Composition Photo Workshop

About the Author......Page 5
Contents......Page 13
Introduction......Page 21
CHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING COMPOSITION......Page 25
APPROACHES TO COMPOSITION......Page 26
HOW YOU SEE......Page 28
THE ORIGINS OF COMPOSITION......Page 32
UNDERSTANDING LINEAR PERSPECTIVE......Page 33
COMPOSITION AND PHOTOGRAPHY......Page 35
CHAPTER 2: THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN......Page 41
UNDERSTANDING THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN......Page 42
ARRANGING DESIGN ELEMENTS IN THE FRAME......Page 49
THE RULE OF THIRDS......Page 59
THE GOLDEN RECTANGLE......Page 62
CHAPTER 3: DEPTH OF FIELD DECISIONS......Page 65
UNDERSTANDING APERTURE......Page 66
SELECTING LENSES......Page 69
PREVIEWING AND PREDICTING DEPTH OF FIELD......Page 75
USING THE HYPERFOCAL DISTANCE TO DEEPEN DEPTH OF FIELD......Page 76
CHAPTER 4: SLICING TIME: DESIGNING WITH SHUTTER SPEEDS......Page 81
SHUTTER SPEED AND DEPTH OF FIELD: A DELICATE BALANCE......Page 84
FREEZE OR BLUR: HOW SHUTTER SPEED AFFECTS A SHOT......Page 86
USING A MOTOR DRIVE......Page 92
PANNING......Page 95
CHAPTER 5: CAPTURING LIGHT......Page 101
THE QUALITY OF LIGHT......Page 102
THE DIRECTION OF LIGHT......Page 104
THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT......Page 109
HARNESSING SUNLIGHT......Page 110
CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH COLOR......Page 117
COLOR THEORY......Page 118
COLOR TEMPERATURE......Page 129
THE COLOR OF SUNLIGHT......Page 131
CONTROLLING COLORS BY USING FILTERS......Page 134
CHAPTER 7: THINKING IN BLACK AND WHITE......Page 143
THE ZONE SYSTEM......Page 145
METERING AND EXPOSING FOR BLACK AND WHITE......Page 146
WORKING WITH CONTRAST FILTERS......Page 151
CHAPTER 8: ARRANGING APPEALING PORTRAITS......Page 161
A LITTLE HISTORY......Page 162
FRAMING YOUR PHOTO......Page 164
LIGHTING THE SCENE......Page 169
COLOR VERSUS BLACK AND WHITE......Page 171
METERING THE SCENE......Page 172
POSING......Page 173
PHOTOGRAPHING KIDS......Page 181
CHAPTER 9: TRAVEL AND SCENIC PHOTOGRAPHY......Page 185
PACKING YOUR CAMERA BAG......Page 187
SCOPING OUTYOUR LOCATION......Page 188
PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE ON LOCATION......Page 198
CHAPTER 10: STILL-LIFE AND CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY......Page 203
PHOTOGRAPHING STILL-LIFE IMAGES......Page 206
MACRO AND CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY......Page 215
CHAPTER 11: IMPROVING YOUR IMAGES......Page 225
UNDERSTANDING FILE FORMATS......Page 227
CROPPING OR RESIZING AN IMAGE......Page 229
ADJUSTING AN IMAGE’S CONTRAST AND COLOR......Page 230
CORRECTING IMPERFECTIONS......Page 236
FIXING THE LIGHTING......Page 240
APPLYING SPECIAL EFFECTS......Page 242
TAKING THE NEXT STEP......Page 246
GLOSSARY......Page 251
INDEX......Page 259