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Digital Photography Outdoors: A Field Guide for Travel and Adventure Photographers

James Martin

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·Instruction on composing the shot and editing it digitally, keyed to outdoor subjects and outdoor conditions
·Selecting equipment for use in the field
·Illustrated in full color

A professional writer and photographer who has long chronicled his adventures as a mountaineer and wilderness traveler, James Martin is uniquely positioned to help others "gain the most from swapping chemicals for silicon." In Digital Photography Outdoors, he begins with the basics: how a digital camera works, special considerations for use in the field, and selecting the best equipment and most useful accessories for capturing outdoor action.

Martin presents the new rules of digital photography (why overexpose?) and reminds us of old rules that still apply (light and good composition remain key). He covers the fundamentals of digital editing, including selecting software tools, applying filters, creating the illusion of movement, and stitching photos together to create panoramas. It's about exploiting the advantages of digital, as well as meeting its challenges ("storing images safely becomes an obsession.") Martin also offers tips on care and maintenance of digital equipment in field conditions.

Real World Digital Photography (2nd Edition) (Real World)

Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, Tim Grey

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Whether you're just making the transition from a lifetime of traditional photography or are looking to bring your digital photography skills in line with today's market, if you're serious about digital photography, you need this book. In the four years since the first edition was published, just about every aspect of digital photography has changed (often radically--and it's all covered in these pages. Organized in four major sections--Digital Processing Essentials, Digital Processing Techniques, The Digital Darkroom, and Output and Presentation--the focus here is on getting great pictures and spectacular printed output through a combination of smart techniques and the right equipment. As with all of the titles in the Real World series, the authors here realize that this entails learning not just techniques but the concepts behind them. For a professional-level understanding of the digital photography process--from how a digital camera works to advice on buying cameras and accessories, choosing hardware and software, downloading and outputting images, and more--this is the place to turn.

The Photograph: Composition & Color Design

Harald Mante

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Harald Mante, one of the most distinguished teachers of the photographic arts in Germany and an internationally recognized master of photography, brings his teaching to us in the English language for the first time in more than 30 years. In The Photograph Mante explains the elements that are essential to achieving the highest level of visual design in photographs. This book is geared toward the serious intermediate and advanced photographer who strives to create outstanding images.

While a deep understanding of photographic techniques is required in order to master photography, technical knowledge alone is not sufficient to create outstanding images. Beyond the technical aspects, the crucial elements that determine the quality and strength of a photograph are the content of the image and its organization within the image frame. This is where the "art" of photography comes into play. Truly creative photography is based upon knowledge and mastery of design and of how the viewer perceives images. The creative photographer can exploit this knowledge and push image-making in new directions.

Mante explores the principles of line, shape, point, color, contrast, composition, and design in significantly greater depth and at a higher level than most any book available to date. He also covers a number of techniques to enhance expressiveness in a photograph to support the photographer's intentions.

These in-depth lessons are beautifully illustrated with more than 600 images from Mante's own portfolio, plus over 160 diagrams.

The Photograph is a unique book that is sure to become an invaluable reference for anyone involved in photography-from the hobbyist to the professional; for both the digital and analog photographer; and for those practicing, studying, criticizing, or administering in the visual arts.

The Digital SLR Expert Landscapes: Landscapes

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This comprehensive guide to taking fantastic landscape photographs shows readers how to get a professional looking finish to their own digital SLR photography with advice from five expert photographers. All the essential techniques and equipment for landscape photography are covered in depth in an easy-to-follow format. Experienced and aspiring photographers alike will love the expert tips and hints as well as breathtaking inspirational photography from top photographers including Tom Mackie, Darwin Wiggett and William Neill.

Microstock Photography: How to Make Money from Your Digital Images

Douglas Freer

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Be a part of one of the world's fastest growing imaging phenomenons: microstock photography. Microstock photography provides both professional and amateur photographers an opportunity to diversify their income and expand their artistic visibility by turning day trip photos or photography portfolios into viable business investments.

Douglas Freer has written a comprehensive book that details the technical and commercial processes of the microstock industry. A must read for entrants into the microstock photography field, Microstock Photography shows you how to:

.Choose the right microstock agency
.Shoot work that will sell
.Navigate the strict technical requirements
.Understand the likely financial returns
.Review licensing models
.Understand copyright issues

Over 60 illustrations and photographs help you improve your skills, learn new techniques specific to shooting stock photography and better understand what the microstock market demands. Anyone can shoot digital stock photography, but in order to make money and be successful, you need the practical advice that can only be found in this book.

*Learn how to start earning money fast from your personal photos or professional portfolio
*Contains invaluable information on the crucial technical and commercial requirements you'll need to meet to be successful in the microstock industry
*Over 60 full color images show you what sells and what doesn't

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))

Julie Adair King

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Worth the Investment! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am not overly big on the "for Dummies" concept, but despite that, this book is well-written and provides an excellent tutorial for those who have just purchased their new Canon EOS XTi or 400D camera. As great as the Canon camera is, the documentation provided by the manufacturer leaves more than a little to desire. Even if you are familiar with SLR cameras, you will find this book very helpful in tieing all the various considerations of SLR photography together with the features and functions of the camera. This book is well worth the investment!

