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by Michael Langford, Efthimia Bilissi
Langford's Advanced Photography, 7th Edition
Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Picture credits
Introduction
1 Amateur and professional photography
Differences in approach
How photographs are read
Markets for professional photography
Roles within a photographic business
Turning professional
Summary
2 Camera equipment
Camera design
Image format
Specialized accessories
Which one is best?
Avoiding camera failures
The digital revolution
Digital camera equipment
Comparing digital and silver halide camera equipment
Summary
Projects
3 Choosing lenses
The lens designer’s problems
Checking lens image quality
Understanding modulation transfer function
Buying lenses
Special lens types
Influences on image sharpness
Using lenses created for mm systems on DSLRs
Summary
Projects
4 Colour in photography
Light and colour
The human visual system
Light sources and their characteristics
Colour temperature
Standard illuminants
Classification of colour
How we see colour
Summary
Projects
5 Films – types and technical data
Film design
Choosing films
Understanding technical descriptions
Film MTF
Characteristic curves
Spectral sensitivity
Reciprocity failure
Product coding
Special materials
Summary
Projects
6 Image sensors
An introduction to image sensors
Alternative sensor technologies
Image artefacts associated with sensors
Summary
Projects
7 Lighting control
Size of light sources
Direction and angle of light
Distribution of light
Contrast and exposure
Colour and colour temperature
Practical control of colour
Guidelines for lighting
Lighting equipment
Lighting principles in practice
Summary
Projects
8 Tone control
Practical influences
Tone control theory
Precision measurement of exposure
The zone system
Putting the zone system to work
Limitations to the zone system
Tone changes after film processing
Controls during enlarging
Summary
Projects
9 Subjects
Sport and action
Photo-journalism/documentary
Portraiture
Weddings
Landscapes
Architecture
Built studio sets
Studio still-lifes
Natural history
Aerial subjects
Night skies
Summary
Projects
10 Digital imaging systems
The computer workstation
Inputs
Types of scanners
Scanner characteristics
Setting up the scanner
Image outputting – Displays
Characteristics of display systems
Image outputting – Digital printers
Printer characteristics
Summary
Projects
11 Digital image manipulation
What is workflow?
General considerations in determining workflow
Capture workflow
Digital image files
Choosing file format
Image compression
Properties of common image file formats
Image processing
Image processing workflow
Digital colour
Summary
Projects
12 Film processing management and colour printing
The processes themselves
Points to watch
Equipment
Making a choice
Process control
Silver recovery
Colour printing equipment
Print materials
Negative/positive colour printing
Positive/positive colour printing
Shading and printing-in
Making a ring-around
Additional points to watch
Colour/exposure analysing aids
Other colour lab procedures
Summary
Projects
13 Extending photography
Photographing the invisible
Underwater photography
Panoramic photography
Stereo photography
‘Hand-made’ image processes
Summary
Projects
14 Reproduction and archiving
Reproduction of the printed page
Supplying photographs for reproduction
Picture libraries
Images on the World Wide Web
Multimedia
Permanence, storage and archiving
Summary
Projects
Appendices
Appendix A: Optical calculations
Appendix B: Gamma and average gradient
Appendix C: Chemical formulae: Health and safety
Appendix D: Lighting and safety
Appendix E: Batteries
Appendix F: Colour conversion filter chart
Appendix G: Ring around chart
Index
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