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199 Tips & Tricks for DSLR Photography

Ten chapters, 199 tips, 43 pages. Written for photographers who would rather shoot than read. No theory for its own sake, and nothing that needs equipment you do not already own.

199 Tips & Tricks for DSLR Photography

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Ten chapters

Every tip is one idea, in two or three sentences. Read it front to back or open it at the chapter you need.

  1. 01 · Choosing Gear That Earns Its PlaceBuying less, and buying better. Why the lens outlives the body.
  2. 02 · Modes, and When to Leave ThemAutomatic is not cheating. Using it when you needed control is.
  3. 03 · Exposure You Can RepeatThree controls trading against each other, and which one to protect.
  4. 04 · Focus and SharpnessMost soft photographs are not out of focus. They are focused on the wrong thing.
  5. 05 · CompositionDeciding what to leave out, and twenty ways to remove something.
  6. 06 · Working With DaylightLight is the only thing you photograph. Everything else reflects it.
  7. 07 · Low Light and NightNot about seeing in the dark. About choosing what to keep still.
  8. 08 · Photographing PeopleTechnique matters less here than most photographers expect.
  9. 09 · Travel, Landscape and MovementWhat you bring home is decided by what you chose to carry.
  10. 10 · Carrying, Care and WorkflowThe unglamorous chapter, and the one that decides hour six.