The Complete Guide to Night & Lowlight Digital Photography

by Michael Freeman

Aimed at serious photographers, this lavishly illustrated guide takes a close look at every detail of lowlight photography. Michael Freeman ( The Complete Guide to Digital Photography , Mastering Digital Black & White Photography ) offers in-depth analysis of the many techniques photographers must master for night and lowlight shooting. Point by point, he discusses how to keep the camera steady, what lenses and camera settings to use, and how to best apply flash, bracketing, image-stabilizing, vibration reduction, and noise reduction. He also outlines common lowlight situations, from stormy weather and deep shade to twilight, moonlight, city lights, and nightclubs. Finally, Freeman examines software programs and processes that will increase the quality of lowlight photographs.

Genres: Photography

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

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Michael Freeman is a professional photographer and author. He wrote more than 100 book titles. He was born in England in 1945, took a Masters in geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and then worked in advertising in London for six years. He made the break from there in 1971 to travel up the Amazon with two secondhand cameras, and when Time-Life used many of the pictures extensively in the Amazon volume of their World's Wild Places series, including the cover, they encouraged him to begin a full-time photographic career.

Since then, working for editorial clients that include all the world's major magazines, and notably the Smithsonian Magazine (with which he has had a 30-year association, shooting more than 40 stories), Freeman's reputation has resulted in more than 100 books published. Of these, he is author as well as photographer, and they include more than 40 books on the practice of photography - for this photographic educational work he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc by the French Ministry of Culture. He is also responsible for the distance-learning courses on photography at the UK's Open College of the Arts.

Reviews

[Lance Keimig · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wrote an extensive review of this book on Amazon. Some good technical post-processing info, but un-inspired with boring images.

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for novice. Possibly not for advanced amateur. Many points of information that are helpful, particularly in regard to processing shots with software. Not a favorite for me of the Freeman books I've read.

[Kristen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Full of grammatical & punctuation errors.
Horrible pictures/examples.
Lots of post-process tips...
Very technical...

[Mike Murray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading for 2nd time 02/11.