دانلود کتاب Digital SLR Photography All-In-One for Dummies (7 Books in 1)

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About the Author......Page 7
Contents at a Glance......Page 11
Table of Contents......Page 13
How This Book Is Organized......Page 27
Icons Used in This Book......Page 29
Where to Go from Here......Page 30
Book I: Getting Started with Digital SLRs......Page 31
Contents at a Glance......Page 32
Chapter 1: What’s So Special about Digital SLRs?......Page 33
Introducing the Digital SLR......Page 34
Categorizing Digital SLRs......Page 41
Getting Shiny New Features: Recent Developments......Page 46
Getting Picky about Specifications......Page 50
Shopping for a dSLR......Page 60
Accessorizing to Your Heart’s Content......Page 63
Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Digital SLR......Page 67
Dissecting Digital SLRs......Page 68
Taking the Full Frontal View......Page 71
dSLR Got Back......Page 74
Looking at the Top......Page 81
Reviewing from the Bottom Up......Page 86
Simply Sides......Page 87
Looking at Lenses......Page 91
Ordering from the Menu......Page 97
Setting Up Common Features......Page 100
Making Miscellaneous Choices: Flash, Retouch, and Their Ilk......Page 110
Gripping and Shooting......Page 115
Changing Batteries......Page 124
Inserting and Removing Memory Cards......Page 126
Working with Lenses......Page 129
Cleaning Up Your Act......Page 140
Gearing up for Protection......Page 145
I Can’t Work Under These Conditions! Adverse Weather......Page 150
Chapter 5: Say Cheese: Taking Pictures with Your dSLR......Page 153
Planning Ahead......Page 154
Setting Up......Page 156
Choosing a Shooting Mode......Page 158
Fine-Tuning Your Camera......Page 168
Snapping Pictures......Page 175
Book II: Going Through the Looking Glass......Page 179
Contents at a Glance......Page 180
Zooming In on Lenses......Page 181
Branching Out to Different Lenses......Page 183
Taking Wide-Angle Shots......Page 185
Using Normal Focal Lengths......Page 188
Zooming In......Page 190
Capturing Close-ups......Page 192
Wide-Angle Whatzit......Page 195
Wide-Angle Fever: Catch It!......Page 197
Improving Your Wide-Angle Shots......Page 203
Something Seems Fisheye......Page 209
Dancing with Macros......Page 211
Letting Telephoto Ring Your Bell......Page 223
Book III: Hey, Your Exposure’s Showing......Page 233
Contents at a Glance......Page 234
You Have a Hole in Your Lens!......Page 235
Setting the Aperture......Page 241
Digging into Depth of Field......Page 243
Designing with Depth of Field......Page 249
Chapter 2: Go, Shutter Speed, Go!......Page 251
Don’t Shudder at the Shutter......Page 252
Reading the Speed......Page 253
Shutter Speed and Exposure......Page 255
Enabling Long Exposure Noise Reduction......Page 256
Combating Blur......Page 257
Shutter Speed Gallery......Page 262
Turning Up the Volume on ISO......Page 269
Setting and Managing ISO......Page 275
Knowing When to Hold ’Em: ISO Strategy......Page 279
Looking for Noise......Page 281
Weeding Through Filter Information......Page 287
Taking Shape with Filter Systems......Page 292
Tackling Trouble with Different Filters......Page 296
Revealing Exposure......Page 303
Keeping an Eye on Exposure Settings......Page 307
Lovely Rita, Meter Reading Maid......Page 311
Taking a Look at Your Work......Page 315
Unlocking the Secrets of the Histogram......Page 318
Troubleshooting Exposure......Page 326
Book IV: Lighting and Composition......Page 335
Contents at a Glance......Page 336
Flashing Someone......Page 337
Compensating for Your Tiny Flash......Page 344
Going Fancy with Flash......Page 345
Shedding Light on Flash Parts......Page 349
Flashessorizing......Page 355
Working the Flash......Page 357
Hooking Up......Page 359
Setting Up Your External Flash......Page 364
Trying Different Techniques......Page 366
Going Out into the Elements......Page 371
Designing a Scene......Page 373
Taking a Background Check......Page 375
Using the Foreground......Page 377
Looking for Shapes......Page 378
