Painting With A Lens: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Designing

Arguing that photography should be about more than gear, shooting modes, and computer programs, this book highlights methods for creating artistic photographs in the moment a picture is taken, rather than later in the editing process. In stark contrast to the "fix everything in post production" approach dominating modern digital photography, this reference demonstrates a more purposeful approach to shooting each frame carefully considering the subject's focus and determining the best camera settings, lighting, lens choice, and composition to achieve that objective. Beginning with basic controls that can have a profound effect on your images, such as shutter speed and aperture, it goes on to explore how these settings, along with white balance adjustment, can be used to draw out the artistic value inherent in a scene or subject. In addition, a section on selectively and intentionally adding blur effects explains how to create wild effects that cannot be achieved otherwise. Rather than relying on a computer to "fix" images, PAINTING WITH A LENS provides the tools essential to becoming an artist with a camera. AUTHOR: Rod Deutschmann is a photographer and a photography instructor in the San Diego public school system. He is an award-winning marine-combat correspondent and the managing editor for the Camp Pendelton Scout, the award-winning Marine Corps newspaper. Robin Deutschmann is a professional photographer. They are the cofounders of the San Diego in Focus Learning Center, a photography training centre. Their previous books include JUST ONE FLASH, MULTIPLE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY, and OFF-CAMERA FLASH.