Author › Ben Long
Ben Long is a San Francisco-based photographer, writer, and teacher. The author of over two dozen books on digital photography and digital video, he is also a senior contributing editor to Macworld magazine, and a senior editor at CreativePro.com. His photography clients have included 20th Century Fox, Blue Note Records, Global Business Network, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Pickle Family Circus, and Grammy-nominated jazz musicians Don Byron and Dafnis Prieto. He has taught and lectured on photography around the world, including workshops at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence and a class for imaging engineers at Apple, Inc. He occasionally dabbles in computer programming, and has written image editing utilities that are used by National Geographic, the British Museum, and the White House.
-
Get a weekly serving of photographic insight, instruction, and inspiration from photographer, teacher, and author Ben Long.
-
Experiment with a low-cost technique for macro and close-up photography.
-
Explore the world of the small with this guide to macro and close-up photography gear, lighting, and technique.
-
From ultra-wide angle to ultra-telephoto to macro, tilt-shift and more, discover the creative options that specialized lenses and attachments provide.
-
Learn how to use your Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR—and improve your photography in the process—with this guide to the camera's features, controls, and exposure options.
-
Learn how to use your Nikon D800 digital SLR—and improve your photography in the process—with this guide to the camera's features, controls, and exposure options.
-
Learn the art and craft of creating inkjet prints that do justice to your photos and get the most out of your printer.
-
Photographer, author, teacher, and frequent traveler Ben Long details the hardware, software, and workflow issues that photographers need to consider when shooting on the road, whether on vacation or on assignment.
-
Describes the tools, creative options, and special considerations involved in shooting with a DSLR camera at night or in low-light conditions, such as sunset or candlelight.
-
Photographer and teacher Ben Long shows how to use Capture NX2—the Nikon nondestructive photo-editing software—to review, enhance, and print photos.
-
A detailed exploration of the concepts of composition, from basics such as the rule of thirds and leading lines to more advanced topics such as entry and exit points.
-
Details the features, controls, and options in the Canon Rebel T3i.
-
Details the features, controls, and options in the Nikon D5100.
-
Details the features, controls, and options in the Canon EOS D60.
-
Photographer and author Ben Long details the features, controls, and options in Nikon's popular D7000.
-
Photographer Ben Long describes and demonstrates high dynamic range (HDR) photography, a technique that broadens the luminance or range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image.
-
Ben Long shares strategies for capturing the best black and white images and techniques for converting to black and white in Photoshop.
-
Shows how to understand, choose, and properly use lenses.
-
Understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings relate to one another, and how these settings expand your artistic options with any photograph.
-
Outlines a full, shooting-to-output workflow geared specifically toward the needs of landscape photographers.
