Digital Photography for Dummies® (King/Digital) || First Steps, First Shots

✍ Scribed by King, Julie Adair; Timacheff, Serge

• Book ID: 121710062
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 628 KB
• Edition: 6
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0470250747
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118257548.ch3

✦ Synopsis

Make the most of your digital camera! Learn to get better shots and share them

So you got a digital camera, and now you're hip-deep in images and not quite sure what to do with them. Or how to make them better. Relax — Dummies to the rescue! Here's the jargon-free guide to upgrading your equipment, working with focus and exposure, shooting like a pro, organizing and enhancing your images, and sharing them as prints or online.

• Choose well — decide if your camera needs updating and what equipment and software you need for the way you take pictures

  • Get set — set up your camera for basic shooting and learn to use automatic mode and common scene modes

    • Know the lingo — find easy-to-understand explanations of all the digital photography terms and acronyms that baffle you

      • Gain confidence to take control — learn to manage depth of field, exposure, focus, and color with advanced camera controls

        • Manage your images — easily transfer your pictures to a computer and safeguard your digital memories from harm

Open the book and find:

• How to select the right picture resolution

  • Pro techniques for capturing great portraits and action shots

    • Help with using flash and dealing with tricky lighting

      • Simple photo-editing tricks to solve common picture problems

        • The lowdown on the Camera Raw and JPEG file formats

          • Tips for better photo composition