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Author(s): Dickman, Jay Kinghorn, Jay Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill Format: Paperback Bargain Book Copy Overview:Written by photography experts - including a Pulitzer-Prize winning National Geographic photographer - this full-color book is a must-have for amateur photographers serious about improving both the quality of their photographs and their proficiency in the digital darkroom. The book is the perfect combination of a technical treatise on digital imaging and an artistic exploration of light, composition, and form, allowing you to glean the essential techniques needed for digital photography without losing sight of the artistic and aesthetic aspects of the craft. Using an easy-to-follow approach, the authors explain the image conceptualization process through shooting, editing, and image correction to finished print. In addition, top photographers from a variety of disciplines offer real-world advice on how they use digital photography to create compelling images for high-profile magazine articles, advertising campaigns, and fine art prints. Bonus tutorials at the end of the book offer step-by-step instruction in ten of the most important skills any digital photographer should know. Note: Bargain books are new, unread books that the publisher sells-off in volume to reduce excess inventory. Sometimes the publisher printed too many copies, in other cases bookstores purchased too many copies and have returned them to the publisher for credit. The books therefore have been handled a few times but are still in excellent condition. In either case, the publisher may place a mark on the edge of the book to identify it as a Bargain Book. This ensures the book will never get returned to the publisher for credit. In most cases the mark is a small line or dot, however sometimes it is large. Product with excessive marking is not sold through our web site.

Are you struggling to get good prints from your images? Are your digital photos hogging your hard drive instead of hanging out in snappy albums and archives? Looking for ways to improve your prints beyond simple snapshots? The popularity and convenience of digital photography has led to more pictures being taken, but fewer being turned into beautiful prints, framed, put in photo albums, and shared with others. The majority of users do nothing with their images for two reasons: the results are disappointing and the process of improving and preparing images for print is daunting. Written by popular photographer, columnist, and digital imaging expert Jon Canfield, this book shows you how to easily enhance and prepare your digital images for printing. Step-by-step instructions and tutorials coupled with full-color images and screenshots explain how to use Photoshop CS2 or Elements for color management and correction; editing images for printing, including properly sizing, sharpening, and converting to monochrome; to fix lighting; and more. You'll also learn how to take your printing to the next level by: using different print technologies, papers, and inks; selecting Raster Image Processors; framing and mounting their prints; self-publishing; and effectively working with print services for the best output possible.

Achieving accurate skin tones is one of the most challenging tasks in digital photography. Master this challenge with professional photographer Lee Varis as he covers a range of skin: women and men, young and old, various tones, in-studio and outdoors, tattoos, and more. His step-by-step tutorials and before-and-after illustrations demonstrate various techniques for topics such as digital-specific lighting challenges and what can and cannot be done in post-process. A free CD-ROM accompanies the book and contains sample image files to use while following the tutorials, plus equipment recommendations and technical reference materials that enhance and reinforce the instruction. Order your copy of this practical guide today and get a complete start-to-finish approach to integrating everything from posing models to shooting and retouching candid scenes.

Most people buy cameras to take pictures of family and friends. Today, thanks to the affordability of lightweight digital cameras and home computers, it' s easier than ever to upgrade from simple snapshot taking to professional-quality portraiture. This thorough guide to portraits is the first in the large-format A-to-Z series to focus on a specific genre. With easy-to-follow tutorials to test and improve any photographer' s technical and creative skills, it covers everything from photographing children and making holiday portraits to fashion shots, glamour, and nudes. The format also enables the reader to use the book as a handy reference on every technique, from lighting for atmosphere to enhancing images in Photoshop and sharing them on the Web.

An amazing value for digital photography beginners- Digital Cameras & Photography For Dummies, a full-color book, plus a 60-minute DVD! This value-priced bundle is the perfect how-to package for novice digital photographers who want to start taking great pictures right away. It features a 256-page, full-color guide that shows how to take great photos, edit them, and show them off-including special makeover chapters that explain how to turn bad photos into good ones. The 60-minute DVD demonstrates how to work with light, focus, and exposure to get great photos when shooting sports action, in low light, or a panorama. It also offers tutorials on editing with Photoshop Elements and sharing photos using online services.

A 90-minute DVD that demonstrates how to capture compelling images with this new Canon DSLR In this exciting new video product, popular photography teacher Rick Sammon shows photographers step-by-step how to get great images with an XS/1000D. Shot on location at scenic spots throughout New York, this illuminating tutorial covers everything from exposure, lenses, and other camera basics to photographing sports, people, portraits, animals, pets, close-ups, and more. Rick breaks down complex topics into fun and interesting lessons, inspiring viewers to become better photographers as he educates and entertains. Rick Sammon (Croton-on-Hudson, NY), a Canon Explorer of Light, has published more than 30 books. He writes for PCPhoto, Outdoor Photographer, Shutterbug, and Layers magazines. Each year, he gives more than a dozen photography workshops and presentations worldwide. He is a regular presenter at Photoshop World, he created the Canon Digital Rebel XT lessons on the Canon Digital Learning Center, and he produced a number of interactive DVDs. His digital photography work can be found at www.ricksammon.com and www.rickspixelmagic.com.

Exposure is the heartbeat of photography... If you try to overlook this key fundamental, your photography will never realize its full creative potential. That''s the compelling message of this extraordinary tutorial. It explains why automatic settings limit the digital camera''s artistic possibilities, and shows with a gallery of spectacular examples how technically incorrect exposures achieve dramatic effects--creating bold silhouettes or blazing highlights, manipulating depth of field, blurring to give the sense of motion, or freezing fast action. This exhaustive state-of-the-art manual covers all aspects of its subject, from the basics of metering and the use of flash and filters, to the four-thirds system and exposure in the digital darkroom.