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    About John Shaw’s Guide to Digital Nature Photography

    Photography legend John Shaw returns with his much-anticipated guide to digital nature photography, complete with more than 250 extraordinarily beautiful photographs.

    For over four decades, John Shaw’s authentic voice and trusted advice has helped photographers achieve impressive shots in the great outdoors. In his first-ever book on digital photography, Shaw provides in-depth advice on everything from equipment and lenses to thorough coverage of digital topics including how to use the histogram. In addition, he offers inspirational and frank insight that goes far beyond the nuts and bolts of photography, explaining that successful photos come from having a vision, practicing, and then acquiring the equipment needed to accomplish the intention. Easily digestible and useful for every type of photographer, and complete with more than 250 jaw-dropping images, John Shaw’s Guide to Digital Nature Photography is the one book you’ll need to beautifully capture the world around you.

    About John Shaw’s Guide to Digital Nature Photography

    Photography legend John Shaw returns with his much-anticipated guide to digital nature photography, complete with more than 250 extraordinarily beautiful photographs.

    For over four decades, John Shaw’s authentic voice and trusted advice has helped photographers achieve impressive shots in the great outdoors. In his first-ever book on digital photography, Shaw provides in-depth advice on everything from equipment and lenses to thorough coverage of digital topics including how to use the histogram. In addition, he offers inspirational and frank insight that goes far beyond the nuts and bolts of photography, explaining that successful photos come from having a vision, practicing, and then acquiring the equipment needed to accomplish the intention. Easily digestible and useful for every type of photographer, and complete with more than 250 jaw-dropping images, John Shaw’s Guide to Digital Nature Photography is the one book you’ll need to beautifully capture the world around you.

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    About John Shaw

    John Shaw is one of the world’s leading nature photographers and the author of many enduring bestselling books. His photographs are frequently featured in National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, Natural History, Sierra, and Audubon magazines, as well as in calendars, books,… More about John Shaw

    About John Shaw

    John Shaw is one of the world’s leading nature photographers and the author of many enduring bestselling books. His photographs are frequently featured in National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, Natural History, Sierra, and Audubon magazines, as well as in calendars, books,… More about John Shaw

    Product Details

    Category: Photography | Technology

    Paperback | $24.99
    Published by Amphoto Books
    Mar 17, 2015 | 240 Pages | 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 | ISBN 9780770434984

    Category: Photography | Technology

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Amphoto Books
    Mar 17, 2015 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780770434991

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    Table Of Contents

    Preface
    What Is There to Photograph?

    01 / Gear
    Which Camera?
    Setting Up Your Camera
    Tripods and Heads
    Filters
    Flash

    02 / Getting Started
    Working in Stops
    Exposure Modes
    Metering and Metering Patterns
    Manual Exposure
    Autoexposure and Exposure Compensation
    Proper Exposure and Histograms
    High ISO

    03 / Lenses
    What Lenses Do
    Focal Lengths
    Depth of Field
    Focusing a Lens
    Zoom Lenses or Fixed-Focal-Length Lenses
    Teleconverters
    Tilt/Shift (T/S) Lenses
    Chromatic Aberration

    04 / Composition
    Learning to See Photo-Graphically
    Lighting
    Vertical or Horizontal?
    Framing and Placement
    Working a Subject

    05 / Close-ups
    Defining a Close-up
    Working Distance and Background Coverage
    Making Lenses Focus Closer
    Macro Lenses
    Close-up Flash

    06 / The Photographer at Work
    My Personal Field Gear
    Changing My Camera Settings
    Working in the Field
    Working in the Digital Darkroom


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