Capture: Digital Photography Essentials

Description

In film-based photographic education, strong programs and writings have placed great emphasis on making a negative. But to get to the negative, good exposure is required. The beginning of the photographic process significantly affects the final outcome of an image - a fact that has not changed with digital photography.

 Capture: Digital Photography Essentials concentrates on photography from a digital-capture workflow point of view. The text addresses both the opportunities and limitations of digital photography, and how to work with those opportunities and around the limitations. Authors Glen Rand, Chris Broughton, and Amanda Quintenz-Fiedler discuss the digital tools that allow photographers to capture, create, and maintain high-quality digital photographs. Readers will learn to maximize the potential of their images through an understanding of the core principles and more advanced aspects of the digital photographic process.

 Various projects that are based on tested teaching concepts for digital photography can be found throughout the text, as well as numerous images that are both inspirational and instructional.

 Topics include:

* Digital Cameras
* Sensors and Lenses
* Basic Exposure
* Digital Exposure
* Digital Capture Workflow
* Image Files
* Parametric Editing
* Digital Zone System
* HDRI
* Hybrid Imaging
* Capture Technology

CONTENTS:

; Introduction; The Basics; Chapter 1: Capture Devices; 1.1 Get the Picture . . . Cameras; 1.2 Basics of Cameras; 1.3 Camera Types; Chapter 2: Sensors; 2.1 Capturing Light; 2.2 Common Sensors; 2.3 Basic Sensor Structure; 2.4 How a Sensor Collects Light; 2.5 Sensor Construction and Operation; 2.6 Resolution and Detail; 2.7 Acquiring Color; 2.8 Noise; Chapter 3: Lenses; 3.1 Lenses and Shutters; 3.2 Basic Optics; 3.3 Lens Basics; 3.4 Hyperfocal Focusing; 3.5 Types of Lenses; 3.6 Digital Camera Lens Design; 3.7 Lens Flare; 3.8 Image Stabilization; 3.9 Shutter Systems; 3.10 Electronic Shutters; 3.11 Shutter Speeds; Chapter 4: Exposure Basics; 4.1 From Light to Image; 4.2 Exposure Basics; 4.3 Auto Exposure; 4.4 Basic Daylight Exposure; 4.5 Light Meters and Basic Metering; 4.6 Reflective and Incident Meters; 4.7 Exposure Calculation; 4.8 Substitution Metering; 4.9 Tonal Placement; 4.10 Average Value Metering; Working Digitally; Chapter 5: Exposure for Digital Photography; 5.1 Exposures Become Digital; 5.2 Exposure Testing for Digital Sensors; 5.3 Histograms; 5.4 Exposure Based on the Histogram; 5.5 Optimizing Exposure; 5.6 Digital Equivalent Exposures; 5.7 Understanding Dynamic Range and Bit Depth; Chapter 6: Digital Capture Workflow; 6.1 Progressing to Capture; 6.2 Preparation Workflow; 6.3 Capture Workflow; Chapter 7: Saving Captured Images; 7.1 The File Cabinet; 7.2 File Basics; 7.3 Metadata; 7.4 File Types; 7.5 Memory Devices; Chapter 8: Image Editing and Corrections; 8.1 Perfecting Capture; 8.2 PIE; 8.3 Correction; 8.4 Working Methods; 8.5 An Editing Checklist; Chapter 9: Asset Management; 9.1 Keeping Track of Images; 9.2 Active Use; 9.3 Importing Image Files; 9.4 Naming Protocols; 9.5 Backing Up Files; 9.6 Evaluating and Adding Metadata for Images; 9.7 Archiving; Beyond; Chapter 10: Beyond Exposure 1: Digital Zone; 10.1 Expressed Light; 10.2 Digital Zone System; 10.3 Zone Vocabulary for Digital Photography; 10.4 Using the Digital System; 10.5 Post-Capture Processing; 10.6 Digital Black-and-White; Chapter 11: Beyond Exposure 2: HDRI; 11.1 Expanded Light; 11.2 Some Basics of HDRI; 11.3 Faux HDRI; 11.4 DSLR and Small-Camera-Based HDRI; Chapter 12: Beyond Exposure 3: Hybrid Digital Photography; 12.1 A Place for Silver; 12.2 Megapixels versus Grains; 12.3 Pixel Arrangement; 12.4 Color; 12.5 Dynamic Range; 12.6 Workflow and Time; 12.7 Lens Issues; 12.8 Requirement for Electronic Systems; 12.9 Choosing a Hybrid Approach; Chapter 13: How Digital Images are Created; 13.1 Capture to Visible; 13.2 The Digital Photographic Sequence; 13.3 Buffering; 13.4 Expansion of Dynamic Range; Glossary; Index of Photographers; ; About the Authors;