# Paperback: 288 pages
# Publisher: Focal Press (September 3, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0240810163
# ISBN-13: 978-0240810164
# Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
# Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
本书简介
了解世界顶尖生态摄影的奥秘，体验更多的刺激、果断的拍摄瞬间。
你有没有想过是什么使专业摄影师始终能够拍出令人引人注目的照片吗？或者说揭开专业人士的秘密可以激励你？这本书以当代和创新的视角去接近这个世界上最成功的野生动物、地景摄影师，揭露他们超出常人的技巧和技术。
这本书还包括了大量的世界顶级高手的建议和忠告。这将增加你随着技能增长到专业水平的想象力。从最基本的如何计划一次实地考察开始一步一步，到后来了解相机和摄影后期技巧，这包括：如何拍出完美的照片，确保拍摄主体的清晰和锐利，掌握复杂的相机菜单和组成。
Have you ever wondered what it is that professional photographers do day in and day out that enables them to take consistently compelling images? Or thought that unravelling the insider secrets of the professionals could inspire you? This book takes a contemporary and innovative approach to revealing the day-to-day habits of the world's most successful wildlife, landscape and macro photographers, divulging the core skills and techniques through which they excel.
This book is crammed full with expert advice taken from the world's leading pros directly from the field. It will empower the development of your skills to a professional level and fire your imagination. Starting with the basics of how to plan a rewarding field trip (whether locally or afar) for one day or a month, and covering all aspects of camera handling and photographic technique including: how to make perfect exposures every time, ensure pin-sharp images of moving subjects, decipher the complexities of camera menus and controls, and break through the mysteries of composition.
And, having learned the secrets to success, the book maps out some simple yet powerful photo exercises and self-assignments to encourage you to explore all facets of digital photography and put into practice the essential skills that will make you, too, a highly successful photographer.
*Learn from the masters, including Art Wolfe, Chris Weston, Jim Brandenburg, Joe Cornish and National Geographic photographers, Joel Sartore and Michael "Nick" Nichols--it's the closest you can get to a workshop without getting on a plane
*Develop and practice the skills employed by the pro's and experience new skills that lead to instinctive, confident shooting
* Ten photo workouts get you thinking like a pro, and assignments test your skills and keep you photographically fit!
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目录:
Habit one Plan for the Perfect Picture
Research and Planning 5
Know Your Subject 10
Visualization and the Art of Seeing 16
Pack for the Picture You Want 21
Habit Two Know Your Camera
Camera Controls and What h ey Do 31
Image File Type 34
White Balance 38
ISO (Amplifi cation) 39
Exposure Mode 46
Using the Histogram and Highlights Information Screens 50
Focus Mode 54
Using the Menu System 56
Advanced Menu Options and Custom Settings 66
Using Modern Lenses 66
Camera Handling 71
Habit Three See What Your Camera Sees
Light: Photographers’ Paint 85
Contrast: When the World Turns Gray 91
h rough the Lens: A Camera’s Eye View 94
Habit Four Take Control of Your Camera
Managing Light 107
Painting with Light 110
Understanding Exposure 118
Exposure and Contrast 129
Expose for the Highlights, Process for the Shadows:
h e Digital Exposure Mantra 137
When to Use Specifi c Metering Modes 140
When to Use Which Exposure Mode 145
ISO Relationship to Exposure 145
Applying White Balance for Artistic Eff ect 151
Choosing the Right Lens for the Occasion 161
Using Auto-Focus Eff ectively 162
Habit Five Learn the Rules (and When NOT to Apply Them)
Learning the Art of Omission 176
Designing a Photographic Image 189
h e Psychology of Design and Its Role in Composition 190
Creating a Sense of Depth 201
Six Rules of Nature Photography … and When to Break h em 203
Habit Six Capture the Moment (Putting Everything into Practice)
What Makes a Compelling Image? 214
Two Questions to Ask Before Pressing the Shutter 214
Defi ning your Subject 216
h e Making of 15 Best-Selling Images 220
Habit Seven Practice (Makes Perfect)
Armchair Exercises to Keep You Photographically Fit 252
Ten Photo Workouts to Get You Shooting Like a Pro 254
Six Photo Projects to Inspire You 258
Planning Your Own Assignments 262
Index 265
