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Pro Digital Photographer's Handbook (Lark Photography Book) | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Freeman
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 538837
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 157990632X
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9781579906320
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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Condition: Book has been read but pages are very clean, almost as if this book were not read but some pages are crinkled near the top as if they might have been damp at one time.
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Product Description
Michael Freeman has a well-deserved reputation for effectively explaining the concepts behind digital picture-taking to a variety of audiences. Here, he turns his attention to the professionals and advanced hobbyists who are making the move from traditional to digital and want help mastering the technology and meeting their clients' new requirements. Freeman thoroughly answers the most frequently asked questions about the basics of digital capture, from cameras and computers to storage options, printers, and scanners. Photographers will learn the different file formats and how to save images for print or publishing on the web. They'll explore valuable software tools and basic image processing programs that fix common problems, and see how to improve pictures using an assortment of cropping and filtering techniques. The smart, detailed advice will give photographers confidence as they enter this new digital world.
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 Difficult read August 25, 2008
Marti
First off you need to know I am not a beginner in photography (I even passed a course in it and am ceritifed) yet I am in no way an intermediate photographer.
Secondly I am a college graduate.
With that out of the way, here is my review.
I found this book packed with information but quite honestly, on a much too high level for the average reader to gain much out of it.
It also only covers material in a surface type of way.
Nothing in depth. (except of course facts and figures which to me, are not what I was looking for).
It touches upon so many things like mentioning one should sell on a commercial site but does not explain how to set one up.
It is contstructed like a college text book yet does not go into detail on most of the topics.
I feel Michale would have done a better job aiming his book to cover less material but covering it in depth.
I walked away after reading this book feeling as though I did not gain anything from it.
Examples are: He mentions "Bit-depth
8-bit colour, although perfectly acceptable for final delivery of an image, is accurate to only 1 part in 256 per pixel, and so falls far short of the potential of your original film image. 12-bit measures to an accuracy of 1 part in 4026, and so is much better. 14-bit measures to 1 part in 16,104 and 16-bit to 1 part 64,416. Most scanners that work in 12-bit and 14-bit deliver the scan as 16-bit for opening Photoshop's 16-bit mode. Because higher bit-depth scans are more accurate in resolving subtler distinctions in coulour, they also give smoother and better gradated tones."
Michael covers a lot of information.
But, I find a lot of the things he told me in the book, were of no real importance to me.
Although the above excerpt shows that the author is a highly intelligent man, it does not get through to me, as the reader, why I need to know all of these figures.
After all, who is this book written for?
If it is written as a textbook, then much of the material is too superficial and if it is written for the layman, then all these figures are way above and beyond just sitting, reading and learning.
Overall, it is a book that I am glad I own, but will probably never refer to.
 great book May 17, 2007
Ahmed Salim Salman (OMAN)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I liked this book so much. I am still reading it and enjoying every page .
 Best book on photography in decades April 19, 2006
T. J. Mills (California)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is one of those books that you will want to read and then reference. I have been a film SLR photographer for decades and now am on my second generation DSLR. This book reminds me of my old Kodak Photographers Handbook and my Nikon SLR handbook. I think I will use the Pro Digital Photographer's Handbook for many years.
Michael's information about sensor technology compared to film and how lense design affects this is one example of the depth of topic in this great handbook. He also covers the digital workflow from simple (little to no editing) to complex (steps for client based work). The color management section was very useful to calibrate all my devices.
I highly recommend this book for the photographer who understands the basics - depth of field, apertures, shutter speed, etc. (Although he has a great section about sensor size and depth of field).
Buy it and enjoy it!
You need this book March 8, 2006
MichaelB (Huntington Beach CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
So, you want to be a professional photographer? If so, you need this book to provide the kind of information you'll need when starting out. It contains all the nitty-gritty details that are an essential part of learning to turn pro, including information on meeting the needs and expectations of your clients. That's the kind of practical business advice you won't find in other digital photography books.
The amount of useful information in this book is amazing.
Great Book January 30, 2006
Mario Gilberto de Souza (Florianopolis, Brazil)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a well written digital photo book. It's a great for beginners and reference for experienced photographers. I strongly recommend.
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