An overview of basic photography -- Camera focus and auto focus settings -- The camera meter and how a digital camera perceives light -- The primary settings -- Aperture -- Shutter speed -- Film speed -- White balance -- Framing your shots -- The secondary settings -- Meter priority -- Ev compensation -- Auto-bracketing -- Digital file formats -- Practices for documenting process versus product -- Practices for running a photo-call -- Photography of other types of performances -- Digital photo manipulation and presentation -- Best practices for photographers.
Summary
"Documenting theatrical and stage events under the often dramatic lighting designed for the production provides a number of specific photographic challenges, and is unlike most every other branch of photography. Theatre & Stage Photography provides an overview of basic photography as it applies to "available-light" situations, and will move both basic and experienced photographers through the process of accurately capturing both the production process and the resultant performance."--