Digital Photography Bible Desktop Edition

Description

* Featuring thirty-two pages of full-color examples, this under-$25 guide is the perfect digital photography reference for serious amateurs as well as nonprofessional photographers who use a digital camera on the job
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Walks readers through the entire digital photography workflow, from shooting photos and editing them in the digital darkroom to cataloging, printing, and publishing images online
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Topics covered include selecting cameras, printers, and accessories; mastering basic digital camera techniques; getting great results when shooting sports, nature, landscapes, and people; and working with Photoshop and other image-editing and image-management software
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Features step-by-step tutorials, full-color before-and-after images, and a companion Web site with bonus sample images plus a mini take-along field guide that readers can print out

CONTENTS:

Preface.

  
Acknowledgments.

  Part I: Laying the Foundation—Basic Digital Photography.

  
Chapter 1: What You Need to Know to Get Started.

  
Chapter 2: Basic Camera Operation.

  
Chapter 3: Taking Interesting Photographs.

  Part II: Taking the Next Step—Photographs That Wow!

  
Chapter 4: Creating Magic with the Right Lens.

  
Chapter 5: Going to Extremes: Aperture and Shutter Speed Magic.

  
Chapter 6: Expanding Your Horizons: Panoramic and Bad Weather Photography.

  
Chapter 7: Let There Be Light.

  Part III: Tackling Different Photographic Subjects.

  
Chapter 8: Photographing People.

  
Chapter 9: Photographing Sports.

  
Chapter 10: Photographing Nature.

  
Chapter 11: Photographing Landscapes.

  
Chapter 12: Photographing Travel Destinations.

  
Chapter 13: Telling a Story with Pictures.

  Part IV: Doing Your Own Image Processing.

  
Chapter 14: Introduction to the Digital Darkroom.

  
Chapter 15: Image Processing.

  
Chapter 16: Setting Up a Workflow.

  
Chapter 17: Image Management and Archiving.

  Part V: Photography for Professionals in Other Fields.

  
Chapter 18: Getting It Together: Help for the Occasional Photographer.

  
Chapter 19: Digital Photography for Realtors.

  
Chapter 20: Digital Photography for Automobile Sales.

  
Chapter 21: Digital Photography for Company Newsletters.

  
Chapter 22: Digital Photography for Insurance Adjusters.

  
Chapter 23: Digital Photography for Research and Documentation.

  
Chapter 24: Digital Photography for Artists and Graphic Artists.

  
Chapter 25: Digital Photography for Public Relations Specialists.

  Part VI: Putting Digital Photography to Work.

  
Chapter 26: Creating a Digital Presentation.

  
Chapter 27: Photographing Business Subjects.

  
Chapter 28: Techniques for Unusual Images.

  
Appendix A: Digital Photography Definitions.

  
Appendix B: Digital Photography Techniques.

  
Appendix C: Tools, Solutions, and Emergencies.

  
Appendix D: What’s New in Photoshop.

  
Index.