Jeff Wignall - Exposure Photo Workshop

Exposure Photo Workshop, 2nd Edition

Jeff Wignall

Exposure Photo Workshop, 2nd Edition

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Copyright 2011 Jeff Wignall

All photographs 2011, Jeff Wignall, unless otherwise credited

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ISBN: 978-1-118-02454-6

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About the Author

Jeff Wignall is a well-known photographer, author, and teacher and has been writing about photography for more than 30 years. He is the author of numerous bestselling photo books, including The NEW Joy of Digital Photography, Jeff Wignalls Digital Photography Crash Course, Winning Digital Photo Contests, and the million-copy bestseller The Joy of Photography (Third edition). He is the former Camera columnist for The New York Times and the former technical editor for Photo District News.

Jeff writes a monthly column called Traveling Photographer for Popular Photography magazine and is a frequent contributor to a number of other photo magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, Shutterbug, and American Photo. He is a contributing expert on Pixiq.com and a regular contributor to the Black Star Rising blog that is published by the legendary Black Star photojournalism agency. He is also a former online instructor with both BetterPhoto.com and Bryan Petersons Perfect Picture School of Photography. Additionally, Jeff publishes an almost-daily blog of photo tips at www.phototipoftheday.blogspot.com.

Jeff is also a radio producer and host and has been doing a regular radio show on WPKN (www.wpkn.org), a noncommercial FM station in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for more than 20 years. For 18 of those years, he and radio partner Ken Brown have performed as the comedy team of Beppo & Gito Mongul one of the longest running radio teams in broadcast history.

Jeff lives in Stratford, Connecticut. Visit his website at www.jeffwignall.com.

Credits

Acquisitions Editor

Aaron Black

Project Editor

Kristin Vorce

Technical Editor

Haje Jan Kamps

Copy Editor

Lauren Kennedy

Editorial Director

Robyn Siesky

Business Manager

Amy Knies

Senior Marketing Manager

Sandy Smith

Vice President and Executive Group Publisher

Richard Swadley

Vice President and Executive Publisher

Barry Pruett

Project Coordinator

Katie Crocker

Graphics and Production Specialists

Andrea Hornberger
Heather Pope

Quality Control Technician

Melanie Hoffman

Proofreading and Indexing

Jacqui BrownsteinChristine Karpeles

Acknowledgments

I would like to once again thank my friend (and former student) Mark Allin, Senior VP of Wileys Global Professional/Trade business, for introducing me to the nice folks at Wiley. Thanks also to Barry Pruett, Vice President and Executive Publisher at Wiley, and to Aaron Black, Acquisitions Editor, for encouraging the updated edition of this book. And thanks to Kristin Vorce, my editor, to Haje Jan Kamps who kept me on the straight and narrow technically, and to Lauren Kennedy who kept me on the straight and narrow grammatically. My appreciation as well to everyone else at Wiley who helped in producing this book. You couldnt ask for nicer or more professional people to work with.

Many thanks, as usual, to my friend, and fellow photographer and author, Derek Doeffinger, for allowing me to use his many inspiring photos and for replying to my endless saga of technical questions. Dereks Wiley book Creative Shutter Speed: Master Your Cameras Most Powerful Control is a great companion to this book.

I am happy to also thank former students Jennica Reiss and Gavin Zau for contributing photos to this book. Nothing could please me more than to see photos by my students illustrating my books. And thanks to Whitney Vitti at Hi-Ho Petroleum, John Corvino, John Platania and Chip Taylor and many other friends, musicians, and performers who let me use their photos. Thanks also to Miles Marek and everyone at the Fairfield Theater Companys Stage One for giving me stage access.

Grateful appreciation to the folks at the following companies for their kind help: Hoodman (www.hoodmanusa.com), Lensbaby (www.lensbaby.com), LumiQuest (www.lumiquest.com), Nik Software (www.niksoftware.com), and Sekonic (www.sekonic.com).

As always, thanks to Jim, Jesse, Ray, and Ray and everyone at Milford Photo (www.milfordphoto.com). Nothing beats having a great local camera shop with such a knowledgeable staff.