Digital Photography Complete Course: Learn Everything You Need to Know in 20 Weeks (DK Complete Courses)

✍ Scribed by David Taylor

• Publisher: DK
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 360
• Edition: Reissue
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Grab your camera and learn everything you need to know to improve your photography in just 20 weeks.

Introducing Digital Photography Compete Course - the perfect beginner's learning programme for any aspiring photographer, this photography book aims to teach you everything you need to know about photography in just 20 weeks, through easy-to-understand tutorials.

Become a photography expert in no time, as you explore:

- Review, practice and experiment sections to put photography knowledge to the test
- Technical concepts broken down and explained in simple, accessible language
- Easy-to-read diagrams and illustrations to highlight key theories
- The latest technological and creative developments in digital photography and image manipulation

It's time to start using your camera to it's full potential, and this photography book for beginners can help you do just that. Combining tutorials, step-by-step photo shoots, practical assignments, and fun Q&As, this brilliant book on photography can help you untangle photographic jargon such as aperture, exposure, shutter speed, and depth-of-field; teach you top tips and tricks surrounding the range of modes on bridge and system cameras, and help you to master composition for that perfect photo!

DK's Digital Photography Complete Course is a must-have book for photography lovers of all ages, whether you're a photography or art student seeking to learn more about the subject, or a photography beginner looking to improve your own digital photography techniques. Doubling up as the perfect photography gift book for beginners, Digital Photography Compete Course will help you use your camera to its full potential, so that you don't just take good pictures - you take great ones!

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Getting started
WEEK 01 MAKING YOUR FIRST PHOTOS
What makes a good photo?
Settings and subjects
Importing images
Shooting different subjects
Reviewing your shots
Using post-production fixes
What have you learned?
WEEK 02 FOCUSING
Where should you focus?
Manual and autofocus
Selecting autofocus points
Focusing for effect
Reviewing your shots
Sharpening a photo
What have you learned?
WEEK 03 USING SHOOTING MODES
Which mode is right?
Basic camera modes
Scene modes
Exposure compensation
Exploring camera modes
Reviewing your shots
Adjusting brightness
What have you learned?
WEEK 04 GETTING THE RIGHT EXPOSURE
Assessing exposure
Controlling exposure
The exposure meter
Fine-tuning exposure
Exploring exposure
Reviewing your shots
Reducing noise
What have you learned?
WEEK 05 ACHIEVING THE RIGHT CONTRAST
What is the right contrast?
The effects of contrast
Dynamic range
Shooting an HDR photo
Playing with contrast
Reviewing your shots
Adjusting contrast
What have you learned?
WEEK 06 USING DEPTH OF FIELD
What is depth of field?
Depth of field
Using shallow depth of field
Using deep depth of field
Exploring depth of field
Reviewing your shots
Adjusting depth of field
What have you learned?
WEEK 07 LENSES
Which lens should you use?
Primes versus zooms
Lens distortions
Changing perspective
Testing out lenses
Reviewing your shots
Correcting lens problems
What have you learned?
WEEK 08 WIDE-ANGLE LENSES
Assessing wide-angle shots
Wide-angle perspectives
Shooting landscapes
Using a wide-angle lens
Reviewing your shots
Fixing perspective
What have you learned?
WEEK 09 TELEPHOTO LENSES
Assessing telephoto shots
Telephoto perspectives
Photographing wild animals
Using a telephoto lens
Reviewing your shots
Creating a panoramic photo
What have you learned?
WEEK 10 TAKING CLOSE-UP PHOTOS
How close is close-up?
Close-ups versus macros
Shooting a close-up
Exploring close-ups
Reviewing your shots
The Adjustment Brush tool
What have you learned?
WEEK 11 CONVEYING MOVEMENT
Looking at movement
Freeze and blur
Mastering panning shots
Freezing movement
Freezing and panning
Reviewing your shots
Adding blur
What have you learned?
WEEK 12 HOW TO COMPOSE
Looking at composition
The “rules” of composition
Lines, curves, and diagonals
Using the rule of thirds
Using composition
Reviewing your shots
Cropping photos
What have you learned?
WEEK 13 COMPOSE LIKE AN EXPERT
Assessing composition
Contrast and composition
Capturing reflections
Mastering composition
Reviewing your shots
Targeted adjustment
What have you learned?
WEEK 14 LESSONS IN COLOR
The importance of color
Color relationships
Optimizing color
Playing with color
Reviewing your shots
Adjusting color
What have you learned?
WEEK 15 THE COLOR OF LIGHT
The quality of light
Color and white balance
Setting white balance
Using white balance
Reviewing your shots
The Color Balance tool
What have you learned?
WEEK 16 USING NATURAL LIGHT
Can you read light?
Light and shadow
Using light and shade
Playing with light
Reviewing your shots
The Levels tool
What have you learned?
WEEK 17 WORKING WITH FLASH
What does flash do?
Using a flashgun
Using flash off-camera
Using fill-flash
Reviewing your shots
Reducing red eye
What have you learned?
WEEK 18 WORKING IN LOW LIGHT
When does low light work?
Ambient light
Using a wider aperture
Using constant light
Shooting in low light
Reviewing your shots
Lightening key areas
What have you learned?
WEEK 19 BLACK AND WHITE
Will black and white work?
Color to black and white
Shooting in black and white
Removing color
Reviewing your shots
Black-and-white conversion
What have you learned?
WEEK 20 WORKING ON A PROJECT
Which project suits you?
The perfect photo story
Editing a photoshoot
Taking on a project
Reviewing your project
Adding keywords
What have you learned?
What next?
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments