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For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here’s the book to consult. More than seventy techniques, both popular and less-familiar approaches, are covered in detail, including advanced exposure, bounced flash and candlelight, infrared, multiple images, soft-focus effects, unusual vantage points, zooming, and other carefully chosen ways to enhance photographs. The A-Z format make sit easy for readers to find a specific technique, and each one is explained in jargon-free language. Top Tips for each technique help readers achieve superb results, even on the first attempt.
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera

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Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.
Digital photography has brought a new, exciting aspect to design – first because the instant feedback from a digital camera allows immediate appraisal and improvement; and second because image-editing tools make it possible to alter and enhance the design after the shutter has been pressed. This has had a profound effect on the way digital photographers take pictures.
The Photographer’s Eye shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montaged to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.

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*Covers both traditional in-camera composition and the new opportunities for picture-making made possible by digital imaging editing
*Shows how to explore situations and locations in order to find the best possible photographic possibilities
*Uses clear examples from real photographic assignments, with schematic illustrations of how and why the pictures work
The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

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* Targets a unique audience of professionals and serious amateurs.
* 16-page color insert demonstrates techniques used to solve problems best understood by seeing the before and after versions of an image.
* CD-ROM contains hundreds of sample photographs, a trial version of Photoshop 7.0 and the 3-D editing program Conama.Amazon.com Review
Aimed primarily at the serious hobbyist or business professional, the Digital Photography Bible functions very well as an introduction to taking, retouching, storing, and publishing digital photographs, as well as choosing equipment and software. Instead of a step-by-step how-to on a particular application–like most of the books in the Bible series–this one is more of a discussion of the many different aspects of digital photography. Some topics–for example, emergent technologies–get only a cursory glance. However, for the most part, the book does a good job of covering everything you need to know to get started.

Launching into digital photography means making a succession of comparisons, and this book has done most of the legwork for you. It examines the different brands of cameras and accessories, as well as the hardware and software you’ll need to process the images, from printers to papers. Appendices chart out the comparisons and list 46 pages’ worth of digital resources–from Agfa to Zing Network, an online digital-image community offering unlimited free storage.

Author Ken Milburn shares his experience as a photographer, with tips and tricks on how to take a good image, whether it’s the basics of high-quality photography or technical insights into working a digital camera–such as compensating for shutter lag or the usually excessive depth of field. He touches on several image-editing applications, but devotes the most time to the basics of using Photoshop.

If you have extensive experience taking and processing conventional photos, but have yet to dive into digital, you’ll be able to appreciate how the book weighs all the variables involved. If you’ve committed yourself already to a particular camera and software, you still will benefit from the help on how to get the most from them. The author’s gallery of color photos shows examples of different problem-solving techniques covered in the text, and the companion CD-ROM contains demos of many of the applications discussed, including Photoshop 5.5. –Angelynn Grant
Digital Photography Bible, Second Edition

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Create amazing HDR photos with this full-color, plain-English guide

Your secret is safe with us. Even if you don’t have the latest high-end high dynamic range (HDR) camera equipment, you can still create striking images that appear as if you do with the tips, tricks, and techniques in this helpful guide. Discover how to use bracketing effectively, get the most out of a tripod, finesse your photos with Photoshop, and make it all go easier with this practical and inspiring book.

• Shines a light on HDR-what it is, how it’s done, and what tools you need
• Walks you through how to take good photographs, from using the right settings to choosing good HDR subjects
• Demonstrates how to put all your images together in a single photo, including selecting the software, establishing workflow, and creating files
• Covers how you can clean up digital residue, how to create HDR in black and white, and much more
• Packed with beautiful and inspiring full-color HDR images to fire your imagination

Get fresh ideas, avoid mistakes, and produce memorable images with this essential guide.
High Dynamic Range Digital Photography For Dummies

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People love taking pictures, and there are more photography options today than ever before! Including thirty black-and-white photos depicting proper shooting, development, and general photography techniques, this photography guide covers:

• Selecting the right camera, lens, and accessories
• The pros and cons of film vs. digital
• Controlling exposures with apertures and shutter speeds
• Black-and-white versus color photography
• Ways to modify light and use flash
• Printing and developing photos
• Turning a photography hobby into a career

Whether they’re shooting portraits and still life or travel and nature photos, this is the perfect resource for any photographer. From the beginner to the experienced shutter-clicker, enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels will find the information they need to take great pictures.
The Everything Photography Book: Foolproof techniques for taking sensational digital and 35mm pictures

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Would you like a quick, visual way to learn how to take better digital photos, edit and enhance them, make eye-popping prints, and create photo albums, slideshows, and online galleries? Then Visual Quick Tips are for you. Visual Quick Tips will increase your productivity by providing you with shortcuts, tricks, and tips to help you work smarter and faster.

* Straight-forward task descriptions
* Succinct explanations
* Full-color screen shots
* Numbered steps

Learn How To:
* Choose the best lighting conditions
* Control focus and depth of field
* Create photo greeting cards and calendars
Digital Photography Visual Quick Tips

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The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Photoshop Elements 4: Improve Your Photographs and Create Fantastic Special Effects

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Exploring Color Photography is a flexible, multiple duty text that clearly and concisely instructs students in the fundamental aesthetic and technical concepts needed to create thought provoking photographs in both the digital and the analogue processes. This conceptual approach will not be rapidly outdated, nor will it get students bogged down in complex technical matters. Coverage of Light, Design, Color, Movement, Time, and Space, and Presentation is pertinent to all levels of photographic education.

A comprehensive, diverse, high-quality art program stresses a multitude of approaches through its inspiring visual examples and well-structured illustrative informational charts and tables.

Exploring Color Photography’s thoughtful assignments encourage students to be adventurous and to take responsibility for learning and working independently. The emphasis on design and postmodern theoretical concepts stresses the thought process behind the creation of successful images. Image captions give insight into how imagemakers apply technology in the service of their ideas. A “Problem Solving and Writing” chapter offers methods and exercises that help students learn to be visual problem solvers and to talk and write succinctly about the ideas at the foundation of their work.

From the journal Afterimage, November/December 2004, page 15:

“A textbook for college-level students and serious amateurs with a historical and pragmatic approach. Theory is related to practice and it is abundantly illustrated by original works form various sources and many professional practitioners and artists. The digital section has been expanded. Hirsch accompanies his “lectures” with creative assignments for the reader to complete.”
Exploring Color Photography : From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio

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The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Photoshop Elements 4: Improve Your Photographs and Create Fantastic Special Effects

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Explore the possibilities of new photographic technology with this manual devoted to digital imaging. Whether you want to take advantage of the features of your camera phone or show off your shots through on-line galleries, this book contains all you need to know to create, share, and reproduce great digital pictures. Learn the basics of camera handling, scanning, storing, file compression, and adjusting colour and sharpness. Add a touch of photographic flair to business cards, birthday cards, presentations, and professional letterhead. And, should you encounter any glitches along the way, troubleshooting sections help you to determine the causes and cures of common technological problems.
Complete Digital Photography