John Lewell

Digital Photography for Next to Nothing (eBook, PDF)

Free and Low Cost Hardware and Software to Help You Shoot Like a Pro

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Take photos like a pro without breaking the bank by using FREE and nearly FREE software and hardware explained in this book. * Get professional looking shots from a low-cost camera * Save money by building your own lighting rigs, tripods, monopods and stabilisers for next to nothing * Learn how to use older lenses on modern digital cameras, and make your own macro lens, lens hoods, flash diffusers, flash concentrators, decorative Bokeh effect lenses and more * Use dozens of FREE and low cost photo applications for processing, viewing, cataloguing, editing, creating HDR, and photo stitching * Build powerful photography processing and editing suites with free software and plugins that go head to head with expensive tools like Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470688793
• Artikelnr.: 38202763

Autorenporträt

John Lewell (Framlingham, UK) A freelance author and journalist, John Lewell is an expert in digital image-creation technology and has specialized in visual technologies, computer graphics and Internet software. An experienced landscape photographer, John has produced a series of fine art cards currently sold through galleries and bookstores in the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: TAKING BETTER SNAPS WITH A CHEAPER CAMERA. Chapter 1: Getting the
Best from a Low-Cost Camera. How Cheap Is "Cheap"? Getting to Know Your
Camera. Ten Universal Questions for Every Shot. Chapter 2: Why Most Snaps
Fail to Impress. Some Common Errors. What Makes a "Good" Snapshot? Ten
Cost-Nothing Tips for Better Snaps. Chapter 3: First Steps in Portraiture
with FREE and Low-Cost Lighting. Creating One-Lamp Portraitures. Making
Your Own Low-Key Lighting Kit. Creating No-Lamp Portraitures: Taking It
Outdoors. Using Scrims to Soften Sunlight. Getting More Lights for Less.
Resources. PART II: GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY. Chapter 4: Choosing
a Better Camera. The Four Digital Camera Types. Shopping Around for a New
Camera. Users' Recommendations. Getting an Entry-Level DSLR at a
Rock-Bottom Price. Read FREE Reviews Online: 10 Leading Review Sites.
Chapter 5: Keeping It Steady: Tripods, Monopods, and VR Lenses. Blur
Reduction: A Big Step Towards Better Photographic Technique. Using Tripods
and Heads. Low-Cost Tricks for Reducing Blur. Chapter 6: Saving Money on
Lenses. Why People Argue About Lenses. Recommended High-Value Lenses. Using
Older Lenses on a New Camera. Chapter 7: In Praise of the 50mm Lens. Using
a Lens Chart. Using 50mm with Full-Frame, 1.5x, 1.6x, and 1.7x Crop Factor
Sensors. Five Reasons to Buy the "Nifty Fifty". Shooting with a 50mm Lens.
PART III: KEEPING COSTS DOWN. Chapter 8: Cost-Cutting Tips for Better
Photography. Setting White Balance. Setting Exposure. Cropping: The Pro
Technique Available to All. Chapter 9: Shooting RAW and Processing It For
FREE. The Rise of the RAW Format. The Snags of Using RAW. Software for RAW
Processing. Chapter 10: Shooting Macro Without a Macro Lens. Four Ways to
Get Macro Shots. Lighting for Your Macro Shots. Using Lens Stacking to Take
Macro Shots. Making a Tabletop Studio for Macro Photography. Building a
Mini Light Box for Small Product Photography. Chapter 11: DIY: Cleaning
Your DSLR Sensor. Common Contaminants and How to Get Rid of Them. Cleaning
the Chamber. Testing Your Cleaning Method. Chapter 12: DIY: Making Your Own
Lens Hood. Considering Lens Hood Types. Finding Lens Hood Templates Online.
Making a Superhood for a 50mm Lens. Making a Flexihood for a Telephoto
Lens. Chapter 13: More DIY Photo Fun Accessories. Making Pop-Up Flash
Diffusers. DIY Accessories for Flash Guns. Making Your Own Lenses. Getting
Decorative Bokeh Effects. Getting Soft Focus Without a Special Lens.
Finding Low-Cost Tripods for Your Compact Camera. Emulating Aerial
Photography Without the Airplane. Chapter 14: FREE Photo Calculators.
Printing, Cutting, and Assembling Your Own FREE Exposure Calculator. Using
the Golden Ratio. For a Few Dollars: Photo Calculation Software for the
iPhone. Optical System Calculators. Print Size Calculation. Chapter 15:
FREE and Low-Cost Utility Software. FREE and Low-Cost Exif Tools. FREE and
Low-Cost Screen Capture Utilities. FREE Color Pickers. FREE Online Color
Analysis. FREE File Archiving Utilities. Low-Cost Image Compression
Software. FREE JPEG Lossless Rotation. FREE and Low-Cost Data Recovery
