John Shaw's Guide to Digital Nature Photography

John Shaw's Guide to Digital Nature Photography

About This Book:

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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Are you a beginning photographer? Looking to learn techniques and information about how to start photographing nature and the outdoors? This wonderful fully illustrated book is for you..

I love photography and did studio photography for many years before I decided to stay home with my kiddos full time. Just these past few years have my passion for the outdoors has started showing in the photographs I've been taking.

After realizing I could check out this book I was excited to learn new things since I'm still an amateur outdoor photographer..

The book is broken down into 6 Sections

Gear

Getting Started

Lenses

Composition

Close-Ups

The Photographer at Work

Gear

Do you have your perfect camera? If not this section will help you make the best choice in your future camera. From setting it up to tripods, filters and flashes you will be set up for success

Getting Started

Learning stops, exposure, metering, manual and auto-exposure compensation to learning about your histogram and ISO's.

Lenses

What does your lens do? Learn about focal length, depth of field, how to focus your lens including zoom and fixed focus.

Composition

Lighting, determining horizontal or vertical, framing and placement and where to place your subject..

Close Ups

Let's define what close up is, macro lens, working distance and close up flash..

The Photographer at Work

He talks about his personal field gear, how to change his camera settings, working in the field to working the digital darkroom

This book includes beautiful illustrations shot by him which includes all the photo information including what camera he used, exposure information.

Go HERE to read a sample of this book...

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