Take Better Photos: Teach Yourself

Summary:
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Take Better Photos: Teach Yourself is your complete guide to all the practical know-how, technical information and creative insight that will turn you into a confident user of your camera. Covering the very latest in equipment, with essential and straightforward guides to all the techniques - from exposure to use of flash - it will also teach you how to use digital manipulation, software and all the other technology that will make your pictures strong and memorable. It explains how to do everything from choosing the camera that's right for you to composing your shots, and features more than 200 inspirational and insightful images on an accompanying CD, along with helpful screengrabs showing you how to get the desired result on screen and paper alike.

Take Better Photos includes:

Chapter 1: Choose a camera
Chapter 2: Lenses
Chapter 3: Digital equipment
Chapter 4: Filters
Chapter 5: Making the most of flash
Chapter 6: Useful accessories
Chapter 7: Apertures and shutter speed
Chapter 8: Exposure and metering
Chapter 9: Understanding light
Chapter 10: Composing a picture
Chapter 11: Black and white photography
Chapter 12: Digital image processing
Chapter 13: Creative digital techniques
Chapter 14: Digital printing
Chapter 15: Portraiture
Chapter 16: Photographing children and babies
Chapter 17: Landscapes
Chapter 18: Holidays and travel
Chapter 19: Night and low-light photography
Chapter 20: Animals and pets
Chapter 21: Close-up photography
Chapter 22: Photographing architecture
Chapter 23: Sport and action
Chapter 24: Still life

Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and added features:

Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience.

Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of photography.

Things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

• Hundreds of creative hints and technical tips

• Gives you everything you need to get the best out of your camera

• Lots of practical exercises with examples and step by step guides

• Features a CD of over 200 colour images and screengrabs

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 – choosing a camera
Chapter 2 – Lenses
Chapter 3 – Film
Chapter 4 – Digital photography
Chapter 5 – Filters
Chapter 6 – Flash
Chapter 7 – Useful accessories
Chapter 8 – Apertures and Shutter speeds
Chapter 9 – Exposure
Chapter 10 – Understanding light
Chapter 11 – Composing a picture
Chapter 12 – Digital printing
Chapter 13 – Portraiture
Chapter 14 – children and babies
Chapter 15 – Holidays and Travel
Chapter 16 – The landscape
Chapter 17 – Sport and Action
Chapter 18 – Taking Pictures at Night
Chapter 19 – Animals and Pets
Chapter 20 – Close-ups
Chapter 21 – Buildings
Chapter 22 – Still Life
Chapter 23 – special effects
Chapter 24 – presenting your pictures

About the Author(s):
Lee Frost was born in Yorkshire in 1966 and picked up a camera for the first
time at the age of 15. A self-taught photographer, he is now regarded as one
of Britain¹s best known photographic authors, with a number of best-selling
books to his name including The A-Z of Creative Photography, Taking Pictures
for Profit, Teach Yourself Photography and The Complete Guide to Night &
Lowlight Photography. Lee also writes for various photographic magazines
including Outdoor Photography, Black & White Photography and Outdoor
Photography, shoots stock images for picture libraries that sell throughout
the world and through his company Photo Adventures leads workshops in the UK
and overseas where he passes on his knowledge and experience to small groups
of photographic enthusiasts.

Readership:
Those interested in photography