Focus & Filter: Professional Techniques for Mastering Digital Photography and Capturing the Perfect Shot

by Andrew Darlow (Photographer)

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Free yourself from Auto mode!  Revealing insider secrets and easy-to-learn techniques for stunning photos, this book teaches you how to take beautiful, professional-quality images anywhere with DSLR or mirrorless cameras. Focus & Filter , a must-have guide by award-winning photographer Andrew Darlow, features 50 techniques, 50 Pro Assignments and more than 250 color photographs that show you how to capture:

*CANDID AND FORMAL PORTRAITS
*SAFARI QUALITY ANIMAL PICTURES
*SPECTACULAR NIGHTTIME CITYSCAPES
*BREATHTAKING FIREWORKS PHOTOS
*DRAMATIC HIGH-SPEED MOTION
*MOUTHWATERING FOOD PHOTOS
*GLARE-FREE SHOTS THROUGH GLASS

Whether you are advancing a hobby or a career in photography, Focus & Filter includes all the technical advice you need to hone your skills, from choosing your equipment and setting up your studio to mastering camera settings, working in the field, and building rapport with your models.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Reference

200 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2014

About the author

Andrew Darlow is a photographer, educator, and digital imaging consultant based in the New York City area. For over 25 years, he has consulted on the topics of digital photography, digital output, and color management for individuals and corporations. His commercial and consulting clients have included Brooks Brothers, Kenneth Cole, Tiffany & Co., Tourneau watches, Cigar Aficionado, and The Body Shop.

As Editorial Director of Digital Imaging Techniques magazine, he wrote and edited numerous articles and reviews on the topics of digital and fine art photography, inkjet printing, and Photoshop techniques. He has lectured and conducted seminars and workshops around the world at photo-related conferences, and for photography organizations and schools, including Advertising Photographers of America (APA), The Center for Fine Art Photography, Professional Photographers of America (PPA), the Arles Photo Festival, Columbia University, The School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York.

His photography has been exhibited in group and solo shows, and his inkjet prints are held in numerous private collections. His work has been included in many photography publications, web sites and books, including Photo District News, Professional Photographer Magazine, PDNonline, PPmag.com, photo.net, photofocus.com, Popular Photography and American Photo. Andrew is editor and founder of The Imaging Buffet Digital Magazine (www.imagingbuffet.com), and he publishes the Inkjet & Imaging Tips Newsletter, which includes news, tips and techniques on fine art printing and digital imaging, as well as free Lightroom workflow and backup videos. For more information, visit http://www.imagingbuffet.com/newsletter

Reviews

[Harald · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's a lot of solid advice for digital photographers in this compact volume that's chock full of tips and assignments. And I really like that the author includes complete sections on both studio and in-the-field shooting. If you're an intermediate or even advanced photographer who wants to bring your image-taking up to a pro a level, Focus & Filter is an incredibly practical book for you. All my thumbs are up. (Note: I was provided a copy of this book for review, but that doesn't affect my honest opinion of it).

[Todd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall there were good tips in this book. I already knew most of the information presented.

[Keith Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some nice photos, but the advice is rather trite