Photographing nature a photo workshop from Brooks Institute's top nature photography instructor 9780321637543, 0321637542, 9780321638342, 0321638344

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Acknowledgments......Page 5
About the author......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
1 Play nice......Page 17
Ethics......Page 21
Knowledge and creativity......Page 25
Equipment......Page 30
Becoming part of the solution......Page 33
Questions & Answers......Page 36
2 You need more stuff?......Page 39
Stuff......Page 41
Practice......Page 44
Equipment......Page 46
Lighting......Page 58
Questions & Answers......Page 59
3 It’s all about the light......Page 65
Qualities of light......Page 67
Equipment......Page 74
Lighting......Page 78
Questions & Answers......Page 83
Assignments to try......Page 87
4 Not everything’s black-and-white......Page 89
The color of nature......Page 91
Equipment......Page 98
Lighting......Page 100
Questions & Answers......Page 103
Assignments to try......Page 106
5 Flash! And you’re in control......Page 107
Light at 1/20,000 of a second......Page 109
Equipment......Page 114
Lighting......Page 117
Questions & Answers......Page 119
Assignments to try......Page 123
6 Wet-belly photography......Page 125
Finding flowers and chasing bugs......Page 127
Equipment......Page 132
Lighting......Page 133
Questions & Answers......Page 137
Assignments to try......Page 142
7 Garden variety shots......Page 143
Nature so close......Page 145
Equipment......Page 150
Lighting......Page 152
Questions & Answers......Page 155
Assignments to try......Page 160
8 The wonder of wildlife......Page 161
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!......Page 163
Equipment......Page 168
Lighting......Page 173
Questions & Answers......Page 175
Assignments to try......Page 180
9 An ounce of prevention......Page 181
Zoos......Page 183
Equipment......Page 190
Lighting......Page 193
Questions & Answers......Page 195
Assignments to try......Page 200
10 Land, sea, and sky......Page 201
The wide view......Page 203
Telling the story......Page 206
Equipment......Page 208
Lighting......Page 211
Questions & Answers......Page 214
Assignments to try......Page 220
11 Looking through the frame......Page 221
The frame......Page 223
Composing the image......Page 226
Equipment......Page 230
Lighting......Page 236
Questions & Answers......Page 237
Assignments to try......Page 241
12 What are you looking at?......Page 243
Preconceptions......Page 245
Equipment......Page 251
Lighting......Page 255
Questions & Answers......Page 257
Assignments to try......Page 262
13 On the road......Page 263
Road trip......Page 265
A ‘typical day’ of shooting......Page 270
Equipment......Page 274
Lighting......Page 278
Questions & Answers......Page 280
Assignments to try......Page 285
14 Back in the lab......Page 287
Becoming the lab......Page 289
Manipulation......Page 291
Equipment......Page 293
Lighting......Page 300
Questions & Answers......Page 303
Assignments to try......Page 305
Appendix: Resources......Page 307
B......Page 312
C......Page 313
E......Page 314
G......Page 315
L......Page 316
O......Page 317
R......Page 318
T......Page 319
Z......Page 320

Photographing nature a photo workshop from Brooks Institute's top nature photography instructor
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