See exposure value
EXIF information, 168
exposure control, 7
exposure value, 45??“46
F
file formats, 5??“6, 132??“133
See also individual file formats
fill flash, 48
filters, 51??“53
filter wrench, 52
homemade soft-focus, 53
noise, 33
Photoshop Elements, 159??“162
polarizing, 51, 58
Radial Blur, 160??“161
skylight, 39
third-party, 160
UV, 39
See also lenses
finding images, 173
fish-eye lens, simulating, 161??“162
flash, 48
external, 18, 19, 49, 50
hot shoe, 49
options, 49??“50
photographing people with, 49
on second curtain, 49, 50
slow-synch flash mode, 49, 50
flash drives
transferring files with, 176
See also hard drives
flip books, 192??“193
focal length, 44??“45
focusing
auto-focus mode, 27
continuous focus, 27
off-center subjects, 27
pre-focusing, 84
selective, 43
fog, creating, 47
framing the subject, 92
See also composing pictures
freezing action, 32
f-stops, 30
Fujifilm, 11
G
geometric composition, 86??“89
See also composing pictures
H
hard drives
backing up images to external hard drives, 176
portable, 19
See also flash drives
highlights, adjusting, 117
histograms, 122
I
image properties, 168
image quality, 5
setting, 24
image resolution, 4
changing, 131
Windows XP QuickSteps Storing Information 199 Digital Photography QuickSteps Index 199
image sensors, 2
cleaning, 38??“39
and dust, 38
image sequences, 76
image size, 4
resizing images, 130??“131, 184??“185
setting, 24
image stabilization, 7, 32
and low-light shooting, 10
and optical zoom, 34
importing images, into Photoshop Elements
Organizer, 165
ISO settings, 5, 32??“34
and low-light shooting, 10
J
JPEG file format, 5??“6, 132
L
lakes, 60
See also seascapes
landscapes, 56??“58
layers, 135??“136
adjustment layers, 141??“144
creating, 136
duplicating, 136
layer blend modes, 137??“141
varying opacity, 141
LCD monitors, 2, 11
lens distortion, 44??“45
lenses
accessory, 11, 16??“17
auto-focus, 10
protecting, 39
simulating a fish-eye lens, 161??“162
See also filters
lighting
adverse lighting, 96
candlelight, 95
low-light shooting, 10, 13, 44
reflectors, 94??“95, 100
sunrises and sunsets, 62, 63
and time of day, 46??“47, 48
window light, 93
See also night photography; shadows
locking exposure, 26
low-light shooting, 10
establishing focus, 44
and manual focus, 13
See also lighting; night photography
M
macro mode, 8
maintaining equipment, 37
cleaning a digital SLR image sensor, 38??“39
manual focus, 13
megapixels, 5
See also pixels
memory cards, 3
optimizing, 25
ultra-fast, 16
See also storage media
Memory Stick cards, 3
Memory Stick Duo cards, 3
metering modes, 25??“26
microdrives, 3
monitors
calibrating, 103??“104, 105
LCD, 2, 11
monopods, 79, 80
See also tripods
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