The Digital Photography Handbook

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Editorial reviews

Book Description
New updated edition of the UK's bestselling guide to digital photography.
Concise, practical, up-to-date and easy to follow, The Digital Photography Handbook is the complete companion for any digital photographer.
Going Digital - the basics, including choosing a camera and equipment, setting up, taking shots and camera care
Using your Digital Camera - tips for taking great photographs, with inspirational ideas for every genre: portraits, holidays, weddings, children, flora & fauna, abstracts...
The Digital Darkroom - improving, adapting and rescuing images on a computer: basic, advanced and professional techniques
Output - getting the best end result, on-line or in print, and creating a portfolio

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From the Inside Flap
Need to know which digital camera and accessories to buy?

Want to know how to take better photographs and retouch images?

Ready to achieve professional results?

The Digital Photography Handbook – the comprehensive guide to digital photography

Includes expert advice on: Types of camera; computers, software and other accessories; pixels and magnification; memory; saving images; composing pictures; exposure; light; camera modes; manipulating images; special effects; scanning; retouching old photos; printing digital images; selecting printers and paper; archiving; e-mailing images; getting your pictures on the web

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About the Author
Doug Harman has over 15 year's experience as a journalist, writer, photographer, and digital camera and technology tester. He has written extensively for a multitude of digital photography magazines and websites, including Amateur Photographer, What Digital Camera, Total Digital Photography, Professional Photographer and Photography Monthly.
David Jones is a professional photographer with an extensive commercial portfolio, particularly in the fashion and advertising industries. He has also been widely exhibited and contributed photographs to many magazines and books, including Brunel, How to Keep Dinosaurs and Master Chef.

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Customer reviews

review by: Danny Cain date: 2008-07-18 rating:
An Absolute Must for the digital photographer. Updated 2008 edition.
I took up digital photography recently and bought this book, after been diappointed with another photo book.
This book is a must for the person new at digital photography. It goes hand in hand with my Canon 400D.
The book is very up to date,last published in 2008. I wanted how to learn how to take good photos and not just how to work in the dark room or editing pics etc;
I wasn't diappointed. This covers the purchase of a camera, the lens you need, other accessories, photo techniques etc; There are even tips on most of the pages, things to do and not do!
This book is a great reference and a valuable read for the photographer.

I highly recommend this book, especially for the beginner to digital photography.

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review by: Luke Goymer date: 2008-02-11 rating:
What a great Book...
I have brough this book , and the resaion is that its great. It covered everything I needed to get to the level I am now, I have had many a great experiance. Great Book!

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review by: date: 2007-10-25 rating:
im disappointed
i did not like this book at all. while reading it, i never had those "aahh, so thats how you do it" moment. this is suitable for total noobs who has not even held a digital camera. it taught me nothing that i dont know yet, and im not even a pro.

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review by: Smachel date: 2007-09-16 rating:
Jack of all Trades
Perhaps this book is aimed at compact camera users, or should be as it is very much a beginners book. But as a DSLR newbie I found it too time consuming to read as it's rather basic and repetitive, talks about presets which I've no interest in and is rather dull reading for someone with prior knowledge. Could be good for someone who is completely new to photography.

I bought it as it was suggested as a good accompaniment to the Scott Kelby book. The Kelby book is incredibly useful, fun to read and succinct, exactly what I wanted. I don't think this book was a good suggestion for pairing together.


review by: date: 2007-09-06 rating:
Needs updating
This is definitely good value for money :- clear layout, attractively designed, good handy size to pop into a camera bag, easy to read and digest. However, I'm a bit confused that Amazon states it was printed in 2006 because my copy says 2005, please correct me if I'm wrong. I feel that it needs updating regarding megapixels, memory cards etc. and if it were, then it would certainly deserve 5 stars.

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