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  • Making the Most of the Outdoors: Shedding Light on Your Subject
  • From "Photography"
    episode DPT-103
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    Figure A

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    Figure B

    Good light is the key to great photography. DIY Photography host and expert photographer Rick Sammon shows how to make the most of the light you have on hand.

    Mini-reflectors (figure A) bounce light from the sun onto your subject. Use them to help capture detail, especially when the subject is in shadow.

    A flash with a coil cord helps you position the flash anywhere you want around the subject (figure B). By holding the flash to one side of the subject, you lighten and bring out the detail in shadowed areas.


    RESOURCES :
    Fabric Photos
    Model: 093402653X
    Author: Marjorie Croner
    Interweave Press Inc.
    Website: interweave.com

    National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Secrets to Making Great Pictures
    Model: 0792274989
    Author: Peter K. Burian and Robert Caputo
    September 1999

    The Photographer's Handbook
    Model: 0679742042
    Author: John Hedgecoe
    Knopf, 1998

    Photography
    Model: 0321011082
    Author: Edited by Barbara London
    August 1997

    The Question-and-Answer Guide to Photo Techniques
    Model: 0715301985
    Author: Lee Frost
    Out of Print

    Camera Angles: Tips and Techniques for Professional-Quality Photographs
    Model: 0896582353
    Author: Rick Sammon & Steve Werner
    June 1994

    Nikon
    Includes tutorials and mini-lessons on creating better pictures, digital cameras and more. Measurements are given in the metric system.
    Nikon
    Website: www.nikon.com

    Kodak Information

    Tips, techniques, tutorials and information on cameras and film.

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    www.kodak.com

    Kodak
    Website: www.kodak.com

    Rick Sammon
    1 Fox Rd.
    Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
    E-mail: RickSammon@aol.com
    Web site: www.ricksammon.com

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