How to use this Book In National Geographic Photo Basics, youll find knowledge, advice, and useful tips for beginning photographers. With National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as your guide, youll learn the fundamentals of great photography and how to put them to work in your own photos. Photo Basics The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Great Photography This entertaining book from beloved National Geographic photographer and Photo Ark founder Joel Sartore shows aspiring photographers how to take great pictures, from framing and F-stops to editing and archiving. Whether you're using your phone or a DSLR camera, you'll learn the fundamentals of photography--and how to put them to work every day. In a series of short lessons, Sartore explains the basics, from choosing a camera and gear to understanding focus, exposure, composition, and lighting. Part One: The Basics Part Two: Practicing the Basics Read more What you need to get started For most people, everything you need to make great photographs can fit into a backpack. Youll always want to have the following: a camera youre familiar with, a lens or two, extra memory cards, batteries or a battery charger, and a lens clothbut a clean T-shirt will do in a pinch! Depending on your goals for the shoot and your camera, you may also want an external flash. In all of this, its important for you to invest in the equipment thats right for you. Consider your goals, the amount of time you have to devote to photography, and what your budget will allow. Ultimately, youve got to put together a kit that will go with your styleof work, of shooting, of storytelling. If you can tell the story with less, dont drag around extra gear just because a book tells you you should. As in life, youll be most successful in photography if youre true to yourself. Read more Types of Cameras Most smartphones have high-quality cameras built right in. These cameras are getting more advanced with every new model of phone, with better image quality and more photographer control. If its always in your pocket, you wont miss a shot as long as your battery is charged. Types of Cameras These small and lightweight cameras are usually about the size of a deck of cards. The lens and flash are built in, leaving you with fewer customization options. But they tend to have larger sensors and more storage capacity than phone cameras, making them a great option if you dont want to carry anything big or heavy. Types of Cameras A mirrorless camera is a digital camera without an internal mirror system. Many of these models have interchangeable lenses, but with a lighter and thinner camera body. Instead of the optical viewfinder, youll have an electronic viewfinder to preview your image, where the camera projects what it sees onto an LCD screen on the back of the camera body. With fantastic image quality and nearly silent shooting, mirrorless cameras are on the rise with professional photographers, but at a higher price point, they remain a little beyond what most hobbyists will want to spend. Types of Cameras A digital single-lens reflex camera, or DSLR, allows you total control over settings and lenses. You can often buy a starter kit that includes a camera body and a zoom lens that will work in a variety of situations, and gradually add more lenses to your kit over time. If you want to create fine-art photographs in your garden, or dramatic long-lens shots of grizzly bears in golden light, youre going to want the options and flexibility a DSLR provides. Smartphone Cameras Point-and-Shoot Cameras Mirrorless Cameras DSLR Cameras Lighting Tools Built-In Flash Most compact and DSLR cameras come with a built-in flash unit. These are small and relatively low-powered. In our opinion, this little flash will only cause you trouble, adding dreaded red-eye to your photographs, and making them look more like snapshots. We say, leave it off. Umbrella By bouncing the flash into an umbrella, you enlarge the size of your light source and produce much softer light on your subjects. This is ideal for portraits. You can get a similar effect by bouncing your flash off a reflector, white poster board, or even a white wall or ceiling. You can also use a translucent umbrella and have the light pass through it (rather than bounce off it). Both bouncing and diffusing work to soften the light in slightly different ways. Reflector A reflector is an object used to reflect light onto a subject. Although you can buy a tool for this purpose, you can also use whats available to you, like a wall or even a T-shirt. Keep in mind that the color of the object will impact the reflected light. White reflectors bounce neutral light, while silver yields a cool tone and gold gives a warm tone. Lens Filters In general, its good practice to have a filter on your lens to protect it from dust and scratches. Filters can also impact the image. A polarizing filter will darken skies and reduce glare off of reflective surfaces like water. Filters may also impact your exposure, so choose wisely.These days, most filter effects can be applied relatively easily in your digital darkroom after the fact, so dont sweat it if a filter isnt in your budget. More on postproduction of your photos later. Read more
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🗸 Author(s): Joel Sartore
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