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1.1 - Goal
1.2 - Things to Do
1.3 - What's Not Here
1.4 - Things to Buy
1.5 - Visual Notes
2.1 - Introduction
2.2 - Camera Feature Terms
2.3 - Digital Data Terms
2.4 - General Terms
3.1 - #1 Reason for Bad . . . 3.2 - Accessibility
3.3 - Focus
3.4 - Focus Problems
3.5 - Shutter Release
3.6 - Two Viewfinder Problems
3.6 - Select the File Format
3.7 - Default Settings >
3.7.1 - Introduction
3.7.2 - Change EV Stops & Display Grid
3.7.3 - Automatic Focus Area Selection
3.7.4 - Light Meter
3.7.5 - Automatic ISO Increase
3.8 - Checklist
3.9 - Lens & Sensor Cleaning
3.10 - Deleting Photographs
4.1 - Download Your Photographs (From Camera to Computer)
4.2 - Get Organized!
4.3 - Backup!
4.4 - Backup on the Road
4.5 - Migrate Your Files
5.1 - Introduction
5.2 - Snow Analogy
5.3 - Sensitivity
5.4 - Encouragement
5.5 - Take Pictures Out Your Window
5.6 - Take Pictures of a Newspaper
5.7 - Play with a Light
5.8 - Watch an Old B&W Movie
5.9 - WYSINWYG
6.1 - Introduction
6.2 - Detrimental Contrast
6.3 - Beneficial Contrast
6.4 - See Like Your Camera
6.5 - Averaging Doesn't Work
6.6 - Film, Curves, & Paper
6.7 - Change the Lighting
6.8 - Polarizing Filter
6.9 - Graduated Neutral Density Filter
7 - An Advanced Light Topic
8 - Light Summary
9 - Exposure Introduction
10 - ISO
11 - Lens Opening
12 - Shutter Speed >
12.1 - Introduction
12.2 - Slow Shutter Speeds
12.3 - Shutter Speed Example
12.4 - Two Kinds of Blur
12.5 - Shutter Speed Resources
13 - Setting Exposure >
13.1 -The Light Meter
13.2 - More about Light Meters
13.3 - Exposure Modes
13.4 - Exposure Mode Icons
13.5 - Bracketing
13.6 - Exposure Compensation
13.7 - Histograms
13.8 - How to Use Histograms
13.9 - Autoexposure Lock
14.1 - Introduction
14.2 - Definitions
14.3 - Example
14.4 - More Examples
14.5 - Three Countries
14.6 - Stop & ISO
14.7 - Stop & ISO Example
14.8 - Stop & Lens Opening
14.9 - Stop & Shutter Speed
14.10 - Trading Stops
14.11 - Moon Exercise
15.1 - Introduction
15.2 - The World Isn't 18% Gray
15.3 - Why Are Light Meters Stupid?
15.4 - Getting the Correct Exposure
15.5 - Be Careful with Backlighting
16 - Depth-of-field >
16.1 - Introduction
16.2 - Lens Opening
16.3 - Distance from the Subject
16.4 - Sensor Size
16.5 - How to Get Less
16.6 - A Reason for Poor Backgrounds
16.7 - Depth-of-field Myth
16.8 - Diffraction
17 - Focal Length >
17.1 - MMs
17.2 - Odds & Ends
17.3 - Lens Factor
17.4 - Flare
17.5 - Volume & Background
17.6 - Portraits
18 - Filters >
18.1 - Introduction
18.2 - Clear
18.3 - Polarizing
18.4 - More about Polarizing Filters
18.5 - Graduated Neutral Density
19 - White Balance >
19.1 - Introduction
19.2 - Is AWB the Best Method?
20 - Composition >
20.1 - Introduction
20.2 - Guidelines
20.3 - The Frame
20.4 - Planes
20.5 - Other factors
21 - Flash >
21.1 - Pros & Cons
21.2 - Fill Flash
21.3 - Flash Exposure Compensation
21.4 - Red Eye
21.5 - Catch Lights
Introduction
#1 - Mundane Object
#2 - Contrasts
#3 - Shutter Speed
#4 - Depth-of-field
#5 - Portrait Sitting
#6 - Interior
#7 - Night Photography Excursion
#8 - Your Own Assignments or Project
#1 - Flash
#2 - ISO
#4 - Lens Opening
#5 - White Balance
#6 - AEL (Autoexposure Lock)
#7 - Exposure Compensation
#8 - Focal Length