Digital Photographers (Digital Photography Expert Series)

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Instructive text and images of major tools and equipment make this comprehensive resource essential to every digital photographer's library. With it, they can master both the technical and creative aspects of lighting through a combination of traditional photographic skills and the limitless possibilities of digital technology. Three-hundred-and-fifty photographs--including before and after shots--and expert information demonstrate the key techniques. The full spectrum of light, and how the camera measures it, is explained, along with advice on achieving color accuracy. Photographers can experiment with natural light, bright or dim; explore frontal versus side lighting; and see what can be done indoors using window techniques, tungsten light, flash, candlelight, and post-production techniques. Here's how to make the most out of built-in and portable flashes, fluorescent and studio lights, diffusion, and every possible aspect of photographic lighting.



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Control light and lighting when taking digital photographs by learning all the advantages this new format affords you. Light is the key element in photography -- it both creates the image and defines the style and feel of a picture. With its ability to preview and adapt images, the digital camera puts you back in control. Once you know all its capabilities and understand the theory, you'll put it into practice and shoot like a pro. How does light work, both inside and outside the digital camera? What do you need to know about sensitivity, color temperature, and exposure? Integrate these elements effectively in your photos using the illustrated examples. Take advantage of existing light from the sun and moon. Find out the best approach for taking great photographs in every natural-light condition, and see how the height and angle of the sun can create drama or impact. Use dust, fog, and mist to great effect, and enhance hatural light with photo-editing software. Learn to work with light, whether it's the sun streaming through a window, the glow of a neon sign, or the warm and fragile light of a burning candle. Manage both flash photography and studio light, fine-tune the exposures, and use diffusion and reflection to create different looks. Your expert lighting will model forms, reveal transparency, and emphasize texture. Use light to its best advantage by learning about all the tools available with digital photography.


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