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  • 2 - Why Push the Envelope?

  • 3 - Preface

  • 4 - Why Digital Photography Hacks?

  • 5 - How to Use This Book

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  • 7 - How This Book Is Organized

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  • 9 - Conventions Used in This Book

  • 10 - How to Contact O'Reilly

  • 11 - Got a Hack?

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  • 13 - Introduction

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  • 15 - Hack 1 Pocket Tripods on the Go

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  • 18 - Hack 2 Travel Tripod: A Happy Compromise

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  • 21 - Hack 3 Walking-Stick Mount

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  • 23 - Hack 4 Convert Your Monopod into a Makeshift Tripod

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  • 26 - Hack 5 Steady Shots from the Comfort of Your Car

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  • 28 - Hack 6 Attach Your Camera to Bicycle Handlebars

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  • 30 - Hack 7 Flash Brackets for Pro Lighting

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  • 33 - Hack 8 A Flexible Arm to Hold Accessories

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  • 36 - Hack 9 Bubble Levels to Keep Things Straight

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  • 39 - Hack 10 Battle the Sun with an Lcd Hood

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  • 42 - Hack 11 Convert Your Digicam to a Digital Slr

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  • 46 - Hack 12 T-Mounts and Other Threaded Tricks

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  • 49 - Hack 13 Double-Strapping on the Trail

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  • 52 - Hack 14 Stay in Charge of Your Batteries

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  • 54 - Hack 15 Gaffer's Tape When All Else Fails

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  • 57 - Introduction

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  • 59 - Hack 16 Pantyhose Diffusion Filter for Flattering

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  • 62 - Hack 17 Capture Kids Without Going Crazy

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  • 66 - Hack 18 Use Sunglasses as a Polarizing Filter

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  • 69 - Hack 19 Get the Big Picture with a Panorama

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  • 72 - Hack 20 Secrets of Whiteboard Photography

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  • 75 - Hack 21 Make Your Own Passport Photo

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  • 78 - Hack 22 Get Super Close

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  • 81 - Hack 23 Multiple Exposures, Digital Style

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  • 84 - Hack 24 Go Low-Rez

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  • 88 - Hack 25 Painless Infrared Photography

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  • 91 - Hack 26 Create the Maximum Depth of Field

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  • 94 - Hack 27 Create Soft Background Portraits

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  • 97 - Hack 28 Analyze Metadata to Improve Your Shots

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  • 101 - Introduction

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  • 103 - Hack 29 Nighttime Portraits with Scenic Backgrounds

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  • 106 - Hack 30 Street Shooting at Night

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  • 109 - Hack 31 Capture the Nighttime Mood and Leave the

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  • 111 - Hack 32 Take Flash Shots of People Who Blink

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  • 113 - Hack 33 Auto Headlamps and Other Streaming Lights

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  • 116 - Hack 34 Starlight Effects for Candles and Lights

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  • 119 - Hack 35 Light Painting and Colored Gels

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  • 123 - Hack 36 Secrets of Fireworks Photography

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  • 126 - Hack 37 Night Landscapes and the Moon

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  • 130 - Hack 38 Colorful Star Trails

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  • 133 - Introduction

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  • 135 - Hack 39 Outdoor Fill Flash

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  • 139 - Hack 40 Prevent Red Eye

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  • 142 - Hack 41 Add External Flash to Point and Shoots

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  • 145 - Hack 42 Bounce Flash for Softer Light

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  • 148 - Hack 43 Pro Portraits with Just Two Flashes

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  • 151 - Hack 44 Eliminate Glare in Reflective Surfaces

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  • 153 - Hack 45 Freeze Action with Electronic Flash

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  • 156 - Hack 46 Second-Curtain Flash for Cool Effects

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  • 161 - Hack 47 Judge Image Sharpness by File Size

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  • 164 - Hack 48 Unerase the Lost

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  • 168 - Hack 49 Name Folders to Organize Your Images

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  • 172 - Hack 50 Create a Web Photo Gallery

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  • 176 - Hack 51 Amazing B&W Prints from Your Inkjet Printer

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  • 179 - Hack 52 Great Color Prints from Your Inkjet Printer

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  • 182 - Hack 53 Pro-Quality Prints from Your Digicam

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  • 186 - Hack 54 Take Your Slideshow on the Road

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  • 190 - Hack 55 Virtual-Reality Movies from Your Digicam

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  • 194 - Hack 56 Digicam Movie Editing Made Easy

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  • 197 - Hack 57 Rotate Your Movie from Horizontal to Vertical

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  • 200 - Hack 58 Create a Rolling Movie Title

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  • 203 - Hack 59 Add Music to Movies and Slideshows

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  • 206 - Hack 60 Voiceovers for That Professional Touch

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  • 209 - Hack 61 Store Pictures and Movies on an ipod

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  • 214 - Hack 62 Match Resolution to Output

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  • 217 - Hack 63 Secrets of Sharpening

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  • 221 - Hack 64 Sample Down for Email Attachments

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  • 224 - Hack 65 Crop and Resample in One Step

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  • 227 - Hack 66 Level That Dipping Horizon

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  • 230 - Hack 67 Power-Line Vanishing Trick

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  • 233 - Hack 68 Combine Two Pictures

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  • 236 - Hack 69 Sponge Out Red Eye

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  • 239 - Hack 70 Brighten Teeth

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  • 242 - Hack 71 Intelligent Auto Color Correction

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  • 246 - Hack 72 Soften Facial Lines

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  • 250 - Hack 73 Fix Flash Falloff

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  • 254 - Hack 74 Hand-Color with the History Brush

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  • 259 - Hack 75 Live with a Less-Than-Perfect Camera

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  • 263 - Hack 76 Send Snapshots to the Desktop

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  • 266 - Hack 77 Transfer Images Via Email

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  • 269 - Hack 78 Send a Paper Text Message

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  • 271 - Hack 79 Communicate in a Foreign Country

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  • 274 - Hack 80 Create a Home Inventory

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  • 278 - Hack 81 Rental-Car Tips and Other Auto Hacks

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  • 281 - Hack 82 Get the Big Picture with a Little Camera Phone

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  • 284 - Hack 83 Photo Moblogging

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  • 287 - Hack 84 Capture Life's Little Moments with

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  • 290 - Hack 85 Use Your Camera Phone as a Slideshow

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  • 295 - Hack 86 Create a Coffeetable Photo Book

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  • 299 - Hack 87 Create Custom Greeting Cards

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  • 302 - Hack 88 Keep a Digital Diary

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  • 305 - Hack 89 Capture Pictures of Your Tv Screen

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  • 308 - Hack 90 Fax from Your Digital Camera

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  • 311 - Hack 91 Copy Slides with Your Digicam

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  • 314 - Hack 92 Preview Film Pictures with Your Digital

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  • 317 - Hack 93 Photograph Zoo Animals Without Bars

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  • 321 - Hack 94 Get Close with Digiscoping

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  • 324 - Hack 95 Advanced Panorama Technique

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  • 327 - Hack 96 Shoot the Moon

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  • 330 - Hack 97 Remote-Control Camera

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  • 333 - Hack 98 Show Who's Who in Group Shots

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  • 336 - Hack 99 Rename Photos Automatically in Windows Xp

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  • 339 - Hack 100 Stack Images to Remove Noise

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  • 341 - Photography Hacks

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