Custom Digital Photography for Dummies - Softcover

King, Julie Adair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470833572 ISBN 13: 9780470833575

Publisher: For Dummies, 2003

Synopsis

Your fun and easy guide to the world of digital photography

Digital cameras just keep getting better. But where do you begin? In this friendly guide, Julie Adair King delivers just what you need. She tells you how to select the right equipment. She reveals secrets of great digital picture-taking. And she shows you how to use photo-editing software to enhance any digital photo.

THE DUMMIES WAY®

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humour and fun

Discover how to:

• Compose your images for maximum impact
• Capture action and panoramic shots
• Avoid grainy images
• Transfer images to your computre
• Process your digital images
• Look after your camera

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Review:

If you're comfortable with the concept of photography but find the digital part a stumbling block, Digital Photography for Dummies will get you over the hump.

Author Julie Adair King, a photographer and graphics-software specialist, deftly explains such concepts as resolution, f-stop, and compression. She is also refreshingly upfront about the differences between film-based and digital photography, spelling out the latter's shortcomings early on. Her advice on all aspects of the field is well thought out and simple without being condescending. She informs readers, for example, that you needn't use high-pixel resolutions simply for placing images on a Web page. Such tips will come as a relief to fledgling photographers on a budget, or novices who may have thought they had to use the highest-quality settings at all times.

Aside from the technical concerns of working with the camera and computer, King also gives sound tips on composition and lighting. And since retouching is one of the principal benefits of digital photography, she spends a fair amount of time discussing photo-editing software. And while most of the examples are in black and white, the most important examples, gratefully, are included in a 16-page color plate section in the middle of the book.

For those of you considering jumping into the world of digital photography, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better guide to getting started than Digital Photography for Dummies. --John Frederick Moore

From the Back Cover:

"Clarifies mysteries and offers useful help!"
-U.S. News & World Report

Updated with coverage of the latest cameras and software!

Your fun and easy guide to the world of digital photography

Digital cameras just keep getting better - and cheaper. But where do you begin? In this friendly guide, Julie Adair King delivers just what you need. She tells you how to select the right equipment. She reveals secrets of great digital picture-taking. And she shows you how to use photo-editing software to enhance any digital photo.

All this on the bonus CD-ROM
* Image-editing software, including tryouts of Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Ulead PhotoImpact trial version, Paint Shop Pro, and Jasc After Shot evaluations.
* Photo cataloging software, including ThumbsPlus evaluation version and ACDSee trial version
* Album software, including FlipAlbum Suite freeware

System Requirements: PC running Windows 98 or Later; Power Macintosh running System 8.6.6 or later. See the About the CD Appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0470833572
• ISBN 13: 9780470833575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224