Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)

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More than 100 vivid, graphic comparison pictures illustrate every point in this revised classic and can help any photographer maximize the creative impact of his or her exposure decisions. Peterson stresses the importance of metering the subject for a starting exposure, and then explains how to use various exposure meters and different kinds of lighting. The book contains lessons on each element of the exposure-aperature, shutter speed, iso-and how it relates to the other two in terms of depth of field, freezing and blurring action, and shooting in low light or at night. A section on special techniques explores such options as deliberate under- and overexposures, how to produce double exposures, bracketing, shooting the moon, and the use of filters. Understanding Exposure demonstrates that there are always creative choices about how to expose a picture-and that the decision is up to the photographer, not the camera.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amphoto Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2004
Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0817463003
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0817463007
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.3 x 0.4 x 11 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #710,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #312 in Photography Equipment (Books) #477 in Photo Essays (Books) #541 in Photography Reference (Books)
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