Software. "Free Scan" Photo Recovery Software. PART IV: SCRUTINIZING,
SORTING, AND RESIZING YOUR IMAGES. Chapter 16: Monitor Calibration for Next
to Nothing. Understanding Gamma. Calibration for Windows and Mac. FREE
Online Monitor Calibration. FREE Online Tutorials on Monitor Calibration.
Chapter 17: FREE and Low-Cost Image Viewers. Top FREE and Low-Cost Image
Viewers for Windows. Image Viewers for Mac: Why the Mac Is Different.
Chapter 18: FREE and Low-Cost Photo Organizing Software. The Difference
Between Sorting and Cataloging. Searching Through Untagged Images. Other
Good FREE Photo Organizing Software. For a Few Dollars: More Photo
Organizing Software. Chapter 19: FREE and Low-Cost Image Resizing Tools.
Choosing the Right Tool. FREE Desktop Image Resizing Software. FastStone
Photo Resizer. FREE Software for Batch Resizing. FREE Online Image Resizing
Tools. For Just a Few Dollars. PART V: IMPROVING YOUR IMAGES. Chapter 20:
FREE and Low-Cost Image Enhancement Software. Enhancement and Editing:
What's the Difference? Recommended FREE Basic Image Adjustment Tools. Other
FREE Image Adjustment Tools. FREE Batch Correction Image Adjustment Tools.
For a Few Dollars. Chapter 21: FREE Image-Editing Software. What to Look
for in a FREE Image Editor. The Top Four FREE Windows Products. Seashore
for Macintosh. The Best of the Rest: All FREE. Chapter 22: FREE Online
Image Editors. Online Software: The Long-Term Winner. Featured Software:
The Top Five. Best of the Rest. Chapter 23: FREE and Low-Cost Denoising
Software. Noise Reduction Software. Recommended FREE Denoising Software.
FREE Multiplatform (Java-Based) Denoising Software. For a Few Dollars:
Low-Cost Denoising Software. Chapter 24: Building Powerful Software Suites
with Plug-ins. Adobe Photoshop Elements: The Low-Cost Host for
Best-of-Breed Plug-ins. GIMP: Pimp Your GIMP with Dozens of Great Plug-ins.
Enhancing Paint.NET with Plug-ins. PART VI: MAKING HI-RES MOSAICS,
PANORAMAS, AND HDR IMAGES. Chapter 25: Getting Hi-Res Images from a Low-Res
Camera. FREE Versus Commercial Stitching Software. Chapter 26: Panoramic
Photography. Taking Panoramas Without a Tripod. Finding the Optical Center
of a Lens. Why Is Panoramic Photography Normally Expensive? The Panosaurus:
a Low-Cost Panoramic Head. Building Your Own Panoramic Head. Useful
Resources. Chapter 27: Low-Cost Panoramic and Virtual Tour Software.
Software for Making Panoramas. Software for Displaying Panoramas. Chapter
28: Creating High Dynamic Range Images. Two Reasons to Use HDR. Commercial
or FREE? Which Software Is Best for HDR? FREE HDR Software. Low-Cost HDR
Software. PART VII: SHARING & PUBLISHING YOUR WORK. Chapter 29: FREE Image
Hosting. What to Look for in a FREE Image Host. Directories. Selected FREE
Image Hosting Providers. Chapter 30: FREE Online Photo-Sharing Sites.
Must-Have Photo-Sharing Features. Selected FREE Online Photo-Sharing Sites.
Photo-Sharing Sites with FREE Basic Accounts. FREE Sites with Additional
Features. Chapter 31: Online Photo Communities. What Online Photo
Communities Can Do for You, and You for Them. Communities FREE to
Registered Users. Low-Cost Photo Communities. Smaller and Specialist Photo
Communities. Chapter 32: FREE Web Publishing Software. Using PHP to Create
Your Online Gallery. FREE PHP-Based Photo Gallery Software. FREE Flash
Gallery Creation Software. CSS-Based Image Galleries. FREE Java-Based Photo
Gallery Software. Creating AJAX-Based Photo Galleries. FREE Website Design
Software with Gallery Features. PART VIII: GETTING READY TO PRINT. Chapter
33: Low-Cost Image Rescaling Software. Why Is Most Up-Rezzing Software So
Pricey? Some Low-Cost Image-Rescaling Alternatives. Chapter 34: Low-Cost
Online Printing Services. Cheaper Than Home Printing. Online Photo Printers
with Opening Offers (U.S. and International). Online Photo Printers with
Opening Offers (U.K.). Directories of FREE Photo-Printing Offers. Premium
Printing Services. PART IX: LEARNING MORE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, FOR NEXT TO
NOTHING. Chapter 35: FREE Online Tuition. How to Evaluate Online
Instruction. Highly Recommended FREE Online Tutorials. FREE Video Tutorials
on Photography. FREE Photoshop Tutorials Online. Chapter 36: FREE Online
Photo Resources. Photo Megasites You Have to Visit. Leading Camera-Specifi
c Websites. FREE Photography Magazines Online. FREE Art Photography
Magazines Online. Sites for Landscape Photographers. Sites for Nature and
Wildlife Photographers. Sites for Photojournalists. Sites for Portrait
Photographers. PhotoStartSheet.com. Index.