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  • Formaat: Hardback, 486 pages, kõrgus x laius: 246x189 mm, kaal: 1520 g, 1 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, color; 410 Halftones, color; 424 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Apr-2020
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138211389
  • ISBN-13: 9781138211384
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 486 pages, kõrgus x laius: 246x189 mm, kaal: 1520 g, 1 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, color; 410 Halftones, color; 424 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Apr-2020
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138211389
  • ISBN-13: 9781138211384
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In this long-awaited fifth edition of the best-selling book, Martin Edge continues to provide the definitive guide to underwater photography. The book covers everything from the basic principles, the equipment and approaches to composition and lighting through to creating an individual style.

The book features over 400 updated colour images - taken on numerous dives around the world - with an accompanying narrative that provides detailed information on how the shots were taken, their strengths and weaknesses and how to fix mistakes. Practical examples take you step-by-step through the basic techniques: photographing shipwrecks, divers, marine life, macro images and taking photographs at night. New chapters cover the latest equipment, processes and techniques including SLR Cameras, water contact lenses, mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, micro four third systems, super macro techniques, motion blur, LED lighting and more.

Packed with inspiring examples from global diving destinations and speciality chapters written by professionals in the field, this book is an indispensable masterclass for both the novice and seasoned underwater photographer.

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Praise for the previous editions:

"Packed with beautiful images and an easy-to read style, this book is both educational and inspirational." Scuba Diving Magazine "In its third edition, The Underwater Photographer has evolved to become almost a standard work of reference. Martin Edge has developed his writing skills over the years, and we recommend this volume for anyone pursuing the now-less-than black art of underwater photography, especially with digital image-gathering in mind." Dive Magazine

"...let us just say that this is THE best underwater photo technique book on the market... PERIOD!" Diver Magazine Praise for the previous editions:

"Packed with beautiful images and an easy-to read style, this book is both educational and inspirational." Scuba Diving Magazine "In its third edition, The Underwater Photographer has evolved to become almost a standard work of reference. Martin Edge has developed his writing skills over the years, and we recommend this volume for anyone pursuing the now-less-than black art of underwater photography, especially with digital image-gathering in mind." DIVE Magazine

"...let us just say that this is THE best underwater photo technique book on the market... PERIOD!" DIVER Magazine

Foreword ix
Alex Mustard
About the Fifth Edition xi
Introduction xiv
Acknowledgements and Photographic Information xviii
What Type of Underwater Photographer Are You? xx
Chapter 1 Principles Of Underwater Photography
1(34)
Introduction
1(1)
Understanding Exposure
2(1)
Understanding Aperture
3(1)
Understanding Shutter Speeds
4(2)
How Aperture and Shutter Speed Work Together
6(1)
Understanding Depth of Field
7(1)
Understanding ISO
8(2)
White Balance
10(3)
File Types: Raw, JPEG and DNG
13(3)
Loss of Light and Loss of Colour Underwater
16(3)
Closer and Closer
19(3)
The Problem with Shooting Down
22(13)
Chapter 2 Digital Compacts, Mirrorless Cameras And Micro 4/3RDS
35(24)
Mario Vitalini
What are the Differences Between Compact, Mirrorless and SLR cameras?
36(3)
Sensor Size and Image Quality
39(5)
Optics: Lenses and Accessories for Compacts
44(3)
Close-Up Lenses and Dioptres
47(2)
Using Built-in Strobe
49(1)
Using External Flash (Strobes)
50(2)
Using Constant Light Sources
52(1)
Buying Guide: Which Camera is Right for Me?
52(2)
Buying Guide: Which Housing do I Want?
54(1)
Summary
55(4)
Chapter 3 SLR Cameras
59(32)
Introduction to SLRs
59(1)
Exposure Modes
60(9)
Back Button Focus Mode
69(1)
Ideas on How to Expose In-camera Histogram
70(2)
Full Frame v Crop
72(9)
Shannon Conway
Water-Contact Optics for Full Frame Cameras
81(10)
Alex Mustard
Chapter 4 Diving To Take Photographs
91(22)
Underwater Photography and Protection of the Reef
91(11)
Pre-Planning
102(3)
F11 Be There!
105(2)
Accessibility and Subject Fixation
107(6)
Chapter 5 The Mindset Of A Successful Underwater Photographer
113(52)
Think and Consider (TC) System
115(4)
Camera Preparation
119(2)
Developing our Powers of Concentration
121(3)
Subject Selection, Potential and Negative Space
124(26)
Lighting for the TC System
150(2)
Composition for the TC System
152(3)
Visualisation
155(2)
Patience
157(2)
Peak of the Action
159(3)
Working the Subject, Shoot and Evaluate
162(2)
Stuart Gibson
In Conclusion
164(1)
Chapter 6 All About Lighting
165(60)
Light in the Sea
165(1)
Natural Light
166(32)
Using Strobes
198(12)
Inward Lighting
210(10)
LED Lights
220(5)
Sascha Janson
Chapter 7 Composition Underwater
225(40)
Introduction: These Guidelines are Made to Serve Us. Not the Other Way Round!
225(1)
Decision Making Through the Viewfinder
226(6)
Golden Rules
232(22)
Eye Contact
254(1)
Something to Swim Into
254(4)
Big is Not Better
258(4)
Breaking the Rules
262(2)
In Conclusion
264(1)
Chapter 8 Close-Up, Macro And Super Macro
265(80)
Close-Up
265(3)
Blue Water Close-Up
268(6)
Bokeh
274(12)
Shooting Fish Close-Up
286(10)
Abstract Art
296(9)
Wide Angle Macro
305(4)
Supermacro
309(19)
Dr Alex Tattershall
Snooting the Light
328(17)
Stuart Gibson
Chapter 9 Wide Angle
345(110)
Introduction to Wide Angle
345(13)
Close Focus Wide Angle
358(6)
Working with a Model
364(13)
Motion Blur
377(7)
Nick More
Wide Angle Surface Suggestion
384(31)
Wreck Photography
415(13)
Nick Blake
Mangrove Adventures
428(10)
Popular Opportunities
438(14)
Exploiting the Light
452(3)
Chapter 10 Three Deadly Sins
455(10)
Kevin Maggie Reed
Deadly Sin 1 Allowing Salt Deposits to Form
455(3)
Deadly Sin 2 Over Greasing `O'-Ftings
458(3)
Deadly Sin 3 Dripping on Internal Components
461(4)
Internet Resources and Suppliers 465(6)
Glossary 471(10)
Index 481
Martin Edge is a lifelong member of the British Society of Underwater Photographers with over 35 years of experience dedicated to advancing the art and technique of underwater photography. He teaches and runs workshops in underwater photography and is a regular columnist for major diving magazines.

Stuart Gibson has been diving for over 20 years. His passion for underwater photography started in 1999 with an old Olympus film camera. He met Martin in 2006 and has joined him on many photography trips and, in recent years, assisted him on several workshops.