Understanding Exposure

This series of the Expanded Guides focuses on photographic techniques to give you a comprehensive grounding in the subject and takes you a step further to enable you to get much more from your photography. The is an invaluable guide to taking better photographs using today's sophisticated digital SLR and compact digital cameras. Aimed at both the novice and more experienced amateur photographer, jargon-free text explains the relationship to colour, colour temperature and white balance, focal points and the expression of mood. Aperture, depth of field and shutter speed are also thoroughly covered, along with chapters on ISO speeds, dynamic range, use of filters and making in-camera adjustments. Post processing techniques round off this invaluable guide to getting the best results from your photography.


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Andy Stansfield is a hugely experienced photographer and author whose work has been published around the world. He has photographed a myriad of diverse subjects from Queen Elizabeth's 80th birthday celebrations to the wilds of Eastern Europe and Asia.