A Diver's Guide to The Art of Underwater Photography, Creative Techniques and Camera Systems for Digital and Film

A Diver's Guide to The Art of Underwater Photography, Creative Techniques and Camera Systems for Digital and Film Review

Discover the secrets of the world's best underwater photographers in 360 spectacular, image-filled pages in full color. Learn how you can shoot better underwater images thanks to technical tips and creative suggestions from the masters. Find out about rigorously field-tested digital and film techniques and u/w photo equipment, including lenses, strobes and camera systems. Unlock the hidden techniques which are behind imaginative framing and lighting to achieve new striking results. From wide-angle and fish-eye to macro photography, from fish portraits to above/below split images, from basic point-and-shoot digital pocket cameras to complex housed professional DSLR systems, from blue-water encounters to colorful coral reef diving and muck critter hunting, from daily maintenance to the choice of the right lens--it's all here! A highly-readable, technically-accessible, step-by-step guide in eight chapters to the secrets and wonders of underwater photography. 360 color photos. YOUR UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER READING THIS BOOK!

David Busch's Nikon D3100 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

David Busch's Nikon D3100 Guide to Digital SLR Photography Review

The Nikon D3100 is Nikon's new entry-level dSLR, suitable for photographers new to digital SLR photography. It features a 14.2 megapixel sensor, full HDTV video, and ISO up to 12,800. DAVID BUSCH'S NIKON D3100 GUIDE TO DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY shows you how, when, and why to use all the cool features, controls, and functions of the D3100 to take great photographs of anything. Introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics of your camera before you dive right into exploring creative ways to apply D3100 file formats, resolution, aperture/priority exposure, and automatic exposure features. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, so you'll quickly learn how to use their D3100, and use it like a pro!

The Beginner's Guide to Underwater Digital Photography

The Beginner's Guide to Underwater Digital Photography Review

Simplifying the seemingly difficult and expensive art of underwater photography, this accessible investigation outlines the four elements of success: focus, exposure, composition, and subject. Beginning with an overview of necessary diving skills, this survey reviews these four categories in detail, depicting how to obtain superior results even without the latest and greatest equipment. Maintenance and first-aid tactics are presented as well, reducing the chance of disappointing malfunctions during a dive. Also covered is the importance of developing a photography plan beforehand—both for the safety of the divers and the protection of the underwater environment. Concluding with post-shoot techniques for choosing the best frames, cropping photos for printing, and the top methods of presentation, this examination demonstrates how underwater images can be used to share the world of diving while promoting important conservation efforts.

David Busch's Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

David Busch's Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography Review

David Busch's Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography Feature

• Shows readers to master all the features and functions of the D7000, Nikon's new mid-level dSLR for experienced photographers
• Clear instructions and beautiful, full-color images will quickly help readers get familiar and comfortable with your camera
• Written by working photographer and #1 best-selling camera guide author who understands digital photography with digital single lens reflex cameras

The D7000 is the most advanced mid-level camera Nikon has ever introduced, boasting 16.2 megapixels of resolution, full HDTV video, stunning image quality, the real-time preview system Live View, and blazing-fast 39-point automatic focus. As the owner of a Nikon D7000, you demand the ability to take outstanding pictures with your new camera. DAVID BUSCH'S NIKON D7000 GUIDE TO DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY shows you how, when, and why to use all the cool features, controls, and functions of the D7000 to take great photographs. Introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics of your camera before you dive right into exploring creative ways to apply D7000 file formats, resolution, aperture/priority exposure, and automatic exposure features. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, so you'll quickly learn how to use the D7000, and use it like a pro!

Beneath Cold Seas: The Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest

Beneath Cold Seas: The Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest Review

"David Hall shoots with the inquiring and exacting eye of a scientist yet the soul and vision of an artist, combining the two to produce uniquely beautiful underwater images that educate as much as they inspire." -Christopher Newbert, author of Within a Rainbowed Sea

In Beneath Cold Seas, author and photographer David Hall takes us into the underwater world of the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska, home to the most diverse and spectacular marine life of any temperate or cold-water ecosystem on the planet. From the tiny, candy-stripe shrimp, giant Pacific octopus, ghost-like hooded nudibranchs, and migrating sockeye salmon to the world's largest sea lions, Hall's stunning photographs and lively text reveal many fascinating species interrelationships and rarely observed animal behaviors. An innovative approach to over/underwater photography places the marine life of the Pacific Northwest in familiar context with hauntingly beautiful images that will surprise even experienced divers and delight the rest of us. An introduction by Sarika Cullis-Suzuki focuses on the conservation issues facing this rich yet vulnerable ecosystem.

David Hall is an award-winning photographer and photojournalist with an international reputation whose work has been published in magazines such as National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, Time, BBC Wildlife, Geo, and Terre Sauvage. He is the co-author of ten children's books in Scholastic's Undersea Encounters series and co-author of the scientific paper describing the famous "psychedelic frogfish," for which he received an award from the International Institute for Species Exploration.

The Beginner's Guide to Underwater Photography

The Beginner's Guide to Underwater Photography Review

An introduction to underwater photographic equipment and techniques with a discussion of past, present, and future developments in the field.

Deep Blue: The Extraordinary Underwater Photography of Yasuaki Kagii

Deep Blue: The Extraordinary Underwater Photography of Yasuaki Kagii Review

Magical and mysterious, the ocean’s depths are often compared to outer space. Photographer Yasuaki Kagii draws on this comparison throughout this remarkable celebration of the world beneath the waves. Through the eye of his camera, Kagii leads us into nearly uncharted territory, inhabited by seemingly alien flora and fauna of stellar beauty. His experience and reverence for aquatic life afford him privileged interaction with everything from shy marine mammals to the elusive, endangered Whale Shark. Many of the sights Kagii captured only a few years ago no longer exist—making Deep Blue both a tribute to the ocean and an urgent call for its conservation.