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An Overview of Photography Technology

Images

»The photographer’s triumph is to bring order out of chaos, without betraying the chaos.« Richard Avedon, American photographer

To understand how and why to adjust the many parameters of photography, it’s first important—and logical—to have a sense of the entire image creation process. The overview in this chapter will make it easier for you to handle the variables in the entire photographic process and to understand the implications of making specific changes.

In photography there are a number of variables that you can and must define to create images with purpose. Aperture and shutter speed are the two ...

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