Digital SLR Photography Lessons
Photography with digital SLR and “SLR-like” cameras isn’t exactly like conventional film SLR photography. Nor is it exactly like digital photography with non-SLR cameras.
The dSLR has special advantages, special features, and special problems that need to be addressed and embraced.
In addition, those of you who work with these cameras tend to expect more from your photography and crave the kind of information that will let you wring every ounce of creativity out of your equipment.
This isn’t a general digital camera lesson. It’s a site about digital SLR photography lesson: how to take great pictures with the newest cameras and make great images that leverage the strengths of computer technology, while taking into account the special needs of digital cameras.
Minutes after cracking the first part, you’ll be able to grab action pictures that capture the decisive moment at a sports event; create portraits of adults, teens, and children that anyone can be proud of; and understand how to use the controls of your dSLR to optimize your images even before you transfer them to your computer.
This is the site that will show you how to explore the fascinating world of photography with digital technology.
Mastering Digital SLR Photography is for:
■ Individuals who want to get better pictures, or perhaps transform their growing interest
in photography into a full-fledged hobby or artistic outlet with a digital SLR.
■ Those who want to produce more professional-looking images for their personal or business
Web site, and feel that digital SLRs will give them more control and capabilities.
■ Small business owners with more-advanced graphics capabilities who want to use digital
SLR photography to document or promote their business.
■ Corporate workers who may or may not have photographic skills in their job descriptions,
but who work regularly with graphics and need to learn how to use digital images taken
with a digital SLR for reports, presentations, or other applications.
■ Professional Webmasters with strong skills in programming (including Java, JavaScript,
HTML, Perl, etc.) but little background in photography, but who realize that digital SLRs
can be used for sophisticated photography.
■ Graphic artists and others who already may be adept in image editing with Photoshop or
another program, and who may already be using a film SLR, but need to learn more about
digital photography and the special capabilities of the dSLR.
■ Trainers who need a non-threatening, but more advanced textbook for digital photography
classes.
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Some of your questions involve the equipment:
- What are the best and most cost-effective accessories for digital SLRs?
- What are the best lenses for portrait photography, or sports, or closeups?
- What’s the best way to deal with shutter lag—or doesn’t it exist with dSLRs?
- Is it possible to use accessories accumulated for a film version of the same vendor’s camera?
Other questions deal with digital SLR photography and how to apply the advanced capabilities of dSLRs to real-world picture taking:
- What are the best ways to use exposure features creatively?
- How can pictures be better composed with a dSLR?
- Selective focus is easier with digital SLRs than with other models
- How can it be applied to improve compositions?
- What are the best ways to capture a critical moment at an exciting sports event?
- How can you make your family portraits look professional?
- What’s the best way to create a last-minute product shot in time to get it on your company Web site?
You’ll find the answers in Mastering Digital SLR Photography. |
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