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Santa Barbara, CA—July 10, 2012—Imagine capturing stunning, professional-looking product shots without needing a studio filled with expensive equipment and large flash units. Tabletop Photography (Rocky Nook, $24.95 USD) teaches all the steps for creating your own tabletop photography studio.
Affordable compact flashes offer a number of creative lighting options within your tabletop studio; and the appropriate lighting and backdrop, and the creative use of your camera's features are key to a perfect image.
Author Cyrill Harnischmacher guides you through a variety of exposure and lighting techniques, and covers how to achieve excellent results using compact flash units. Whether you wish to capture product images for use in print or on the web, or you want to improve your photos for personal use, this book will provide you with everything you need to know to get great results.
Topics include:
- Lighting Setups
- Reflectors, Diffusors, and Accessories
- Soft Boxes and Umbrellas
- Strobe Flashes
- Combining Long Exposures with Flashlights
- Multi-Flash Exposures
- Composition and Arrangements
- Creating Backdrops
- Product Photography
- Smoke, Fog, and Special Effects
- Food Photography
- And much more...
For a review copy or more information please email rockynookpr@oreilly.com. Please include your delivery address and contact information.
Additional Resources
For more information about the book, including table of contents, author bios, and cover graphic, see: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781937538040.do
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Tabletop Photography Publisher: Rocky Nook By Cyrill Harnischmacher Print ISBN: 9781937538040 Ebook ISBN: 9781457166648 Pages: 144 Print Price: $24.95 Ebook Price: $11.95 order@oreilly.com 1-800-998-9938 1-707-827-7000 |
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