Exposure Digital Field Guide

by Alan Hess

Overview

Exposure digital field guide

Alan Hess

Free Gray/Color Checker Card Inside!

Exposed – the essentials of capturing the light just right

In its purest form, photography is the act of capturing light reflected from a scene or object onto a light-sensitive sensor. Exposure is controlling that light. Alan Hess shows you dozens of ways to do it, with shutter speed, aperture, metering modes, ISO, your camera's exposure modes, flash, and an essential awareness of the light. And because this guide applies those techniques to actual shooting situations, you'll want to take it with you on every shoot.

• Fully understand exposure and how your camera controls it

• See how the direction, intensity, and color of light affect your subject

• Understand when shutter speed is more important than aperture, and vice versa

• Learn to use histograms, bracketing, and flash

• Get exposure insight for terrific event photography, action and nature shots, portraits, and night shooting

Inside – your free gray and color checker card to help you achieve accurate white balance and color

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470603338
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/01/2009
Series:	Digital Field Guide , #214
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	734,742
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Alan Hess is a professional photographer specializing in concert and event photography. His concert and backstage images have appeared in numerous online and print publications and have been used for promotions and music packaging. Alan also wrote the Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide and the Sony Alpha DSLR-A200 Digital Field Guide.

Table of Contents

Introduction xvii

CHAPTER 1 Understanding Exposure 1

CHAPTER 2 Working with Light 21

Chapter 3 Shutter Speed 41

CHAPTER 4 Aperture 57

CHAPTER 5 ISO 77

CHAPTER 6 Event Photography 87

CHAPTER 7 Portrait Photography 107

CHAPTER 8 Landscape and Nature Photography 137

CHAPTER 9 Night and Low-Light Photography 155

CHAPTER 10 Sports and Action Photography 171

CHAPTER 11 Wedding Photography 189

CHAPTER 12 Wildlife and Animal Photography 205

CHAPTER 13 Creative Exposure 223

APPENDIX A Software 233

APPENDIX B How to Use the Gray Card and Color Checker 245

Glossary 247

Index 255