Book description
The Travel Photo Essay teaches the reader the necessary techniques to create cohesive professional travel storie.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Concept
- 2 Building Blocks of the Travel Photo Essay
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3 Compositional Elements and Key Concepts to Master
- Composition: Big Picture Thinking
- Rule of Thirds
- Natural Frames
- Silhouettes
- Cropping
- Time of Day
- Shooting Contre Jour
- Night Exposures
- Time-Lapse
- The Extra Element
- Astral Projection
- Exposure Compensation
- Shake, Blur, or Out of Focus?
- Proper Tripod Use
- Longer Lens, More Shake
- Lowlight Without a Tripod
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4 Getting Technical
- Be Ready to Hit the Ground Running
- The Equipment Checklist
- Know Your Camera: Full-frame and Cropped Sensor DSLRs and Mirrorless Cameras
- Jpeg Versus Raw
- The Exposure Triangle
- Taking Control of Your Depth of Field
- Shutter Speed
- Motor Drive
- Filters for the Digital World
- Lenses: Wide Angle, Normal, Telephoto, Macro
- Wide Angles
- Normal Lenses
- Telephotos
- Macros
- Low Light: High ISOs Versus Flash
- Transporting Your Equipment: Camera Bags and Backpacks
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5 Lighting on Location
- To Flash or Not to Flash, That is the Good Question
- Fill Flash
- Light Modifiers
- Getting Creative with Artificial Lighting
- Understanding Kelvin Color Temperatures: Why Proper Color Balance Matters
- Mixed Light Sources and Color Temperature
- More Power
- Speedlights: Ultraportable Flash Units
- Monolights
- Separate Power Packs and Strobe Heads
- Continuous Lighting for Hybrid Video
- A Final Word on Artificial Lighting
- 6 The Travel Photo Essay: A Brief History
- 7 Case Studies
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8 Wearing the Many Hats of the Travel Photographer
- Portrait Photography
- Wildlife Photography
- Landscape Photography
- Food Photography
- Automotive Photography
- Fashion and Beauty Photography
- Documentary Photography
- Street Photography
- Sports Photography
- Underwater Photography
- Tabletop Photography
- Architectural and Interior Photography
- Aerial Photography
- Music Photography
- 9 The Written Word
- 10 Getting the Most Out of Our Digital Files: Workflow and Post-Processing: Workflow and Post-Processing
- 11 The Travel Photography Market
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Travel Photo Essay
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2017
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781315514994
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