PhotographyConfused about which camera to buy? In a fix about the flash? Lost when it comes to lenses? 'Teach Yourself Photography' is packed with invaluable hints and tips on all aspects of photography and tells you how to choose and use cameras, lenses, electronic flash, film, and filters; become confident about exposure, composition, and lighting; process your first film and make your first prints; master portrait, landscape, action, travel, still-life, architecture, nature and night photography; create stunning special effects; display, store, and present your photographs. |
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35mm SLR allows angle aperture and shutter autofocus automatically avoid background black and white blue bounce bright buildings burning-in camera shake camera's shutter capture Chapter close-up colour insert colour temperature composition correctly exposed create dark daylight depth of field DX-coding effect enlarger example faster film fill the frame film speed filters flash unit flash-to-subject distance flashgun focal length focus focusing foreground handy hyperfocal distance ideal image quality ISO 100 film keep landscape photography lens aperture lifesize light meter look macro macro photography measures the light medium-format models mount negative photographers polariser portraits printing paper problem produce push processing range reflector reproduction ratio scene shadows sharp shooting shot shutter speed SLRs softbox stop studio sunlight sync sync cable take pictures technique telephoto lens tend trip the shutter tripod tungsten viewfinder weather wide-angle lenses window zoom