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Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography/ King/ 2949-7/ Blind Folioi Shoot Like a Pro! DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:02:18 PM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography/ King/ 2949-7 / Blind Folioii About the Author Photographer Julie Adair King is the author of several popular books about digital photography and photo editing. Her most recent titles include Digital Photography For Dummies, Photo Retouching and Restoration For Dummies, Easy Web Graphics, and Adobe PhotoDeluxe For Dummies. A graduate of Purdue University, King established her own company, Julie King Creative, in 1988, in Indianapolis, Indiana. P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:02:18 PM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography/ King/ 2949-7 / Blind Folioiii Shoot Like a Pro! DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES Julie Adair King McGraw-Hill/Osborne New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:02:18 PM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography/ King/ 2949-7 / Blind Folioiv McGraw-Hill/Osborne 2100 Powell Street, 10 Floor th Emeryville, California 94608 U.S.A. To arrange bulk purchase discounts for sales promotions, premiums, or fund-raisers, please contact McGraw-Hill/Osborne at the above address. For information on translations or book distributors outside the U.S.A., please see the International Contact Information page immediately following the index of this book. Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography Techniques Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.ExceptaspermittedundertheCopyrightActof1976,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of publisher, with the exception that the program listings may be entered, stored, and executed in a computer system, but they may not be reproduced for publication. Unless otherwise noted, photographs throughout the book appear courtesy of the Author, Julie Adair King. Copyright © 2003. 1234567890 QPD QPD 019876543 ISBN 0-07-222949-7 Publisher Technical Editor Illustrators Brandon A. Nordin Alfred DeBat Lyssa Wald, Kathleen Edwards, Melinda Lytle, Will Voss Vice President & Copy Editor Associate Publisher Lisa Theobald Series Designer Scott Rogers Jean Butterfield Proofreader Executive Acquisitions Editor Marian Selig Cover Design Jane K. Brownlow Pattie Lee, Jeff Weeks Indexer Senior Project Editor Karin Arrigoni Cover Photograph LeeAnn Pickrell © Albert Normandin/Masterfile Acquisitions Coordinator Tana Allen This book was composed with Corel VENTURA™ Publisher. Information has been obtained byMcGraw-Hill/Osborne from sources believed to be reliable. However, because of the possibility of human or mechanical error by our sources,McGraw-Hill/Osborne, or others,McGraw-Hill/Osborne does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or the results obtained from the use of such information. P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:26:18 PM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography/ King/ 2949-7 / Blind Foliov Contents at a Glance I Gearing Up for Great Pictures 1 Getting the Right Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Exploring Creative Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 II Discovering the Secrets of the Pros 3 Taking Memorable Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4 Exploring Product Photography and Other Still-Life Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 5 Capturing Close-ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 6 Getting the Tough Shot: Low-Light and Action Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 7 Creating Panoramic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 8 Manipulating Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 III Printing and Sharing Your Photos 9 Becoming a Master Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 10 Putting Pictures on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 IV Appendixes A Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 B Online Resources for Digital Photographers . . . . . . . 219 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 v P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:02:18 PM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! 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Digital Photography/ King/ 2949-7 / Blind Foliovii Contents Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv I Gearing Up for Great Pictures 1 Getting the Right Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 How Much Camera Do You Need? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Manual Exposure Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Focal Length: With Digital, It’s Different . . . . . . . . . 5 Manual Focusing Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Control Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Traditional vs. Electronic Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Filter and Converter Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tripod Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lighting Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Built-in Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Reflectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Auxiliary Flash Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ”Hot” Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setting Up the Digital Darkroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Computer Central: Is Your System Fit for Duty? . . . 18 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 Exploring Creative Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Image Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Creative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Recommended Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Creative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Recommended Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 vii P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:02:19 PM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! 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Image File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Creative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Recommended Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Exposure Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Creative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Recommended Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ISO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Creative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Recommended Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Flash Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Focus Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Creative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Creative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Recommended Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Features to Ignore (or Turn Off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creative Scene Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Correction and Color Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 II Discovering the Secrets of the Pros 3 Taking Memorable Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Basics of Digital Portrait Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Composing for Traditional Frame Sizes . . . . . . . . . . 48 Choosing Aperture and Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Taking Advantage of Portrait Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Finding a Flattering Camera Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 AvoidingFocalLengthandDistanceDistortions . . . . . . . . 52 Casual Indoor Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Boosting Exposure Through EV Compensation . . . . 56 Adding Reflected Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Quick-Snap Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Professional Head Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Outdoor Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:02:19 PM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen DigPhoto/ Shoot Like a Pro! Digital Photography/ King/ 2949-7 / Contents ix 4 Exploring Product Photography and Other Still-Life Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Creating a Still-Life Staging Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Choosing a Backdrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Avoiding Moiré Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Taming Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Using a Polarizer to Reduce Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Photographing Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Shooting Framed Art Under Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Photographing Art Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Shooting Architectural Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 5 Capturing Close-ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Zooming vs. Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Snubbing Digital Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Tweaking Camera Settings for Close-up Work . . . . . . . . . 93 Choosing Resolution and Compression . . . . . . . . . . 93 Focusing at Close Distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Previewing Your Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sharpening Without Sandpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Lighting at Close Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Exploring Macro Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 6 Getting the Tough Shot: Low-Light and Action Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Helping Your Camera Cut Through Darkness . . . . . . . . . 106 Adjusting Light Sensitivity (ISO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Shooting Long Exposures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Using Slow-Sync Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Capturing Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Using Blur to Emphasize Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Freezing Action with a Fast Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Speeding Up Your Camera’s Response Time . . . . . . . 120 7 Creating Panoramic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Setting Up for Panoramic Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Rotating Around the Nodal Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Shooting the Pieces of Your Panorama . . . . . . . . . . . 129 P:\010Comp\VirClass\949-7\fm.vp Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:02:19 PM

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