Digital Photography For Dummies (Digital Photography for Dummies) | 
 enlarge | Author: Julie Adair King
Publisher: For Dummies
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0764598023
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9780764598029
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Publication Date: October 12, 2005
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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
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Isn’t that digital camera so cool? There must be a hundred things it will do that you haven’t really figured out yet, right? For that matter, just getting the hang of all the features you DO know about may be keeping you busy. With your digital camera, you can - See immediately whether you got the shot you wanted
- Take dozens of photos to be sure you get what you want, and just delete the ones you don’t like
- Edit and enhance your pictures on your computer
- E-mail images to friends, post them on the Web, make prints, or create photo gifts
The more you know about your digital camera and about digital photography, the more you’ll enjoy taking pictures and the better your pictures will be. Of course, the best way to see examples of good photographic techniques is in full color, and Digital Photography For Dummies, 5th Edition gives you exactly that — plenty of beautiful, colorful photos that show you what you can accomplish and start the ideas popping. With a digital camera, a computer, and some photo-editing software, you can explore unlimited creative opportunities. You don’t have to be a computer whiz or a professional photographer, either. Digital Photography For Dummies, 5th Edition helps you get the hang of - Choosing the right camera, software, and accessories for what you want to do
- Editing your images with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0
- Using your camera’s settings, composing great pictures, managing exposure and lighting, and working with automatic modes
- Getting your images out of the camera and onto your computer, organizing them, and sharing them online or in print
- Doing cool things with your pictures, like sharpening focus, covering flaws, adding people from other photos, and jazzing up your images with special effects
Written by Julie Adair King, a photographer who has penned several other books on the subject, colorful Digital Photography For Dummies, 5th Edition can help you take better digital photos, do more with them, and have a lot more fun with your camera. You’ll get the picture!
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Get the picture with these great color illustrations Here's how to choose the right camera, take great shots, and make 'em even better Can't wait to see what you and that digital camera can do? Packed with beautiful color examples of what you can accomplish, this book gives you the inside scoop on cameras, memory cards, accessories, setting up shots, using exposure and focus, editing, downloading and printing your photos, and a whole lot more. Discover how to Choose a camera, memory cards, and add-ons Use the right camera settings for your subject Control exposure and focus Compose great shots Share and print your photos online
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 Reviewed by Robert King , Alaskan Apple User Group March 7, 2008
D. Enders (Apple User Group, Anchorage Ak)
Pros: This book covers the basics of taking pictures with your digital camera plus managing them on your computer--with everything well illustrated and clearly explained.
Cons: No real cons, although the 2005 publication of the book made me wonder if some parts were somewhat dated.
This full-color, 380-page book provides great information for shooting, sharing, and editing digital photos. Like other "Dummies" books, it is very well written in clear English for beginners and intermediate users of digital photography. Its tips and well-organized information also make it a good reference book for advanced users who will certainly discover things they didn't know. As a book especially for the beginner, it is structured to cover a great variety of subjects, including providing an introduction to the subject of digital photography that places it in historical context with film-based photography.
The book is conveniently organized into five parts. Part 1 is "Peering through the digital viewfinder" and is an overview that also introduces topics that are explored in greater detail later in the book. These include what digital photography is and how it works, type of cameras and how to operate them, saving and displaying digital information, plus what you can do with them on your computer.
Part 2, entitled "Ready, Set, Shoot!," builds on information in the first part by explaining how to achieve the right camera settings, how to control exposure and focus, and in general, how to get optimal pictures.
Part 3 takes your digital photographs from your camera to your computer and beyond into ways to display, share, and print them.
Part 4, called "Tricks of the Digital Trade," provides a great overview of how you can use your computer and various programs to manipulate your digital image to achieve things virtually impossible with older film-based photography. Here you learn important skills like how to sharpen focus, cover flaws, create "new" photos by adding or removing elements, and a lot more.
Part 5 is a review and extension of what you have learned previously, with information structured as a series of "tens": 10 ways to improve your digital images, 10 great ways to use your digital images, and 10 great online resources for digital photographers (at least through 2005).
The book also includes a nice-done glossary explaining the terms used in digital photography that can make the beginner's eyes glaze over. Also helpful is a nice easy-to-use index. In addition, there is a companion website for the book listed on the back cover that would help keep its information current, for those wanting to take the additional time and effort to use it.
My initial approach to reading this book was to thumb through it and view subject headings, illustrations, and whatever caught my interest. Doing that I learned a lot and got a good sense of the subjects. Then I went back to ones of particular interest.
I especially liked the easy explanations of how to set up your camera and choose the right file format to achieve the quality of picture needed for the size photo you want. There were good illustrations of what too much compression does for a photo, and more, for example.
In sum, I found this book quite helpful, well organized, and will be going back to it whenever I have questions about how to use my digital camera to make great photos.
Digital Photography for Dummies February 11, 2008
Richard A. Wagner (New Mexico)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
An excellent book for beginners and intermediate photographers. Clear, concise and easy to read. 10 of 10
Great For Newbies December 13, 2007
Paul David
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the first book on digital photography that I used when first starting out and I'm grateful I found it. It provided a solid foundation on which to build. I still refer to it occasionally. It does devote considerable space to image editing but I personally like this. Let's face it, 99% of people who do digital for very long end up using an editor. I don't use Photoshop, but the information is still useful.
The book has undergone many editions, and I noticed the latest version now in stores is by a different author. I took a look at it and in my opinion Adair's version is better, the fourth edition is anyway. There are a lot of crappy and totally useless books on digital photography out there. I can recommend this one for newbies without hesitation. It gets you started, then you'll learn on your own mostly from trial and error.
Step by Step July 19, 2007
Percival
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having been an early adapter in digital photography, it is still hard to keep up with techniques and newly availablr formats. This book is great in taking you as far as you might need to go or further if you need to.
 Pick a Subject! July 10, 2007
Heidi (An Army Base Near You)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I guess I don't think of photo editing as digital photography. When I think digital photography, I'm thinking of the art of photography, taken with a digital camera instead of a film camera. That's all.
Photo editing, to me, is different. If you are looking for a book explaining aperture, exposure, shutter speed, f/stops, etc., this book only has 41 pages on those subjects.
There are 354 pages total (not counting the glossary) and 194 of them are on the photo editing Elements program.
I found myself skipping and skimming and flipping for more information. As if I had missed something, I would find myself going back and re-reading and still being let down. I wanted a book on taking better pictures, not taking OKAY pictures, and fixing them later with an outside program - and maybe that's my fault with the definition I have in my head. I didn't want a book on Elements, as I don't have that program.
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