Digital Photography: Portfolio to Profession 4e, Online Textbook
Digital Photography: Portfolio to Profession teaches the principles and skills required to gain competence in digital photography, including applications for smartphones. Designed for students who are interested in making photography a future career or lifelong passion, this title includes a chapter on commercial photography including soft skills, marketing strategies, and methods to operate a photography business. Later chapters include techniques for specific photographic situations, such as action and events, outdoor photography, travel photography, and portrait and studio photography. This edition includes three new chapters for an additional focus on improving lighting, mobile photography, and mobile postprocessing. Portfolio assignments engage students in creating a variety of images and building their own portfolio.
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Abbreviated Contents
Digital Photography: Portfolio to Profession 4e, Online Textbook
- Digital Photography
- Copyright © 2024 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- New to This Edition
- Features of the Textbook
- Tools for Student and Instructor Success
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Feature Contents
- Section 1 The World of Photography
- Chapter 1 Our Visual World
- Chapter 2 From Pinholes to Pixels
- Chapter 3 Professional Photography
- Chapter 3 Learning Objectives
- Chapter 3 Technical Terms
- Introduction to Professional Photography
- What Is Professional Photography?
- How to Enter the Professional Photography Field
- Setting Up Your Business
- Operating Your Business
- Building Your Business
- Working with Clients, Employees, and Independent Contractors
- Growing Professionally
- Chapter 3 Review
- Section 1 Project Exploring Photography
- Section 2 Understanding Camera Basics
- Chapter 4 Camera Handling, Care, and Support
- Chapter 5 The Camera System
- Chapter 6 Lenses
- Chapter 7 Light and Exposure
- Chapter 8 Digital Image Capture Media
- Section 2 Project Photography Basics
- Section 3 Photography Essentials
- Chapter 9 Making a Picture
- Chapter 10 Improving Lighting
- Chapter 11 Making Exposure Decisions
- Section 3 Project Making Photographs
- Section 4 Types of Photography
- Chapter 12 Action and Event Photography
- Chapter 13 Outdoor Photography
- Chapter 14 Travel Photography
- Chapter 15 Portrait and Studio Photography
- Chapter 16 Mobile Photography
- Section 4 Project Experimenting with Types of Photography
- Section 5 Postprocessing
- Chapter 17 Importing Images
- Chapter 18 Digital Postprocessing Basics
- Chapter 19 Advanced Digital Postprocessing Techniques
- Chapter 20 The Finishing Touches
- Chapter 21 Mobile Postprocessing
- Section 5 Project Postprocessing and Displaying Photos
- Appendix Film Basics and Safety
- Glossary
- Index