[ebooks] The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques: 49 Photographic Principles You Need to Know by Alan Hess in Arts-Photography

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Great overview of many techniques. quite useful.By apsphoto - CustomerI picked this up directly from Rocky Nook. I did pay for it. I found this to be a very interesting and well written book. All different types and styles of multi shot techniques are discussed. HDR and how to determine how many shots you need to capture the dynamic range. It also covered some lightly discussed techniques like multi-exposure and how to process them after capture. There is also some discussion of how and what works for multi-exposure shots. Focus stacking is also covered. which is not always a well documented technique. I found the book to be a good discussion of techniques that will work for most modern digital cameras. A good basic reference and will certainly give you the tools to go out and experiment and learn to create some creative images. Worth getting if you think you know some of the techniques it will help fill in any gaps in your knowledge.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. HDR. Stacking approaches. Panoramas and Time Lapse are all well covered here!By Paul HendleyOne of my few problems with this guide is that the title does not do it justice. The book covers HDR. Stacking approaches. Panoramas and Time Lapse in addition to the multiple exposure concept that one might have expected it to focus on.The material on double/multiple exposure is useful - and offers many ways of skinning this particular cat - you are bound to find one that will work for your particular project and preferred approach (in camera or post-processing approaches) - Probably nothing really novel here but very well put together with clear images showing outcomes and before/after buildsThe HDR section is (to me) more complete and I found that it included some explanations of the underlying processes that clarified some points that had previously been mysterious to me (e.g. what really goes on with tone mapping) - it also nicely deals with the issue of "is HDR evil" and explains clearly that it is a tool that can provide different outputs to portray whatever the photographer has in his/her mind. Although I have read a fair bit on this there was definitely some novelty here for meI have not yet read the panoramas section in detail - that is not on my current project list but I am sure I will inhale this chapter up when I do decide to do a panoramaThe image stacking area was really interesting. The macro focus stacking section is very light indeed and this book will not provide too much help if you want to dig deep on either the equipment of practical sides but I found the other section in this chapter to be very well put together and found some really novel ideas (e.g. stacking to reduce noise)The time-lapse area is maybe not the best in the book but there was a fair bit of material I have never seen in magazine articles on the tops - so still a useful read.The style is readable and the length is short - if you want a book you will have to pore over for hours then this is not for you but if you want to get a quick overview of these techniques with practical advice and clear examples then it is good value.If only they gave it a better title....2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. ANOTHER HOW-TO WINNERBy Jeff OrnsteinThis is another of Rocky Nooks fantastic how to books.I teach Photoshop and Lightroom and have used a lot of their books as workbooks and teaching aids and this book is no exception. It is extremely well written and uses simplified language and fantastic imagery to teach and illustrate each point.If you have never tried to produce high resolution panoramas or stacked focusing images. I urge you to get this book and start your own projects.In addition to the above. I tried following the authors instructions for time lapse images and the results were more than satisfactory.