Description

Stop taking snapshots and start taking photographs! "Mastering Digital Photography" gives you the tips and techniques you need to take professional-quality photographs with your digital camera. Written for photographers, by a photographer, it examines the special capabilities and needs of computer imaging, concentrating on creative techniques that allow you to capture the ideal image digitally. Go in-depth as you examine techniques that apply to specific types of photography—from tips for capturing the perfect action shot to the ideal lens zoom selection for stunning nature photos.

Features

Table of Contents

Part 1: Your Lean, Mean Pixel Machine
1. Digital Photography from 50,000 Feet
2. Inside a Digital Camera
3. Mastering Camera Controls
4. Dealing with Digital Camera File Formats
Part 2: Techniques Unlimited
5. Action Photography
6. People Photography
7. Scenic Photography
8. Architectural Photography
9. Macro Photography
Appendix A: Illustrated Glossary of Photographic and Digital Terms

Author Bio

David Busch
Two-time Computer Press Association winner David D. Busch has been demystifying arcane computer and imaging technology for PC and Macintosh owners since the early 1980s. As a writer, photographer, and contributing editor for ten leading computer magazines, he has more than 70 books and 2500 articles to his credit. To name a few, he authored "Adobe Photoshop CS: Photographers' Guide" (ISBN 1-59200-172-6), "Mastering Digital Photography" (ISBN 1-59200-114-9), "Digital Retouching and Compositing: Photographers' Guide" (ISBN 1-932094-19-9), and "Digital Photography Solutions" (ISBN 1-59200-109-2). In the computer and imaging field, he’s been a contributing editor, columnist, or writer for magazines as diverse as HomePC, MacWorld, Internet World, NetGuide, Windows Magazine, Windows Sources, Computer Shopper, and many other publications.

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