The Fundamentals of Digital Photography


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Provides a carefully devised guide to the practice of photography within a digital workflow to improve any photographer's digital images.




Dictionary of Photography and Digital Imaging


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This dictionary is for everyone who enjoys modern photography, image manipulation, and digital imaging. It is the most comprehensive, up to date and authoritative dictionary of this subject, containing over 2100 entries.




4-H Guide to Digital Photography


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Suddenly, anyone with a cell phone is a photographer. This book takes the basics of digital photography and makes them the tools for creative, interesting, and artistic picture-taking. Illuminating the most popular of 4-H projects, Daniel Johnson instructs beginners in the basics of composition, lighting, and the use of flashes--among other fundamentals of capturing a picture that’s more than just “flash.” With step-by-step, illustrated directions, along with spectacular examples, this book is the perfect starting point for 4-H’rs taking up digital photography--and for anyone who wants to learn how to take superior digital pictures.




Digital Photography Through the Year


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Digital Photography Through the Year is an inspiring guide to capturing the moments and moods of every season from digital photography expert Tom Ang, now updated and in a newly repackaged edition. DK's Digital Photography Through the Year is your essential companion to capturing the most beautiful moments of every season. Updated to include all the latest technological developments and creative trends, this guide is packed with practical explanations of key techniques and tips and tricks for taking photographs that convey a sense of time, place, and atmosphere unique to each season. Capture the nuances of a snowy landscape. Do justice to the fall leaves. Catch reflections in a dewdrop. Convey the exuberant joy of a summer picnic. With the unique season-based approach of Digital Photography Through the Year, you can do it all. Digital photography expert and best-selling author Tom Ang's clear writing and direction makes stunning photographic results achievable, whether you are a casual smartphone user or an SLR expert.




National Geographic Photo Basics


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Boredom Busters: For digital camera and smartphone users, this fun, easy how-to guide teaches the essentials of taking great pictures from an experienced National Geographic photographer.




Creative Portraits


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Go beyond the basic rules of photography to capture stunning portraits Portrait photography is a vital topic for photographers of every level of experience, from amateur to professional. Written by renowned photographer Harold Davis, this inspirational book encourages you to define our own photographic style and capture stunning, creative, and unique portraits. You'll discover tips and techniques for "breaking the rules" of basic digital photography so that you can go beyond the fundamentals such as composition, lighting, and exposure in order to create memorable and incomparable portraits. Explores the most common subject of most photographers-people-and explains when, why, and how to forgo the fundamentals to capture memorable portraits Encourages you to define your own unique photographic style and offers information and inspiration to help you do so Delves into a variety of creative techniques that you can use when exploring ways to take lively and stunning portraits Illustrated with Harold Davis's striking portrait photography, Creative Portraits will both inform and inspire you.




The Fundamentals of Digital Photography


Book Description

The Fundamentals of Digital Photography explores the guiding principles of great photography through efficient and effective technique. Easy-to-follow instructions teach you how to work with a digital workflow and develop a solid understanding of materials and processes. You will also find creative inspiration through the work of some of the world’s great historical photographers, and discover how the history of photography can feed into your own work. Themed projects, featuring stunning images from contemporary international practitioners, will help you focus your ideas to produce truly original photographs.The assignments at the end of each chapter help you to create a body of work that will expand your photographic portfolio. By shooting these carefully devised assignments, you will become a confident software user, and develop the all-important visual and conceptual skills essential to successful photography.




How to Do Everything with Digital Photography


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Avoid the time-consuming task of image editing by taking great pictures from the get-go. Dave Huss walks you through the fundamentals of taking great digital photographs by dispelling digital photography myths and teaching you how to maximize all camera features available to you. Discover how to take clear, sharp, professional-level photographs every time; use light wisely; use flash photography to your advantage; match your camera to your computer; share your photos, and much more.




The A-Z of Creative Photography


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A guide to over fifty photography techniques, including cross-processing, panning, backlighting, close-ups, and framing a scene




Fundamentals of Photography


Book Description

Learn the basics of operating a camera and get practical tips for taking your photography to the next level. Suggested homework assignments can be completed after each lecture to help you put the principles of this course into practice.