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    7 Steps to Stunning Images
    7 Steps to Stunning Images
    7 Steps to Stunning Images
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    7 Steps to Stunning Images

    By Heather Hummel

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    7 Steps to Stunning Images: A Guide to Mastering Your DSLR Camera helps you to delve into your DSLR camera. It covers these 7 topics:
    1. Shedding Light on Light Sources
    2. Conquer ISO Settings
    3. Understanding Aperture/Depth of Field
    4. Choosing a Shutter Speed
    5. Composition
    6. Tripods
    7. Filters

    Heather Hummel Photography Spreads Pixel Dust on Land and Seascapes. Her photography has been on exhibit at Agora Gallery in the Chelsea District of New York City, C'ville Coffee in Charlottesville, VA and Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, CO. Additionally, she licenses her photos through ImageBrief.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeather Hummel
    Release dateJun 7, 2017
    ISBN9781386958826
    7 Steps to Stunning Images
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    Heather Hummel

    Heather Hummel Photography Spreads Pixel Dust on Land and Seascapes. Her photography has been on exhibit at Agora Gallery in the Chelsea District of New York City, C'ville Coffee in Charlottesville, VA and Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, CO. Additionally, she licenses her photos through ImageBrief. Artist Statement: In today's world of social media and technology, I think it's important for people to take time out and appreciate the land and seas that the new, green world is trying to save. It's one thing to recycle and do your daily bit for the environment- it's another to get out and actually enjoy the elements we're working so hard to preserve. It's my hope that my images inspire people to do this. As a photographer, my interest in land and seascape has always been much stronger than any other source of inspiration. I’m constantly in search of new scenes to spread ‘pixel dust’ on. No matter the season or the setting, Mother Nature continues to inspire me to seek the next photo opportunity. Having driven cross-country eight times, I'm fascinated by wide open spaces and how light, or the lack of light, impacts the scene before me. Everywhere I go, I analyze light.

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      7 Steps to Stunning Images - Heather Hummel

      Step 1: Shedding Light on Light Sources

      Photo Credit: Heather Hummel Photography

      Everywhere I go, I analyze light.

      Be it a twinkling star, a flickering candle, a dimmed street light, or the sun setting after a storm, light comes from many sources and in varying degrees of intensity. It is how these sources and degrees of intensity are manipulated with the camera that impacts the outcome of an image.

      A source of light, and how it is used to the photographer’s advantage, can make the difference between a mediocre image and a stunning capture.

      Hard Light versus Soft Light

      One of the first concepts of light to understand is the difference between hard light and soft light. By definition, the difference between them has to do with the shadows. Soft light is created by sources that are large in relation to the subject; whereas, hard light comes from a light source that is small relative to the subject.

      Because hard light is created by a focused light, it casts a shadow around the subject, which will create hard edges. This light is what most photographers avoid or at least compensate for by using diffusers or light boxes to add a softer look.

      Soft light, on the other hand, casts diffused shadows with softer edges. Soft light delivers very

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