100 Ways to Make Good Photos Great
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-1-4463-0300-9 (ISBN)
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Discover 100 ideas for turning your good photos into great ones. This is a practical and accessible guide that includes inspirational examples of great photographs and compares and contrasts these with more average images. This, along with easy to follow tips and techniques, will show you how easy it easy to achieve the same results.
100 Ways to Make Good Photos Great covers all of the key photographic genres - capturing the perfect portraits, shooting social photography, photographing the outdoors, indoor photography, taking great photos of your holidays and travels, and shooting night and low light photography - as well as getting the very best from your shots through creating portfolios and presentations.
Now that most people have a camera or camera phone, the term 'point and shoot' has become ever prevalent. However, sometimes we will want something more than good snapshots. 100 Ways to Make Good Photos Great will show you ways, often simple and fun ways, to create great photos that will be more emotive and meaningful to you.
Cutting through the mystique in photography, whether you are an aspirational amateur wanting to make your photographs even better, or an enthusiastic beginner who just wants to produce more satisfying results, this practical guide offers useful professional tips and techniques to take your photography to the next level.
Peter Cope is an experienced photographer and author. His interests in digital technology began at university where he worked on the development of electronic assemblies - image photon counting systems - that would ultimately lead to the imaging sensors used in today's digital cameras. Peter has lectured extensively on photographic and digital subjects and his work has appeared in a number of magazines in the UK and the US, including What Digital Camera, Total Digital Photography and Digital Pro. He lives in Bristol.
1. WHAT A PICTURE! : What turns a snap into a
photograph?
Creating well balanced and structured images
Developing
an Eye for Composition
Looking
around the viewfinder
Rules
of composition – and how to use and abuse them
Keeping
things on the level
When
all else fails… Adjusting compositions digitally
Cropping
for creative impact
Mastering
the technique: Pictures within Pictures
Page
out: Did I really shoot that? Typical compositional faux pas
2. THE PERFECT PORTRAIT
The
Perfect Portrait: the key elements from setting up through to printing, taking
in formal, informal and candid portraiture
Making a good portrait brilliant
After the event: Retouching of skin tones,
wrinkles etc
Lighting the portrait in the field
Quick tips on composition
Pro tips for great portraits
High and low key effects
Mastering the technique:: Adding Character
3. GETTING THE MOST FROM EVENTS & CELEBRATIONS
Exploding
the Myths and Mystique.
Planning
Establishing a Theme
Dos and Don’ts
Presentation
Mastering the technique: Creative Candids
and Cutaways
4. A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE: BECOME A LANDSCAPE EXPERT
Building
on the foundations of composition, discover how to take great landscape shots,
with classical and contemporary approaches
A Sense of Scale
The Sweeping Vista vs. Meaningful Details
Mood
Panoramas, Collages & Joiners
Page Out
Quick Project: Homage to Hockney: The Joiner
5. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR HOLIDAY AND TRAVELLING
Holidays and travel are great excuses
to take lots of photographs. Add a little thought and planning and you can
achieve results that are leagues apart from those of the casual holiday
snapper.
The Secrets of Success
Shortcuts and Cheats to Great Travel
Photography
The Stock Shot vs. the Novel Approach
Capturing Atmosphere
Mastering the technique: Travelling in the
Real World
6. WHEN IT’S RAINING OUTSIDE: STILL LIFE IN THE
STUDIO
Forget the fruit bowl, staple of the
oil painter, still life photography includes everything from photographing
collections and hobbies through to close up and macrophotography.
The Impromptu Studio
Controlling the Environment
The Staged Set
Product shots
Macro and Microphotography
Mastering the technique: A Matter of
Support
7. GOING TO EXTREMES: LOW LIGHT AND NIGHT
PHOTOGRAPHY
As night falls most photographers put
their cameras away. Shame. Evening and night make for some of the best in
photographic images
Techniques for low light photography
Colour and the Fading Light
Sunset and Sunrise: Shoot the beauty,
avoid the Cliché
Night and Astrophotography
Page Out
Quick Project: Theatre and the Arts
Mastering
the technique: Cities and Cityscapes
8. IMAGE PORTFOLIOS AND COLLECTIONS
Photographs are designed
to be seen. In this rounding-off section we look at how to effectively enjoy,
share and promote your photography
All About Presentation
Printing Masterclass
Image Storage and Archiving
Traditional and Contemporary Image Delivery
Exploiting the World Wide Web
9. RESOURCES
Classified Glossary
Further Explorations
Bibliography etc
| Zusatzinfo | 200 Illustrations |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Newton Abbot |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 12 x 252 mm |
| Gewicht | 483 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4463-0300-4 / 1446303004 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4463-0300-9 / 9781446303009 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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