Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource [Paperback]

Michael Miller (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0789737256 | ISBN-13: 978-0789737250 | Publication Date: December 24, 2007 | Edition: 1

Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource

 

Whether you own a low-cost point-and-shoot camera or an expensive digital SLR, great photographs are within your reach–with the help of this book. Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource shows you everything you need to know to take great-looking digital photos, from basic camera operation to advanced Photoshop techniques. Photopedia’s easy-to-read text, accompanied by colorful photographic examples, leads you step-by-step from choosing the right digital camera to taking impressive pictures to printing your photos and sharing them via the Web.

Photopedia includes detailed instructions for taking all kinds of different photos. Want to take an attractive portrait, or a stunning action shot? Or perhaps you just want to capture shots on your upcoming vacation, or shoot some product photos for eBay? Whatever type of photo you want to take, you’ll learn how in this book. Read the text, look at the pictures, and then start shooting!

 

HERE’S SOME OF WHAT’S COVERED INSIDE:

•    Choosing the right digital camera

•    Learning your camera’s functions and controls

•    Selecting essential camera accessories

•    Using different lenses and filters

•    Mastering essential photographic techniques, such as composition, lighting, color, exposure, and focus

•    Choosing the best photo editing software

•    Using Photoshop to edit and enhance your photos

•    Shooting the perfect photo–from portraits to still life

•    All aspects of digital photography from equipment, composition, digital darkroom/editing, and output.

•    Shooting in black and white

•    Storing, managing, and printing your photos

 

Michael Miller  has written more than 75 nonfiction how-to books, including Que’s iPodpedia: The Ultimate iPod and iTunes Resource, Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, Tricks of the eBay Masters, and Bad Pics Fixed Quick. Learn more at his website: www.molehillgroup.com.

 

Category: Digital Photography

User Level: Beginner to Advanced

 

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About the Author

Michael Miller has written more than 75 nonfiction how-to books over the past 20 years, including Que’s iPodpedia: The Ultimate iPod and iTunes Resource, Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to eBay, YouTube 4 You, and Bad Pics Fixed Quick. Mr. Miller has established a reputation for clearly explaining complex topics to everyday readers, and for offering useful real-world advice about complicated topics. More information can be found at the author’s website, located at www.molehillgroup.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (December 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789737256
• ISBN-13: 978-0789737250
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,400,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Miller is the best-selling writer of more than 100 non-fiction books. He writes about a variety of topics, including computers, online selling, business, consumer electronics, and music. From his first book (Ventura Publisher Techniques and Applications, published in 1988) to his latest title, he has established a reputation for practical advice, technical accuracy, and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful and lots of info, April 19, 2008

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Donald W. Koepf (Lancaster, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource (Paperback)

On the back cover of this book, it is indicated that it covers digital photography from beginner to advanced. Being an intermediate, non-professional photographer, the book seems like a very useful guide in most all areas of digital photography. It covers all the basics including the essentials of digital cameras of various types, accessories, and taking photographs. Also covered is transferring and storing photos, editing, photo techniques, printing and sharing photos.

For the beginner to intermediate digital photographer, the book gives you pretty much all the answers to any questions you may have.

For an advanced or professional photographer who has extensive knowledge of cameras and computers, it may have too much extraneous material to be a lot of help. Personally I have found it a very useful book.

5.0 out of 5 stars A beginner's guide to photography, August 22, 2008

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Ezio Flavio De Freitas (Brasilia, DF Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource (Paperback)

A very comprehensive beginners's photography guide. Includes simple and useful Photoshop tips to enhance your photos.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's ok didn't blow me away., January 10, 2008

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Pete Langlois "Pete Langlois Photography" (Derry, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource (Paperback)

I recently picked up Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource along with Scott Kelby's The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2. While this book goes much more in depth than Scott's book does, I find the bulk of the selected images to be not really worthy of the book.

If you are new to digital photography and want to grasp the concepts this book is OK but not great. I suggest you pick up Scott Kelby's books The Digital Photography Book and The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2. They are MUCH easier to read and the supplied images are worthy of print.

Pete