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The Complete Photo Manual: Skills + Tips for Making Great Pictures Kindle Edition

by The Editors of Popular Photography (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Focus on capturing the best images ever with tips from choosing the right gear to composition to processing—plus tutorials and updated software advice.

This comprehensive, all-in-one guide demystifies today’s DSLRs and ILCs, walking you through their basic functions and setting you up for photo-making success, as well as offering creative projects for more advanced photographers. From setting a proper exposure to Photoshopping images together into clever composites, The Complete Photo Manual Revised Edition has you covered!

With chapters on:

Camera Basics: Take a crash course in exposure, focus, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and more so you can master the fundamentals.

Composition & Shooting: Get out there and start shooting! This chapter helps you pick subjects, compose on the fly, work your camera settings as you go, correct for problematic situations, use a tripod, choose the right lens for your scene, and explore different storytelling idioms.

Setup & Gear: Graduate to a more robust photography kit with discussions of lights, light modifiers, and more. Here, you’ll learn how to shoot more ambitious portraits, still lifes, and action shots.

Photo Editing & Beyond:Make your photos even better with tried-and-tested tutorials in Photoshop and Lightroom, plus quick tips and image organization hacks.

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About the Author

Combining stunning images, expert advice, and rigorous product testing and analysis, Popular Photography gives photographers at every level of experience all the tools, techniques, and inspiration they need to make great pictures. It shares both unmatched authority and you-can-do-it enthusiasm with its audience in print and digital editions, social media and mobile apps, and on the Web. With over 70 years of expertise, Popular Photography is the world’s largest how-to monthly magazine for image-making enthusiasts.

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196 MASTER FLIGHT FUNDAMENTALS

You can’t control a bird in flight, but you can fine-tune your own stance and settings to get the best shot. First, watch the bird’s trajectory with your eyes before you look through the viewfinder—this provides a smooth transition from spotting to tracking a bird. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart so you can move freely when you do begin to track through the viewfinder. With small, quick birds, you’ll probably have to shoot handheld; try to maintain a secure but easy grasp on your camera. Keep motion smooth while panning, and follow through: Don’t stop when the shutter releases. If your bird is very fast, aim slightly ahead of its path before you shoot. Manual exposure works best for birds on the wing, so use partial or evaluative metering to get a light reading. Shutter speed is vital to freeze motion: 1/1250 or faster, with an ISO of 320 to 400. Even when no bird is in sight, keep your camera on and in the “ready” position at your chest. A fly-by can happen at any moment.