Lonely Planet Best Ever Photography Tips
Richard I'Anson
Language: English
Pages: 46
ISBN: 2:00324072
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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• Whether you're wielding a phone or a full-size DSLR, Lonely Planet's Best Ever Photography Tips will sharpen your skills and your pictures. Award-winning photographer Richard I'Anson has travelled the world for 30 years and founded Lonely Planet's image library.
Follow his 55 essential steps to creating brilliant photographs worth sharing.
• How to shoot wildlife, nightlife, people, cities, landscapes and lunch
• How to compose, control and critique your photographs
• Plus Richard I'Anson's 10 Golden Rules of travel photography
Author: Richard I'Anson
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automatic 10, 52, 56 B back up 118 birds 110 bracketing 42 C camera phone 50 camera shake 52, 94, 108 cityscapes 84 commitment 20 compact digital cameras 32 composition 12, 54, 58, 66, 70, 72, 76, 96 critique 28 D depth of field 60, 70, 72, 86, 98 Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras (DSLR) 24, 32, 56 E equipment 32, 88 exposure 10, 40 F f-stops 46 filters 34, 62, 100 flash 10, 34, 46, 50, 86, 112 flowers 78 focus 54, 60 food 82 framing 58, 78 H High Dynamic Range (HDR)
software, but enlarging small files generally creates unsatisfactory results. Sunrise over Mary River floodplain, Bamurru Plains, Australia If your camera gives you the choice of shooting in JPEG or raw, consider how you intend to use your photos. Shoot JPEG if: You don’t want to spend time enhancing your images in image-editing software. The pictures are for personal use in photo albums and to share on websites. You want to get as many photos on the memory card as possible. Shoot raw if:
Increase the light in the room, which causes the pupil to close down. Bounce the flash off a reflective surface. Move the flash away from the camera lens. Use the red-eye correction or removal tool found in most image-editing software. Cultural performance, Luxor, Egypt Taking photos with a camera phone is no different from using any other type of camera. Apply the same basic photography skills as you do when you’re using a compact or DSLR camera and follow these suggestions: Set the camera
have a point of interest: the key element around which the composition is based and which draws and holds the viewer’s attention. It’s probably the thing that caught your eye in the first place. Always focus on the point of interest. If something else is the sharpest part of the composition, the viewer’s eye will rest in the wrong place. Aim to place the point of interest away from the centre of the frame because centring the subject often makes for a static composition. Avoid including other
action comes within range of your lens and shoot quickly because you’ll only get a few chances during a game. Select a sensor setting that allows a minimum shutter speed of 1/500 (but ideally 1/1000) to freeze the action. Monks playing football, Chokhor Valley, Bhutan Whenever you sit down to eat or drink at a street stall, cafe, bar or restaurant and place an order, a photo opportunity will soon be delivered to your table. To make the most of it: Look for an area of soft, even light. Choose