Concepts of photography are the underlying principles that apply regardless of the camera you are using. They include such things as how sharpness and exposure affect your images and the way they are perceived by viewers. Understanding concepts answers the "why" kinds of questions you might have about photography.
Procedures are those things specific to one kind of camera, and explain step-by-step how you set your camera's controls to capture an image just the way you want to. Understanding procedures gives you the answers to the "how" kinds of questions you might have. Just a few of the things you'll learn in this book are how to throw the background out of focus in portraits, how to keep everything in a landscape sharp, how to avoid or creatively use blur, how to photograph sunrises and sunsets; and how to take pictures at night with city lights, the moon, or fireworks.
This book is organized around the concepts of digital photography because that's how photographers think. You think about scenes and subjects, highlights and shadows, softness and sharpness, color and tone. The procedures you use with the Olympus C-2000 Zoom camera are integrated throughout the concepts. They appear in those places where they apply and are described step-by-step. This integrated approach lets you first understand the concepts of photography and then see step by step how to use the Olympus C-2000 Zoom in all kinds of photographic situations. Here are just some of the things you'll learn to do with your camera:
- Taking a Picture in Automatic Mode - Selecting a Quality Mode - Changing SHQ Compression - Changing SQ Image Size - Selecting a Shutter Speed - Selecting a Very Slow Shutter Speed - Selecting an Aperture - Changing Exposure Modes - Using the Selftimer/Remote Control - Increasing Sensitivity (ISO) - Increasing Sharpness of Moving Objects in Automatic Mode - Using Manual Focus - Using Focus Lock - Selecting Image Sharpness - Using the Infinity Focus Setting - Using Focus Lock for Maximum Depth of Field - Increasing Depth of Field in Automatic Mode - Using Focus Lock for Minimum Depth of Field - Decreasing Depth of Field in Automatic Mode - Conveying Motion in Automatic Mode - Selecting a Very Slow Shutter Speed for Blur - Changing the Metering Mode - Using Exposure Compensation - Using Exposure Lock - Adjusting White Balance - Zooming the Lens - Using Digital Tele - Using Auto Flash - Using red-eye Reducing Flash - Using Fill Flash - Using Slow Sync - Turning off the Flash - Taking Macro Close-ups - Increasing Depth of Field in Close-ups - Taking Panoramas - Using Sequential Photography - Using Record Mode Menus - Using the Control Panel icons - Resetting Camera Settings
