Kevin Meredith Knihy

This is a revised edition of the bestselling Hot Shots. Forget expensive kit and incomprehensible jargon, How to Take Better Photos is for everyone who points and snaps, and not just enthusiasts and amateurs, but also designers, illustrators and anyone who needs to create imagery for their work and pleasure. If you want to take photographs that look exciting, fun and professional, this portable, easy-access tome is for you. Using over 100 images as examples, created on a variety of cameras, both film and digital, the aim is to highlight and explain various photographic techniques, qualities and effects, using extended captions and simple technical info. Issues covered include composition, exposure, low-light, night shots, portraits, perspective, city- and landscapes, speed, movement, abstraction, animals, colour, flash, silhouettes and black and white, amongst others. Have you ever wondered how to get a shot of a moving athlete in focus against a blurred background? Or, of a landscape without the distraction of focusing on the foreground? Well, here's where you'll find the answer. Examples are arranged by entry, and each caption tells us in clear, conversational language, how the photographer created the image, while spec details, for example, camera type, lens, film, shutter speed, and aperture, are included throughout.

Photo Op is a photo assignment book with a difference. Featuring 52 fun, inspirational ideas backed by jargon-free, practical guidance and advice, it is packed with clich_-busting images from some of the best and brightest photographers around.This book offers a weekly dose of inspiration for photographers and image-makers of all levels, and features creative challenges ranging from quick-fire results to more immersive creative techniques. The assignments are designed to kick-start creativity, enhance skills, and build confidence behind the lens. Photographers and image-makers are always on the lookout for creative inspiration and guidance, and Photo Op provides both in a fun, accessible format.

An easy how-to guide to various photographic techniques

Die Workshops in diesem tollen Buch geben dem Leser Woche für Woche neue Nahrung für seine Kreativität. Der Leser wird so nicht nur seine fotografischen Fähigkeiten ausbauen, sondern zusätzlich auch an Selbstvertrauen hinter der Linse gewinnen. 21 verschiedene Fotografen zeigen mit dynamischen Bildern und Techniken neuartige Ideen, Zutaten für und Herangehensweisen an die Fotografie.