Digital Photography Workbook For Dummies

Description

With more than 100 step-by-step tasks, this full-color reference introduces readers to various digital photo tools and reveals helpful techniques that will help beginners gain the experience they need to shoot like a pro. It focuses on day-to-day situations that a typical beginning photographer encounters while learning. More than 300 full-color images illustrate how to manage outdoor lighting scenarios, capture movement, cope with unfavorable weather conditions, add special effects, modify an image, and much more.

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"A very practical looking title from an imprint that still produces the goods time and time again." (The Bookseller, Friday 14th March 2008)

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Table of contents

Introduction. Part I: Essentials for (Almost) Every Photo. Chapter 1: Getting Chummy with Your Camera. Chapter 2: Lights! Camera! Exposure! Chapter 3: Creative Composition. Part II: Taking Compelling Shots of Common Subjects. Chapter 4: One Sun, Many Settings. Chapter 5: Creating Photos of People and Pets. Chapter 6: Nature and Cityscapes. Chapter 7: Capturing Movement. Chapter 8: Exploring Creative Effects. Part III: Working with Photos in Photoshop Elements. Chapter 9: Organizing Images. Chapter 10: Processing Images. Chapter 11: Sprucing Up Specific Spots. Chapter 12: Adding Pizzazz with Special Effects. Part IV: The Part of Tens. Chapter 13: Ten Ways to Share Your Photos. Chapter 14: Top Ten Sites for Photographers. Index.