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The Canon Digital Rebel XTi/400D is an ideal camera for first-time digital SLR users. Unfortunately if you don't know photography lingo you might find yourself never veering from your camera's default settings and into all the cool features that help you take outstanding photos. This book takes care of that problem. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D For Dummies comes to the aid of new and inexperienced XTi/400D users by walking them through all the features of their camera. The book not only explains that camera's controls, but also demonstrates how each feature contributes to creating great photos. Illustrated with hundreds of full-color photos, this guide helps you get up-to-speed on the XTi/400D and in control of this popular camera.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital Field Guide

David D. Busch

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Start taking the best photos of your life--today

Your Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 has dozens of amazing features. Would you rather spend hours studying the manual or snapping pictures? This guide gets you on the fast track, with full-color illustrations that help you identify and understand every button and dial and the effects you can shoot for. Learn to use every control, what pitfalls to dodge, and the secrets of capturing spectacular images in more than 20 shooting situations. Wherever your A100 goes, this book should go too.

* Follow an illustrated road map that makes it easy to locate the controls on your camera and learn what each does
* Review photographic essentials including exposure, lighting, and lens choices
* Learn to capture great images of tricky subjects like flowers, pets, sporting events, sunsets, and fireworks
* Explore such techniques as fill flash, infrared, panoramic, macro, and filter effect photography
* Troubleshoot potential problems with your A100

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The Complete Guide to Digital Photography 4th ed. (A Lark Photography Book)

Michael Freeman

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Excellent primer covering all digital photography topics 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have quite a few photography books - virtually all film and film processing related. All of those are looking pretty horribly dated. Even the most basic topics, like exposure and composition take on different implications in the digital world. As just one example, while relationships between aperture and shutter speed haven't changed, the finality of the exposure isn't as critical in digital, you have very different kinds of under and over-exposure considerations for post-processing, you have in-camera options (depending on the sophistication of the camera, of course) for adjustments, color curves, white balance, etc., and the results in terms of exposure artifacts and how you deal with them are just different.

What this means is that a book written for the digital photographer really should not be a re-work of an older film-based work. Freeman's Complete Guide to Digital Photography is written 100% from the digital point of view. It's brief bits of content regarding film cameras, formats, processing, lenses, etc. are only by way of explanation - and often the starting point for explaining why and how they are changing because of digital.

My purchase of this book is the result of a search in order to go back to square one. Like many, I'm late to digital, apart from owning a digital point and shoot camera or two. I wanted a book that didn't rehash what I already know about photography and wanted one that had the right balance of content range and emphasis to get me off on the right footing. Unfortunately, almost every beginner's digital photography book I found suffered from one or more of the following deficiencies: throwaway content (e.g., the history of photography, evolution of digital cameras, too much computer hardware content); film content; superficial coverage; deep coverage on only one or two topics (typically section after section on specific types of subjects such as portraits, landscapes, etc.); dated content (e.g., dead websites, old cameras, PCs, and software); and condescending content that talks down to the reader.

I wanted something that focused on the essence of digital photography. While you can't avoid some of the above, I didn't want it to dominate either. I found the type of coverage I was looking for in this book.

The format initially led me to think it was too superficial. A huge range of topics are presented, typically taking only 2-4 pages each. I picked it up and put it aside several times while comparing other books, finally noticing that content in each section sets you up for content in later sections in a rather subtle way. Some early chapter content on 35mm format and sensors, for example, leads directly to comments on viewfinder and LCD screen changes in a later chapter.

This book covers a lot of ground - cameras & sensors, in-camera processing, exposure, workflow, post processing and software, printing, PC and monitor considerations, file formats, cards (CF, XD, etc.), lenses, stabilization, and a lot more. The format - very brief topical chapters - is easy to read and, again, deceptively simple. The result is a beginner's guide that adds up to more than the sum of its parts.

This book will be first on my recommended list for anyone starting out in digital photography.

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The Complete Guide to Digital Photography has always been one of Sterling’s best-selling books on going digital—and, with over 600 illustrations, this completely updated edition contains all the information photographers need to create crisp images every time. Here are all the most exciting and up-to-date digital technologies, uncovered: larger-resolution sensors, built-in image stabilization, the latest improvements in cameras and lenses, printers and inks, and the newest versions of image-processing software such as Photoshop CS3. Other sections present the current developments in workflow managers like Lightroom, as well as analyses of raw-file development. A discussion of shooting and processing techniques offers advice on everything from portraits to still lifes. Written by one of the most bestselling and knowledgeable authors in the field, it’s an indispensable reference!

 

Nikon D700 Digital Field Guide

J. Dennis Thomas

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• Offering the same sensor as Nikon's professional level D3 and a similar body-style as the mid-range D300, the D700 is expected to be a popular model with prosumer and professional photographers and will be priced at just under $3,000
• Presents Nikon D700 owners with a complete guide to using the D700-- from shooting in the simplest auto-feature modes to adjusting even the most complex settings with confidence
• Includes full-color images taken with the Nikon D700 along with detailed instructions that walk readers through the camera's controls, features, and functions

Rick Sammon's Digital Photography Secrets

Rick Sammon

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In Rick Sammon's Top Digital Photography Secrets, readers will learn the tips and tricks used by a top photographer in the digital photography industry, Rick Sammon. Filled with beautiful photographs and the techniques Rick Sammon used to capture them, this book will offer readers motivation to capture stunning photographs and the tools and tricks they need to capture them. With more than 100 techniques for use behind the camera, this book will improve the camera skills of both amateur and experienced photographers. Additionally, this book will include a chapter on post-production secrets, and a Rick Sammon DVD Guide lighting, camera, and digital photography basics. In this 1 ? hour DVD, Rick shows amateur photographers how to get great photos using a variety of lighting sources, camera-specific techniques, and basic rules of photography.