Product Description

Digital Photography has truly reached the masses, and with this friendly, full-color guide new users can immediately start having fun with their digital cameras. It provides dozens of tips for taking better pictures and getting creative with digital photography at a remarkably affordable price. Topics covered include composing good shots, playing with light, close-ups, self-portraits, action shots, and event photography.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #234440 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 210 pages

Zoltan Hunt, YYZTech.ca, May 2007
there's a lot to like about this book for the beginning photographer

Chris Marshall, MyAppleStuff.com, May 2007
Well written, with some really good use of pictures as examples this is a very good book

From the Back Cover
40 Digital Photography Techniques will show you how to:

• Choose, use, and accessorize your digital camera
• Understand and exploit various sources of light
• Get creative with filters
• Become effective with low–light and night photography
• Capture expressive portraits of adults, children, and yourself
• Photograph objects in motion and get great action shots
• Catch the mood of your vacation, a snowy or rainy day, a brilliant sunrise or sunset
• Shoot everything—panoramas, architecture, landscapes, products, food, cars, pets
• Take animated photos with your camera phone
• Transfer, edit, and print your images, or share them on the web
• And more!

How is this book different?
Written for new digital camera owners in a language that’s easy to understand

• Presents inspiring, full–color images on every page
• Lets you dive right in and have fun with your digital camera
• Helps film photographers make a smooth transition to digital
• Combines technical instruction with creative ideas to help boost your skills
• Groups topics thematically for quick reference
• Provides a thorough explanation of how digital cameras work
• Uses practical step–by–step instructions, explanations, shortcuts, and tips
• Shows you how to shoot professional–looking images with any digital camera

Who is it for?

• Anyone interested in correcting, enhancing, or creating digital images—for home or professional use
• Photography hobbyists, professional photographers, print and web designers

Contents

• Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 effectively
• Correcting lighting and contrast
• Coloring black–and–white photos
• Removing red eye, eliminating blemishes, and enhancing facial features
• Using Lens Blur
• Cleaning up, combining, and resizing images
• Creating reflections and text effects
• Whipping up photographic and other special effects
• Making a web banner
• Creating a photo gallery for the web
• Effective Masking
• Correcting Inaccurate White Balance
• And more!

Customer Reviews

Not about image manipulation, about taking photos!
For all of the digital photography books out there which cheat you with a good third of the content about choosing a camera (you probably already have one, which is WHY you bought the book anyway), how to connect it to a computer etc etc, this one gets straight to business.

Good, solid, well-laid out, inspirational advice on using your camera to take good pictures, NOT manipulate them afterwards with software, which you need a different book about - and too right too! If you've got a new camera and want to know what all those exciting options and choices you can use when you get clicking, get this book. It will give you real power, through the knowledge of what your camera can and can't do for you, and open up your creativity.

Excellent
Amongst a plethora of titles claiming to explain the principles of picture-taking this one delivers. Offering sound practical advice of how to plan and finally execute that elusive image in an easy to understand manner. It does not, it has to be said, offer any advice on image editing or manipulation with programs such as Photoshop, which was nice!!

A great book for beginners...
The books starts with a couple of pages explaining the difference between film and digital and also considers the pros and cons of each - a bit late if you have already bought your digicam! A little of this book does concern what camera to buy and which accessories you might need, also it devotes a few pages to what to do with your digital images after you have shot them.

I would suggest that if your digicam is a simple point and shoot which offers little or no control over settings such as shutter speed, aperture, white balance, etc. then much of the book will be wasted. Most digicams do offer a lot of creative control these days and if you are new to photography then you will find this book invaluable as a great starting place.

Also consider "40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques" which I also bought and was equally pleased with.