Professional Filter Techniques For Digital Photographers

A comprehensive guide to filters for digital photographers examines both hardware and software filters to provide a deeper understanding of the applications of various filter systems, covering such basic camera filters as color correction, monochrome, polarizing and diffusion, and explaining how such filters can be applied using such image manipulation software as Photoshop and the effects that can be produced.

Digital photography gives us an entirely new set of tools for controlling light and color, and other for altering or enhancing image elements. Joseph Meehan makes this process understandable by exploring a variety of traditional optical filters, new electronic camera controls, and filter software that will take your photography to the next level. Learn the fundamentals of working with light, from altering contrast to manipulation color. You'll also discover how software expands your options, and how using traditional optics such as polarizers and neutral density filters can not only create an improved image file, but also save you processing time after capture.

The best digital tips...from the world's leading digital photo periodical! PCPhoto presents the ultimate beginners' volume on going digital. It's packed with the magazine's best how-tos and tip-oriented articles, and covers information that's indispensable for the newcomer. In short, it serves as a welcoming portal into the digital world. Shooting techniques, cameras, and accessories are just the beginning. There's advice on using the camera controls and making sense of histograms, as well as coverage of a wide range of image processing options available in the digital darkroom. Check out the details of different types of editing software, and gain fundamental knowledge on how to create the best inkjet prints possible. There are 10 recipes for producing great photos, courtesy of PCPhoto editor Rob Sheppard and Wes G. Pitts; a list of digital dos and don'ts; guidance on color correction; and much, much more.

AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER & #1 HOT NEW RELEASE IN PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING! Indispensable tricks and techniques for great photos in any situation. Free yourself from Auto mode! Revealing insider secrets and easy-to-learn techniques for stunning photos, this book teaches you how to take beautiful, professional-quality images anywhere with DSLR or mirrorless cameras. Focus & Filter, a must-have guide by award-winning photographer Andrew Darlow, features 50 techniques, 50 Pro Assignments and more than 250 color photographs that show you how to capture: • CANDID AND FORMAL PORTRAITS • SAFARI QUALITY ANIMAL PICTURES • SPECTACULAR NIGHTTIME CITYSCAPES • BREATHTAKING FIREWORKS PHOTOS • DRAMATIC HIGH-SPEED MOTION • MOUTHWATERING FOOD PHOTOS • GLARE-FREE SHOTS THROUGH GLASS Whether you are advancing a hobby or a career in photography, Focus & Filter includes all the technical advice you need to hone your skills, from choosing your equipment and setting up your studio to mastering camera settings, working in the field, and building rapport with your models.

Through a series of tutorial projects, author Julie Adair King shows readers how to light shots, choose the right camera settings, use camera accessories and photographic software, and much more. Readers will learn step-by-step to use their existing digital camera for professional results.

A guide to digital photography that focuses on advanced techniques for creating, editing, and printing professional quality images.

This definitive book on photographic filters for the digital age features over 200 inspirational photographs. After reading this book you will feel encouraged and inspired to explore the fascinating and vast creative possibilities of using filters – both traditional and digital – and use them wisely to capture even better pictures. Digital photography has changed the art of filtering forever – no longer is it just a matter of in-camera technique, but now encompasses a wide range of manipulations in the digital darkroom. In this comprehensive guide for the modern photographer, Ross Hoddinott, one of the UK’s leading outdoor photographers, explains when and how to use traditional hardware filters on your camera, and how to achieve the same effects with software instead, as well as exploring a wealth of other creative digital filter-effects that were impracticable or impossible on film. Filters don’t have to be gimmicky or used to create an artificial look, they can be used to enhance reality rather than alter it. If you have taken photographs that lack impact, saturation, or look washed-out or underexposed then using filters can effectively improve the quality of your photography. Ross dispels the widespread myth that filters are chiefly aimed at and suited to scenic photography. By sharing his knowledge in a friendly, informative way using comparative pictures, Ross appeals to both those who are new to photography and those who already own filters; he will help you to decide which filters to go out and buy and explain how to make the most of your existing filtration system. The first part of the book includes comprehensive advice on in-camera filtration: choosing a filtering system, polarizing filters, white balance, neutral density filters, graduated filters, soft-focus filters and close-up diopters. The second part of the book focuses on in-computer filtration. Looking at post-processing techniques, Ross illustrates ways to correct, enhance and apply special effects to your images using Photoshop exemplified through detailed screengrabs. By using easy-to-follow steps, he makes it straightforward for you to replicate the effects on your home computer using your own images. The book concludes with a useful glossary of terms and an invaluable and comprehensive list of websites for comparing the pros and cons of different filter systems. An essential guide providing up-to-the moment information on all photographic filtering systems and is beautifully illustrated throughout with Ross Hoddinott's striking digital photographs.

Let your motto become "What would happen if. . . ?" Infrared light offers photographers another artistic avenue to explore. You don't need years of experience or expensive equipment. Just grab an IR filter or a converted digital camera, and you're ready to enter the fascinating world of infrared photography. The unique effects you can create with IR photography are limited only by your imagination. In these pages, you'll discover the practical information about file formats and composition as well as plenty of creative inspiration. Discover whether your camera can detect infrared light and compare different IR filters Learn how to see in IR and master IR composition Play with effects — extended exposures, shooting through glass, zooming, and painting with light Explore HDR and Photomerge options Open more creative possibilities with Photoshop

Go beyond the basic rules of photography to capture stunning portraits Portrait photography is a vital topic for photographers of every level of experience, from amateur to professional. Written by renowned photographer Harold Davis, this inspirational book encourages you to define our own photographic style and capture stunning, creative, and unique portraits. You'll discover tips and techniques for "breaking the rules" of basic digital photography so that you can go beyond the fundamentals such as composition, lighting, and exposure in order to create memorable and incomparable portraits. Explores the most common subject of most photographers-people-and explains when, why, and how to forgo the fundamentals to capture memorable portraits Encourages you to define your own unique photographic style and offers information and inspiration to help you do so Delves into a variety of creative techniques that you can use when exploring ways to take lively and stunning portraits Illustrated with Harold Davis's striking portrait photography, Creative Portraits will both inform and inspire you.