Natural Science Imaging and Photography Applications in Scientific Photography Series

This book provides an in-depth exploration of scientific photography. Highlighting the best practices needed to make, distribute, and preserve scientific visual information using digital photographic methods and technologies, it offers solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing photographers.

Written by a team of international, award-winning image makers with over 300 years of cumulative experience, this comprehensive resource explains the foundations used, the tools required, and the steps to needed for creating the optimal photograph in a range of environments and circumstances. Topics covered include:

? ethical practices

? aerial photography

? close-up and macro photography

? computational photography

? field photography

? geological photography

? imaging with invisible spectrums

? photographing small animals in captivity

? time-based imaging

? image processing in science

Showcasing modern methods, this book equips readers with the skills needed to capture and process the best image possible.

Designed for basic and intermediate photographers, Natural Science Imaging and Photography exists as an essential contemporary handbook.

Preface: Why I Wrote this Book

About the Authors
Part I: Industry Expectations and Attitudes1. Why Best Practices as an Approach

2. Optimizing Imaging Outcomes
3. The Image in Science

4. Ethical Practices

James Hayden

5. The Subject of the Photograph
Part II: Tools and Technology Foundations6. Cameras and Photographic Practices

7. Light and Lenses

8. A Deeper Dive into Digital Devices
9. Lighting for Natural Science Photography
Part III: Applications 10. Aerial Photography

Keith Mancini
11. Close-Up and Macro Photography
12. Computational Photography
13. Field Photography

Adrian Davies

14. Fossils, Minerals, and Geological Samples

Norman Barker

15. Imaging with Invisible Spectrums

Adrian Davies
16. Contemporary Light Microscopy Practices
17. Photographing Small Animals in Captivity

Charles Hedgcock

18. Time Based Imaging

Ted Kinsman

Part IV: After Capture Post Production

19. Image Processing in Science

Staffan Larsson

Michael R. Peres is an award-winning photo-educator and biomedical photographer. A professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, Peres has been a leader in the field for more than 40 years. He has lectured and led workshops in more than 15 countries and authored more than ten books, including the Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, Fourth Edition and Laboratory Imaging and Photography.