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Extreme Digital Photography:
Top photographers give digital technology
the ultimate endurance test

• EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS 12
  014 Wet Conditions • 016 Cold and Wind • 018 Heat and Jungle • 020 Dust, Smoke, and Spindrift • 022 High Altitude • 024 Latitude

• PLANNING & PREPARATION 26
  028 What Photographic Gear to Take • 031 Compact and Specialty Cameras • 032 Other Capture Means • 034 Digital Film Storage Cards • 036 Accessories • 038 Carrying Cases and Protection • 040 Power Supplies • 042 Hardware • 044 Field Storage • 045 Software • 046 Communications

• EXTREME LOCATIONS 50
  052 Antarctica • 054 The Arctic • 056 Oceans • 058 Underwater • 060 Rivers and Lakes • 062 Tropical Islands—Galápagos • 064 Interview: Denise Rocco-Zilber • 066 Desert • 068 Mountains • 070 Interview: Didrik Johnck • 072 Aerials • 074 Interview: Craig O’Brien

• EXTREME SUBJECTS 76
  078 Arctic Wildlife • 080 Antarctic Wildlife • 082 Interview: Alan High • 084 Interview: David Vaskevitch • 086 Extreme Critters • 088 Interview: Pete Gill & Margie Morrice • 090 Interview: James Watt • 092 Low Light • 094 Interview: Peter Menzel • 096 War Photography • 098 Earthquakes and Floods • 100 Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes • 102 Lightning • 104 Wildfires and Volcanoes

• EXTREME ACTIVITIES 106
  108 Interview: Tim Wimborne • 110 Backpacking • 112 Trekking • 114 Interview: Corey Rich • 116 River Rafting • 118 Sea Kayaking • 120 Interview: Abner Kingman • 122 Interview: Morton Beebe • 124 Surfing, Windsurfing, and Kite Boarding • 126 Interview: Michael Brown • 128 Skiing and Snow Sports • 130 Expedition Photography • 132 Interview: Tom and Tina Sjorgen

• EXTREME ASSIGNMENTS 134
  136 Research and Preparation • 138 Guides and Assistants • 140 Clothing and Personal Considerations • 142 Medical and Safety Considerations • 144 Getting There • 146 Base Camp • 148 Pre-Production Planning • 150 Typical Shooting Day • 154 End-of-Day Routine • 156 Preparing the Daily Dispatch • 158 Troubleshooting • 160 Virtual Reality • 162 Digital Video Multi-Tasking • 164 Interview: Karen Mullarkey • 166 TerraQuest and Mungo Park • 168 Web Expedition • Coverage—Quokka

• THE FUTURE 170
  172 Digital Capture • 174 Processing, Storing, and Archiving • 176 Delivery and Manipulation • 178 Contributing Photographers and Experts (download PDF) • 180 Books/Magazines/ Websites (download PDF) • 183 Glossary • 188 Index • 192 Acknowledgments

Published by Thompson Course Technology; publication date November 10, 2004.