Product Description

This thorough yet readable introduction to the technology of digital technology will prepare any beginner how to choose their first digital camera, shoot great digital images and enhance them to look like the work of a professional.
With a range of nearly 20 different digital camera brands to choose from, this guide can offer the consumer useful knowledge of how to differentiate the competition.
A plain-English guide to digital photography will help a reader avoid technical hang-ups and really take advantage of the flexibility and convenience a digital camera can provide.
The Complete Idiots Guide® to Digital Photography is written with both PC and Mac users in mind. This second edition of The Complete Idiots Guide® to Digital Photography is an updated reference for budding amateurs and digital-bound professionals alike. As such, it takes the reader through the ins and outs of buying a suitable digital camera; understanding the correct techniques in taking their first shot; plus explaining how their digital camera—coupled with a PC—can load, manipulate and print images. Expect to find expanded coverage on the latest product models and better ways to scan, print and manage image files. Plenty of demonstrations and examples-complemented with CD-ROM software—will be added throughout the book.
Steven Greenburg has been a professional photographer for over 17 years. In 1991, Steve started using electronic imaging to enhance his design capabilities. Since then, he has received additional training at the Kodak Center for Creative Imaging and the New York School of Visual Arts. The author has lectured at ad agencies and spoken at the AIGA Symposium on electronic imaging, the Apple Computer Conference on New Media and Technology, and has guest lectured at the New England School of Photography. Steve also wrote The Complete Idiots Guide® to Digital Photography, First Edition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2074138 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-11
• Released on: 2003-02-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

From Amazon.com
The subjects of photography and computers have tremendous breadth and depth. Understanding either one can be a challenge, especially if you're a beginner. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Digital Photography does an excellent job of breaking the ice as it introduces readers to photography, computers, and digital cameras.

The book really does start at the beginning, with a short history of the camera and photography, plus the basics of composition. But it progresses quickly into an overview of today's digital tools. Instead of bogging down the reader in myriad details about camera models, computer software and hardware, and other minutiae, the book gives an overview of the available technologies, describing which system or format is best for different kinds of tasks. This is a good thing--hardware and software evolve rapidly, and some of the details mentioned in the book as "up and coming" are now standard. (See the sections on camera resolution for examples.)

After a look at how the gear works, the text dives into a lesson on photography basics (composition, lighting, shutter speeds, and lens focal lengths) and the details specific to digital photography (image resolution, monitor and printer calibration, and compression). The companion CD-ROM includes a demo version of Adobe PhotoDeluxe, and chapter 13, "Improving Your Images," goes into detail on using this image-editing application to improve the pictures you've already shot.

What good is instant digital photography if you can't instantly share your work on the Web? Chapter 22 addresses this specific issue, covering the basics of building a Web site (nothing fancy) and how to compress and upload your favorite pictures for everyone to see.

No particular platform is favored in this book--the contents of the CD-ROM are compatible with both Macs and PCs. Overall, this book succeeds at teaching the principles and basics of how digital photography works, and how to set up for it. Practical, useful, and enlightening, this is a good first step on a complex road. --Mike Caputo

Synopsis
A beginner's guide to digital photography for the home computer discusses the art of photo manipulation, developing and printing digital images, digital photographic techniques and equipment, and more. Original. (Beginner).

Book Info
Discusses Digital Photography and how to use quick and easy ways to compose pictures, download your image from your camera, and add text and special effects to images. Softcover. CD-ROM included.