Lights, Camera, Capture (PDF)

Chapter 1: Introduction. Become a seeker of light. Reading lighting diagrams. Quality over Quantity. Chapter 2: Understanding Light. Seeing and Knowing Light. Quality over Quantity. Color temperature. White balance. Mixed light sources. Working with natural light. Manipulating natural light. The golden hour. Chapter 3: Getting the basics right. Exposure and how it works. Shutter speed. Aperture. ISO. How to measure light. Using histograms to perfect your white balance. Aperture and depth of field. Shutter Speed and motion capture. ISO and digital noise. File formats. Chapter 4: Lighting Equipment. On-camera flashes. Controlling on-camera flashes off the camera. Wireless radio flash triggers. RadioPopper. Quantum Free X-Wire. Pocket Wizards Mini & Flex. Batteries, batteries, batteries. Studio lighting. Light modifiers. Flash Diffusers. Other Diffusers. Soft boxes. Snoots, Barn Doors and Honeycombs. Gels and fi lters. Basic lighting starter kit. My kit-bag. List of gear. Chapter 5: Getting the most from your lighting kit. Know your equipment. Camera modes. Working with manual modes. Aperture and Shutter priority modes. Aperture priority (Av). Shutter priority (Tv). Flash modes. E-TTL. Automatic. Manual. A deeper understanding: How a flash works. High speed fl ash sync (FP). Rear curtain sync. Chapter 6: Controlling the light. Simple techniques with a single strobe. Direct flas. Bounce flash. Fill flash. Taking the flash off-camera. Controlling multiple flashes. Positioning multiple flashes. Controlling brightness. Modifying your flashes. The importance of light modifiers. Dealing with mixed light sources. Temperature-balancing your flashes. What if there are three light sources? Mismatched color temperatures? Use them creatively! Make the backgrounds work for you! Photographing Groups. Smaller groups. Chapter 7: Creative Lighting. Colored Light. Long exposures and flash. Rear Curtain Sync. Ganging strobes. High speed sync. Creating light patterns. Chapter 8: Traveling

Visual storyteller and celebrity photojournalist, Bob Davis has over 25 years of experience as a professional photographer. As a Canon Explorer of Light, Bob has been chosen as one of an elite group of 60 photographers representing Canon and united by a passion for photographic excellence. Bob's work has been featured in publications such as O Magazine, Time, People, OK, Rangefinder, and a variety of other digital photography resources. His clients include Oprah Winfrey, Selma Hayek, and Eva Longoria Parker. More information on Bob's distinguished career as well as extensive examples of Bob's photography can be found at www.bobanddawndavis.com.

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