The Enthusiast's Guide to DIY Photography
| Author | : Mike Hagen |
| Publisher | : Rocky Nook, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 759 |
| Release | : 2017-09-21 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781681982960 |
| ISBN-13 | : 168198296X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography.
The Enthusiast’s Guide to DIY Photography: 64 Projects, Hacks, Techniques, and Inexpensive Solutions for Getting Great Photos teaches you ingenious, clever, and inexpensive tricks and techniques that will help you shoot great images without breaking the bank. In this book, six chapters are broken down into 64 numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to know to improve your photography. Photographer and author Mike Hagen covers lighting solutions, studio equipment, lens hacks, macro projects, and more.
Lessons include:
- 9. Making a DIY Beauty Dish
- 17. Making an LED Light Wand
- 19. Macro Reversible Lens Mount
- 27. The Trekking Pole Monopod
- 31. Kitchen Timer Timelapse Head
- 47. Making Inexpensive Gobos
- 57. Creating Action Camera Mounts for a Bicycle
Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each technique, The Enthusiast’s Guide to DIY Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one lesson at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.
