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Digital SLR photography all-in-one for dummies, by Robert Correll

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Digital SLR photography all-in-one for dummies

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by Robert Correll

For dummies

"Covers the basics of DSLR mechanics and explains how settings affect the final photo -- Reviews lenses and walks you through choosing and applying the right lens for your situation -- Discusses how aperture, shutting speed, and ISO combine to determine how your photo will look -- Demystifies how to light a photo, from using natural light to flash to artificial lighting -- Helps you shooting high-quality video and film"-- Publisher's website

Book I. Getting started with Digital SLRs. 1. What's so special about digital SLRs : Introducing the digital SLR ; Categorizing digital SLRs ; Getting shiny new features: recent developments ; Getting picky about specifications ; Shopping for a dSLR ; Accessorizing to your heart's content -- 2. Anatomy of a digital SLR : Dissecting digital SLRs ; Taking the full frontal view ; dSLR got back ; Looking at the top ; Reviewing from the bottom up ; Simply sides ; Looking at lenses -- 3. Menus and settings extravaganzapalooza : Ordering from the menu ; Setting up common features ; Making miscellaneous choices: flash, retouch, and their ilk -- 4. Handling and cleaning your camera and gear : Gripping and shooting ; Changing batteries ; Inserting and removing memory cards ; Working with lenses ; Cleaning up your act ; Gearing up for protection ; I can't work under these conditions! Adverse weather -- 5. Say cheese: taking pictures with your dSLR : Planning ahead ; Setting up ; Choosing a shooting mode ; Fine-tuning your camera ; Snapping pictures -- Book II. Going through the looking glass. 1. Focusing on versatility : Zooming in on lenses ; Branching out to different lenses ; Taking wide-angle shots ; Using normal focal lengths ; Zooming in ; Capturing close-ups -- 2. Casting a wide-angle net : Wide-angle whatzit ; Wide-angle fever: catch it! ; Improving your wide-angle shots ; Something seems fisheye -- 3. Going to extremes : Dancing with macros ; Letting telephoto ring your bell -- Book III. Hey, your exposure's showing. 1. Working with apertures : You have a hole in your lens! ; Setting the aperture ; Digging into depth of field ; Designing with depth of field -- 2. Go, shutter speed, go! : Don't shudder at the shutter ; Reading the speed ; Shutter speed and exposure ; Saying a tongue twister: setting shutter speed ; Enabling long exposure noise reduction ; Combating blur ; Shutter speed gallery -- 3. Hi-ho, hi-ho, choosing an ISO : Turning up the volume on ISO ; Setting and managing ISO ; Knowing when to hold 'em: ISO strategy ; Looking for noise -- 4. Fabulous filters : Weeding through filter information ; Taking shape with filter systems ; Tackling trouble with different filters -- 5. Strategizing exposure : Revealing exposure ; Keeping an eye on exposure settings ; Lovely Rita, meter reading maid ; Taking a look at your work ; Unlocking the secrets of the histogram ; Troubleshooting exposure --Book IV. Lighting and composition. 1. Flash fundamentals : Flashing someone ; Compensating for your tiny flash ; Going fancy with flash -- 2. Using an external flash and accessories : Shedding light on flash parts ; Flashessorizing ; Working the flash ; Hooking up ; Setting up your external flash ; Trying different techniques -- 3. Deconstructing design : Going out into the elements ; Designing a scene ; Taking a background check ; Using the foreground ; Looking for shapes ; Designing with shadows ; Going minimal ; Noticing your surroundings ; Reflecting on photos ; Waiting for the moment ; Capturing the action -- 4. Taming the frame : Picking a portal ; Break it up! Using the rule of thirds ; Taking a knee ; Framing vertically versus horizontally ; Getting up high ; Avoiding symmetry ; Using symmetry ; Stepping up ; Angling the background ; Framing the subject -- Book V. "Spiffifying" your shots. 1. Blue-collar photo management : Getting a workflow ; Taking photos ; Transferring photos ; Getting a grip on your pictures ; Processing the good ones ; Editing when necessary ; Publishing ; Archiving -- 2. Cooking up raw photos : Making the most of the least (processed) ; Two minutes on the grill: ordering raw ; Choosing raw software ; Processing raw photos ; Advancing your raw editing ; Processing raw photos in-camera -- 3. Showing mad photo-editing skills : Going with the editing workflow ; Fixing brightness and contrast problems ; Busting out the colors ; Caution: sharpness ahead ; Turning down the noise ; Hello, Dolly! Cloning ; Dodging and burning ; Using filters and effects ; Making distortion, perspective, and angle corrections ; Consider seeing a doctor: cropping and scaling -- 4. Home, home on the high dynamic range : Getting the 411 on HDR ; Selecting the right scenes ; Setting up your camera for a date with HDR ; Can you hack it with auto brackets? ; Shooting brackets manually ; Preparing the exposure brackets ; Seeing a photomatrix pro about HDR ; Tone mapping HDR images in photomatrix pro ; Using other applications for HDR ; Finalizing your images ; Trying on faux HDR -- 5. Panoramically speaking : Shooting pan-tastic panoramas ; Stitching frames together in Photoshop elements ; Stepping up your game ; Shooting automatic panoramas -- 6. Chroma chameleon: B&W : Knowing black-and-white words ; Fade to black and white ; Colorizing your photos ; Using in-camera creative styles ; Why you should bother --Book VI. 1. Setting up for movies : Turning on the movie mindset ; Controlling movie modes ; Setting up your camera for movies ; Stepping up your game -- 2. Making movie magic : Controlling your dSLR ; Going Hollywood ; Enjoying the show: movie playback ; Connecting to the boob tube ; Taking a little off around the ears: in-camera movie editing -- Book VII. Getting specific about your subject. 1. People and animals : Capturing a performer in action ; Using creative lens effects ; Getting on the same level ; Capturing nonchalance ; Choosing the right moment -- 2. Landscapes and nature : Capturing a sunset in HDR ; Focusing on a tree ; Getting in the riverbed ; Going out in the fog ; Combining different elements -- 3. Sports and action : Tracking the action ; Picking your spot ; Choosing the right moment ; Capturing a drive ; Picture everything -- 4. Buildings and cities : Using HDR ; Finding unique perspectives ; Creatively processing your shots ; Looking up ; Looking out from the arch -- 5. Close-ups : Zooming in ; Noticing your surroundings ; Setting the stage ; Crouching chipmunk ; Stopping to photograph

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