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Teach yourself visually digital photography

4th ed.
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From the Publisher: All-new update to this complete photography guide-over 125 photography tasks explained! Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography, Fourth Edition is a brand new take by a brand new author and professional photographer, who packs this book with heaps of essential tasks and new photos. Step-by-step screen shots show you best practices for completing more than 125 digital photography activities, including composing and lighting pictures; mixing and matching focus and lens settings; cropping, resizing, and sharpening photos; and enhancing photos with software. You'll find great tips and tricks for capturing your best photos and turning them into impressive prints and photo-based projects. As digital photography technology and photo-editing software evolve, so do the latest digital photography techniques -- Explores essential digital photography concepts, including composition, lighting, focus, sharpening, and enhancing photos with photo-editing software -- Demonstrates through step-by-step instructions and numerous, full-color screen shots and photos, so you can see exactly how to perform tasks -- Offers tips and tricks to help you make the best captures and turn them into impressive prints and photo-based projects -- See how to produce your best digital photographs ever with this easy-to-follow visual guide!.

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Cover of: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography
2010, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: Teach yourself visually digital photography
Teach yourself visually digital photography
2010, Wiley
in English - 4th ed.
Cover of: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography
2010, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Digital Photography
2010, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: Teach Yourself Visually Digital Photography
Teach Yourself Visually Digital Photography
2010, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Understanding Digital Photography
Why go digital?
Discover digital cameras
From start to finish: the digital workflow
Chapter 2: What You Need To Get Started
Choose a digital camera
Consider digital camera accessories
Build a digital darkroom
Choose a photo printer
Chapter 3: Controlling Exposure And Focal Length
Learn about ISO
Learn about aperture
Control depth of field
Understanding shutter speed
Discover exposure modes
Learn about focal length
Use a wide-angle lens
Use a telephoto lens
Use a zoom lens
Learn about digital camera lenses
Chapter 4: Understanding Light
Learn about the color of light
Measure and correct light for color
Learn about light quality
Use a flash
Chapter 5: Learning About Focus
Understanding focus systems
Focus on an off-center subject
Use focus modes
Discover focus techniques
Chapter 6: Composing Pictures Like A Pro
Visualize composition
Consider design principles
Discover rules of composition
Learn to control composition
Chapter 7: Putting It All Together
Experiment with depth of field
Mix and match settings
Change shutter speed for effect
Focus selectively
Compose creatively
Explore different lighting options
Try creative techniques
Chapter 8: Taking Your First Digital Photos
Set up a digital camera
Take test pictures
Troubleshoot problems
Transfer pictures to your computer
Evaluate your photos
Fine-tune camera settings
Chapter 9: Taking Advantage Of Your Camera's Settings
Match the scene to the setting
Be aware of in-camera settings
How do the scene settings change the images?
Use the settings creatively
Evaluate your photos
Better to change things later?
Chapter 10: Avoiding Digital Photography Pitfalls
Avoid taking unfixable pictures
What is a histogram?
Use a histogram as you take pictures
Compensate for shutter lag
Avoid blowouts
Keep your camera steady
Avoid undesirable colorcasts
Never use digital zoom
Reduce digital noise
Chapter 11: Capturing Unique Photo Opportunities
Photograph products to sell on ebay
Take great close-up photos
Take photos at night without a flash
Capture firework displays
Chapter 12: Organizing Your Photos
Why use image editing programs?
What is a digital editing workflow?
Photo editing options
Understanding metadata in your photos
What are RAW digital photos?
Import photos to your browser
Review, sort, and tag your photos
Tag photos
Find images using tags
Use tags to sort
Chapter 13: Enhance Your Photos With Basic Photo Editing
Learn about global and local changes
Zoom in with the zoom tool
Rotate an image
Straighten an image
Crop an image
Adjust the exposure
Adjust the color temperature
Adjust the tint
Adjust the saturation
Adjust noise and sharpness
Remove red eye
Retouch spots on your photos
Retouch spots on your subjects
Apply photo effects
Use the auto enhance button
Chapter 14: Advanced Photo Editing With Photoshop Elements
Why calibrate and profile your monitor?
Open the Photoshop elements quick fix workspace
Get familiar with the quick fix workspace
Open a photo to fix in the quick fix workspace
Open a RAW photo file
Zoom in and out
Move around the image
Rotate an image
Select a comparative view
Improve composition by cropping
Use the quick fix auto buttons
Try an auto fix for a quick improvement
Remove red eye with one click
Undo changes
Convert a color photo to black and white
Add a colored filter effect to any photo
Chapter 15: Printing Photos And Other Projects
Archive your photos to CD or DVD media
Create a contact sheet
Understanding resolution
Digital photo printing options
Get the best prints
Choose a photo printer
Match prints to monitor display
Optimize printer settings and print a photo
Print one photo as a traditional picture package
Use the create tab for fun photo options
Create a greeting card
Print to an online photo service
Chapter 16: Sharing Photos Electronically
Add a personal copyright to protect a photo
Save a JPEG for the web
Preview an image in a web browser
Create a web photo gallery
Send an image with e-mail
Chapter 17: Special Projects For Photoshop Elements
Customize the panel view
What are layers and why use them?
Find your way around the layers panel
Straighten a crooked photo
Make a creative crop
Select an area of a photo
Whiten teeth digitally
Duplicate the background layer
What are Photoshop elements filters?
What is the filter gallery?
Understanding styles and effects
Colorize a black-and-white photo
Create a sepia-toned photo
Remove blemishes with one click
Fix skin tone
Adjust a photo before applying filters
Convert a photo into a sketch
Convert a photo into a painting
Create a digital photo collage
Create a digital panorama
Understanding type layers
Add and edit text
Move and resize type to fit a photo
Add text and match the color to the photo
Rotate text
Warp text
Stylize text.

Edition Notes

Published in
Indianapolis, IN
Series
Read less, learn more, Teach yourself visually, Visual read less, learn more, Teach yourself visually
Other Titles
Digital photography

Classifications

Library of Congress
TR267 .B825 2010, TR267

The Physical Object

Pagination
332 p. :
Number of pages
332

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25313860M
ISBN 10
0470589469
ISBN 13
9780470589465
LCCN
2010932455
OCLC/WorldCat
664392970, 704401641

Work Identifiers

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OL16634403W

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