The Best of Professional Digital Photography (Masters by Bill Hurter

By Bill Hurter

The possibilities that electronic expertise offers are virtually unlimited, yet so are the issues which can come up while attempting to retrofit a film-based images company to the hot electronic market. This guidebook explores electronic imaging expertise with a number of the world's major marriage ceremony, portrait, and advertisement photographers, drawing at the reviews of execs for useful suggestion for photographers who're nonetheless suffering to ideal their electronic paintings circulation. themes comprise the choice and buy of the ideal gear, selecting the right company version, and tips about suggestions in colour administration and retouching. step by step tutorial photos and monitor photographs are integrated all through, making an allowance for a concrete grab of the specified tactics and methods.

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The rings were photographed separately on white Plexiglas using a Kodak SLR/n digital camera and a custommade close-up lens at f/16. Nikon SB80s and a series of small white cards were used to photograph the rings. The lilies and background were photographed with a 20x36inch softbox containing a 1200 White Lightning strobe. The images of the rings and lily stalks were combined later in Photoshop. one-light effect is desired. Because the light naturally feathers at its edge, it provides a beautiful transition from highlight to shadow.

Mirrors are used to bounce light into shadow areas or to provide a reflected main light. Because mirrors reflect a high percentage of the light that strikes them, they can be used outdoors to channel backlight into a main light. On a tabletop setup, small mirrors the size of matchbooks are sometimes used to kick light into a hard-to-light shadow areas. This technique is especially useful in lighting food, where deep shadows are unacceptable and strong specular highlights project a freshness and “just cooked” feeling to the food.

Photograph by David Williams. points at the high end of the scale). An average-key image has detail concentrated in the midtones. Evaluating an LCD Image. With higher resolution LCDs, larger screens, and more functions in the playback mode of the camera, there’s no reason you can’t use the LCD most of the time for evaluating images. For example, most professional DSLRs let you zoom and scroll across an image to evaluate details. This will tell you if the image is sharp or not. Also, you can set certain playback presets to automatically indicate problems like “clipped” highlights.

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