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

James Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 9, 2004

James Martin is uniquely positioned to help others gain the most from swapping chemicals for silicon. He begins with the basics, then presents the new rules of digital photography and reminds us of old rules that still apply. He covers the fundamentals of editing, selecting software, applying filters, and creating panoramas.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A great all-in-one reference (and an interesting read with some great photographs). -- Digital Photographer

A must-have reference in this age of digital [photography] if you're shooting any outdoors subjects from sailfish to sunsets. -- Florida Today

If a person takes [these] lessons...into the field, odds are good [they] will come home with better shots. -- Idaho Statesman

[F]ew...photographers are getting the most out of their high-tech gear. [This book] is a new guide book that can help." -- Roanoke Times

About the Author

James Martin has written for Outdoor Photographer magazine and has seventeen books to his credit, most illustrated with his photos. He is represented by Getty Images and ImageState.

Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books (August 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898869749
• ISBN-13: 978-0898869743
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,761,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James Martin has written and photographed professionally since 1989 with articles and photographs appearing in Sports Illustrated, Summit, Smithsonian, Outside, Backpacker, Climbing, Outdoor and Travel Photography, Boys' Life, Ranger Rick, Outdoor Photographer, Destination, Blue, Audubon, and Rock & Ice.

He wrote Digital Photography Outdoors, 2nd edition (Mountaineer Books). He recently completed Planet Ice, a survey of ice that elucidates the relationship between climate and ice, and the action of ice on the landscape. In the course of shooting he hiked to Everest Base Camp, soloed across the Andes, climbed Kilimanjaro and the mountains of the moon, visited Greenland twice, and led trips to Antarctica. See www.planeticebook.com.

He wrote Masters of Disguise: the natural history of chameleons, the first comprehensive book on chameleons in English. Sasquatch Press published a series of his coffee table books on the mountains of the West, including The North Cascades Crest, Mount Rainier, and Sierra. Extreme Alpinism (Mountaineer Press), written and photographed with Mark Twight, concerns techniques for climbing and surviving the most difficult mountains. The book won the Outdoor Retailer Award and the Banff Mountain Festival Award in 1999.

He has written books for children on natural history, including Hiding Out: camouflage in the wild and Dragons in the Trees (both published by Crown), each declared an Outstanding Science Trade Book by the National Science Teacher's Association and distinguished as Selectors' Choices. They were also Booklist Editor's Choices, American Library Association Best Book selections, and ALA Notable Books for Children. Dragons in the Trees was named the 1992 Outstanding Nature Book for children by the John Burroughs Association and a recommended book for children by the Children's Literature Center of the Library of Congress. Crown published Living Fossils and Frogs in 1997.

Getty Images represents his photography. His travels led him to Africa, Madagascar, Antarctica, Europe, Borneo, Indonesia, and S.E. Asia. He leads photography tours around the world for Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris. He currently acts as executive director of Art Wolfe Inc. Over the last three decades he has hiked thousands of miles and climbed extensively.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superbly organized and presented, April 4, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Photography Outdoors: A Field Guide for Travel and Adventure Photographers (Paperback)

With every passing year, digital cameras are becoming more 'user friendly', more popular, more effective, and more versatile. Now in a thoroughly updated and significantly expanded second edition, James Martin's "Digital Photography Outdoors" continues to be the premier instructional manual and guide for the use of digital cameras in taking memorable and dramatic photographs in the field. Still providing novice digital photographers with a comprehensive and basic grounding in how a digital camera works, special considerations for its use and maintenance in the field, and how to select the best equipment and most useful accessories for capturing outdoor action and then storing those images safely, this new edition goes on to provide up-to-date information on the latest changes in Photoshop (CS3 version) and an illustrative description of the latest equipment options. Profusely illustrated throughout in full color, "Digital Photography Outdoors" provides digital camera users with a wealth of invaluable tips on photographing outdoor subjects in all manner of field conditions. Superbly organized and presented, practical and portable, "Digital Photography Outdoors" is a welcome and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, and community library Photography instructional reference collections.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first photography book, August 14, 2008

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Dr.K (Reykjavik, Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Photography Outdoors: A Field Guide for Travel and Adventure Photographers (Paperback)

This was my first ever book about photography (actually, the first edition of this book). Not that I was an absolute beginner; I just never bothered to read any photography books. James Martin's book nicely surprised me since in the first chapters I found a lot of ideas I was subconsciously aware off before. I am not sure this is the right book for someone who does not know what 'shutter speed' is but it is highly recommended for someone who wants to go over photography theory quickly and get some nice tips. It covers photo-shooting techniques, basics of composition, information on archiving photos and digital darkroom skills. My skills are definitely improved after reading the book, instantly I started to take better pictures!

The other day I wanted to purchase a digital photography guide as a birthday gift. 'Digital Photography Outdoors' book would not be available in the stores so I went through almost everything that was on the shelf. There would be lots of books for absolutely beginners in the book stores, "Dummies" books etc, we are not talking about these. Among 'serious' books, I did not find any one that can beat 'Digital Photography Outdoors'. I ended up purchasing this book via Amazon and going to the birthday party with the excuse that the gift is still on the way! This also motivated me to write this review, hope it helps.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and useful, August 23, 2007

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Daniel Guimarans Serrano (Barcelona, Catalunya) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Photography Outdoors: A Field Guide for Travel and Adventure Photographers (Paperback)

Very interesting book with several useful tips. It is focused in the "digital darkroom" processes and it becomes an interesting handbook while working with image processing software. Moreover, it gives some advices on photographic techniques specially oriented to digital cameras and their particular performance.