Nature Photography: Insider Secrets from the World’s Top Digital Photography Professionals

Chris Weston

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136101014
• Topic: Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas
• Subtopic: Medios digitales

Have you ever wondered what it is that professional photographers do day in and day out that enables them to take consistently compelling images? Or thought that unravelling the insider secrets of the professionals could inspire you? Nature Photography: Insider Secrets from the World's Top Digital Photography Professionals takes a contemporary and innovative approach to revealing the day-to-day habits of the world's most successful wildlife, landscape and macro photographers, divulging the core skills and techniques through which they excel. This book is crammed full with expert advice taken from the world's leading pros directly from the field. It will empower the development of your skills to a professional level and fire your imagination. Starting with the basics of how to plan a rewarding field trip, whether locally or afar, for one day or a month, and covering all aspects of camera handling and photographic technique including: how to make perfect exposures every time, ensure pin-sharp images of moving subjects, decipher the complexities of camera menus and controls, and break through the mysteries of composition. And, having learned the secrets to success, the book maps out some simple yet powerful photo exercises and self-assignments to encourage you to explore all facets of digital photography and put into practice the essential skills that will make you, too, a highly successful photographer.

Index

A

• Adams, Ansel 16
• AE see Auto-exposure (AE)
• AF 4, 10, 25, 134, 219, 235, 237, 245 Automatic focus (AF) Africa
• Airports Africa story 25
  • and equipment packing 22–24
• Alaska 5, 9, 11, 16, 246, 247
• Amplification see ISO
• Amplification noise, definition
• Angel, Heather biography, xi and practice 252
• Angle of view and camera's eye view 94–95
  • characteristics 95
  • photo examples 96–97
• Animal behavior, and shot prediction 10–14
• Aperture and depth of fi eld 117
  • and image quality 109
  • and light intensity 85
  • in light management 108–109
  • and reciprocity law 109
• Aperture priority AE mode example 146
  • basic concept 47–48
  • mode choice 145
• Aperture range, maximum 67–68
  • Artistic effect and depth of fi eld 114–116
  • and shutter speed 112–113
  • and white balance 151, 152
• Art of omission exposure 185–188
  • focus and depth of fi eld 178, 183–185
  • in-camera cropping 176–178
  • in-computer cropping 181–182
• Auto-exposure (AE) and metering 119, 121
  • wildlife photo example 146
• Automatic focus (AF) basic concept 172
  • basic considerations 162, 164
  • customized options 170
  • disadvantages 172
  • dynamic-area mode 168
  • expert advice, 1
  • co 71 lock button 172
  • operation 54–56
  • predi...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• THE PROFESSIONALS
• HABIT ONE PLAN FOR THE PERFECT PICTURE
• HABIT TWO KNOW YOUR CAMERA
• HABIT THREE SEE WHAT YOUR CAMERA SEES
• HABIT FOUR TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAMERA
• HABIT FIVE LEARN THE RULES (AND WHEN NOT TO APPLY THEM)
• HABIT SIX CAPTURE THE MOMENT (PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO PRACTICE)
• HABIT SEVEN PRACTICE (MAKES PERFECT)
• INDEX