Good for the beginner or intermediate digital photographer | Complete Digital Photography, Fourth Edition...

Very comprehensive manual | Complete Digital Photography, Fourth Edition (Graphics Series) | Ben Long

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	• Complete Digital Photography, Fourth Edition (Graphics Series) Ben Long Charles River Media, 2007 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 67 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great advice.

If your a newbie to photo, as I am, you will find this a very informative book for your new walk in picture taking and it also covers some useful basics with photoshop. It's worth your time to check it out.

Good for the beginner or intermediate digital photographer

Complete Digital Photography offers a lot for it's intended audience, entry through intermediate level digital photography experience.

If you have not owned a digital camera, or your experience is limited to the more simple point and shoot cameras, and would like to understand enough to make an informed decision on a new digital camera you will find the information here to make a decision on the type of digital camera that will meet your needs and budget.

Once you own your digital camera Complete Digital Photography can serve as a thorough guide in how to shoot and edit your photos. This is not a camera specific manual. Combined with the manual that comes with your camera Complete Digital Photography will guide you through the issues and opportunities you will face when capturing images allowing you to get more out of what ever camera you have.

Complete Digital Photography also provides a guide to the selection and use of editing software, or the "digital darkroom". One of the most intriguing aspects of digital photography is the opportunity to get creative after you take the picture in a way that was just not possible for most shooters with film. there are many inexpensive, and expensive, digital editing programs available that anyone with a basic PC can take advantage of, Complete Digital Photography takes you through the options and provides a good overview of how to make your shots yours.

The included cd includes trial versions of many of the applications referenced in the book as well as sample files for the examples used in the book.

Someone with experience with digital SLRs and Photoshop will likely find this book a waste of time and will be looking for more specialised books that dig deeper into specific areas. For the vast majority of readers Complete Digital Photography will provide an interesting and thorough overview of digital photography.

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Very comprehensive manual

I found this to provide a wealth of information on the digital photo revolution as well as providing an exhaustive treatment of processing after the photograph.I learned a lot and am still learning a lot. I downgraded the manual 1 star because of the reliance on the use of Photoshop which I don't have even though sample software is included with the book.

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Great book with useful camera setting and Photoshop tips.

I have been messing with photography for many years. I wanted some pointers and a little refresher, so I ordered this book. The book had a lot of detail about how digital cameras work etc., but also a descent amount of exposure, focus etc. My finished prints are 300% better now than they were before reading this book. I picked up several very useful tips on camera settings, camera limitations (both digital and film) and Photoshop touchup techniques (very good) in one quick read through the book. I look forward to studying some of the more advanced Photoshop tutorials soon. I could barely put the book down until it was finished. No real content on how to compose an interesting picture though, but author never claims to touch on this subject. A good all around book that any fairly serious amateur photographer should read.

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Good book for beginning & intermediate digital photographers

This is a very complete book that takes you from soup to nuts, with some very tasty and filling side dishes along the way. He explains the differences between film and digital photography and gives a lot of good advice about choosing cameras, etc. I have quite a bit of digital experience, and 18 years desktop publishing experience and I still learned valuable info in each chapter.

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