Designing with Shadows......Page 380
Going Minimal......Page 383
Noticing Your Surroundings......Page 384
Reflecting on Photos......Page 386
Waiting for the Moment......Page 388
Capturing the Action......Page 390
Picking a Portal......Page 393
Break It Up! Using the Rule of Thirds......Page 397
Taking a Knee......Page 399
Framing Vertically Versus Horizontally......Page 400
Getting Up High......Page 401
Avoiding Symmetry......Page 402
Using Symmetry......Page 403
Stepping Up......Page 404
Angling the Background......Page 405
Framing the Subject......Page 406
Book V: “Spiffifying” Your Shots......Page 409
Contents at a Glance......Page 410
Getting a Workflow......Page 411
Transferring Photos......Page 413
Getting a Grip on Your Pictures......Page 419
Editing When Necessary......Page 426
Publishing......Page 427
Archiving......Page 429
Making the Most of the Least (Processed)......Page 433
Two Minutes on the Grill: Ordering Raw......Page 436
Choosing Raw Software......Page 438
Processing Raw Photos......Page 448
Advancing Your Raw Editing......Page 454
Processing Raw Photos In-Camera......Page 458
Chapter 3: Showing Mad Photo-Editing Skills......Page 459
Going with the Editing Workflow......Page 460
Fixing Brightness and Contrast Problems......Page 464
Busting out the Colors......Page 467
Caution: Sharpness Ahead......Page 471
Turning Down the Noise......Page 474
Hello, Dolly! Cloning......Page 477
Dodging and Burning......Page 480
Using Filters and Effects......Page 481
Making Distortion, Perspective, and Angle Corrections......Page 482
Consider Seeing a Doctor: Cropping and Scaling......Page 484
Chapter 4: Home, Home on the High Dynamic Range......Page 487
Getting the 411 on HDR......Page 488
Selecting the Right Scenes......Page 491
Setting Up Your Camera for a Date with HDR......Page 493
Can You Hack It with Auto Brackets?......Page 496
Shooting Brackets Manually......Page 499
Preparing the Exposure Brackets......Page 502
Seeing a Photomatix Pro about HDR......Page 504
Tone Mapping HDR Images in Photomatix Pro......Page 507
Using Other Applications for HDR......Page 512
Finalizing Your Images......Page 516
Trying on Faux HDR......Page 517
Shooting Pan-tastic Panoramas......Page 519
Stitching Frames Together in Photoshop Elements......Page 524
Stepping Up Your Game......Page 532
Shooting Automatic Panoramas......Page 536
Knowing Black-and-White Words......Page 539
Fade to Black and White......Page 541
Colorizing Your Photos......Page 553
Using In-Camera Creative Styles......Page 564
Why You Should Bother......Page 567
Book VI: Shooting Movies......Page 569
Contents at a Glance......Page 570
Turning on the Movie Mindset......Page 571
Controlling Movie Modes......Page 574
Setting Up Your Camera for Movies......Page 575
Stepping Up Your Game......Page 586
Controlling Your dSLR......Page 591
Going Hollywood......Page 594
Enjoying the Show: Movie Playback......Page 600
Connecting to the Boob Tube......Page 602
Taking a Little Off Around the Ears: In-Camera Movie Editing......Page 605
Book VII: Getting Specific About Your Subject......Page 607
Contents at a Glance......Page 608
Chapter 1: People and Animals......Page 609
Using Creative Lens Effects......Page 610
Getting On the Same Level......Page 611
Capturing Nonchalance......Page 612
Choosing the Right Moment......Page 613
Capturing a Sunset in HDR......Page 615
Focusing on a Tree......Page 616
Getting in the Riverbed......Page 617
Going Out in the Fog......Page 618
Combining Different Elements......Page 620
Tracking the Action......Page 621
Picking Your Spot......Page 622
Choosing the Right Moment......Page 623
Capturing a Drive......Page 624
Picture Everything......Page 625
Using HDR......Page 627
Finding Unique Perspectives......Page 629
Looking Up......Page 630
Looking Out from the Arch......Page 632
Chapter 5: Close-Ups......Page 635
Noticing Your Surroundings......Page 636
Setting the Stage......Page 637
Crouching Chipmunk......Page 638
Stopping to Photograph......Page 639
Index......Page 641