Capturing Better Photos and Video with your iPhone E-Book

J. Dennis Thomas

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 109

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

Offers unique advice for taking great photos and videos with your iPod or iPhone! Packed with unique advice, tips, and tricks, this one-of-a-kind, full-color reference presents step-by-step guidance for taking the best possible quality photos and videos using your iPod or iPhone. Top This unique book walks you through everything from composing a picture, making minor edits, and posting content to using apps to create more dynamic images. You'll quickly put to use this up-to-date coverage of executing both common and uncommon photo and video tasks on your mobile device. * Presents unique advice for capturing the best possible photos and videos with your iPod or iPhone * Shares tips, tricks, and techniques on everything from composing a photo, making edits, posting content, and using applications Full color throughout, Capturing Better Photos and Video with Your iPod or iPhone gets you well on your way to making the most of your mobile device's photo and video capabilities.

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Capturing Better Photos and Videos with your iPhone®

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J. Dennis Thomas

J. Dennis Thomas is a freelance photographer and author based in Austin, Texas. He has more than 25 years of experience behind the lenses of cameras and has been using the iPhone camera since Apple first released it. His photography has been published in many regional and national publications, including Rolling Stone, SPIN, Country Weekly, and SXSWorld magazines.

Credits

Acquisitions Editor

Courtney Allen

Project Editor

Jenny Brown

Technical Editor

Tyler Nutter

Copy Editor

Jenny Brown

Editorial Manager

Robyn Siesky

Business Manager

Amy Knies

Senior Marketing Manager

Sandy Smith

Vice President and Executive Group Publisher

Richard Swadley

Vice President and Publisher

Barry Pruett

Book Designer

Erik Powers

Media Development Project Manager

Laura Moss

Media Development Assistant

Project Manager

Jenny Swisher

Instructional Designer

Lonzell Watson

Acknowledgments

Thanks to all the folks at Wiley, especially Courtney, for being so patient. Thanks to Jenny and Erik for all their hard work under pressure. An extra special thanks to the crew at Thunderbird Coffee @ Manor for keeping me energized.

For Henrietta and Maddie

who always make me smile…

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I - Get to Know your iPhone

Quirks of the iPhone “Toy Camera”

Point and Shoot!

All iPhones are Not Created Equal

Megapixels, Sensors and Image Quality

Low Light and Digital Noise

In Depth with Depth of Field

Shutter Lag

Zoom