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Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Digital Photography 2.0: Taking, Making, Editing, Storing, Printing, and Sharing Better Digital Images Featuring Adobe Photoshop® Elements® [Paperback]

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Publication Date: January 17, 2007

“Clear, concise, lively, well-organized and opinionated.”—Popular Photography and Imaging

In this thorough revision of his best-selling guide, Rick Sammon covers all the steps in the digital photographic process. The book teaches basic technical picture taking and the art of photography, plus introductory and advanced digital techniques.

Orchestrating over 1,000 images into easy-to-read lessons, Sammon uses an approach of "learning to see and seeing to learn" with pairs of images, software screen shots, and the best photographs from his own shooting assignments.

New for this edition, all the image editing tips feature the popular Adobe Photoshop® Elements®; file format discussions now include working with Camera RAW files; and more than 170 new color images have been added. 1000 color photographs

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About the Author

Rick Sammon is the author of the Complete Guide to Digital Photography 2.0, Exploring the Light, and other books. He travels widely on photography assignments and to give his popular workshops and seminars. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2 edition (January 17, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393329143
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393329148
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #623,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Rick Sammon
Rick Sammon has published 31 books, incluidng Rick Sammon's Digital Photography Secrets, Face to Face, Exploring the Light and Rick Sammon's Pocket Guide to Travel Photography.

Rick writes for PCPhoto, Outdoor Photographer and Layers magazine.

Rick hosts photography and Photoshop shows on kelbytraining.com .
Rick gives more than a dozen photography workshops (including private workshops) and presentations around the world each year. He also presents at Photoshop World, which Rick says is a 'blast.'

Rick is also the author of the Canon Digital Rebel XT lessons on the Canon Digital Learning Center. He is also a Canon Explorer of Light.

When asked about his photo specialty, Rick says, 'My specialty is not specializing.'

See www.ricksammon.com for more information.

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49 of 56 people found the following review helpful
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I'm giving this book four stars based almost solely on Rick Sammon's enthusiasm. He is obviously a person who enjoys what he does and likes interacting with others. His writing was lively enough so I read the book in one afternoon. The bottom line problem with this guide is the same bottom line problem I'm finding in all digital photography guides I've encountered. The first thing they want to do is teach you a little basic photography knowledge and the next thing they do is tell you how to use Photoshop tricks to create "artful photos" that, in effect, minimizes the need for knowledge of basic photography. Photography is more than tricks and "secrets of the pros" and Photoshop is a fine tool for photographers to augment their work. Unfortunately, most digital photography teaching vehicles today emphasize the ghastly and tasteless manipulations in Photoshop and fail to emphasize learning basic camera technique. To Rick Sammon's credit, he does provide a measure of how to use tools available for in-camera control as opposed to relying solely on Photoshop corrections and manipulations in post production. But when the chapters on the various Photoshop tools and manipulations come into play, it's still a lot of ghastly and tasteless trickery that takes center stage.

The higher quality, professional and advanced amateur digital cameras that are available today are so sophisticated, it's difficult to really screw up your pictures if you have a basic grasp of photography and how to use the camera's features. Despite this, a lot of people are screwing up their pictures in post production by relying on photo editing software. Sammon's examples in the Photoshop Elements portions of this book point this out very clearly. The "before Photoshop" photos are often preferable to the "after Photoshop" photos. I'm not speaking of basic operations such as minor color corrections, cropping, sharpening, etc. I'm speaking of the use of filters and borders and the cut-and-paste collages that Sammon often refers to as "artistic" which are, in fact, perfect examples of over-processed pseudo-art.

I'm not really picking on Rick Sammon here. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I've enjoyed Sammon's writing and photography in other publications as well. It's just that we really don't need more people playing around with their computers to create the photographic equivalent of black velvet paintings.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Simply the best! February 16, 2007
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Lots of people claim to be digital photography experts and will sell you a book. However, Rick Sammon actually IS the expert. This book is written in a down to earth manner but addresses photographers at all levels and makes some more difficult concepts very easy to understand with a laid back approach. Part of the magic in this very large and all-inclusive book (almost 500 pages) is that Sammon has "been there" and "done that." The author has traveled far and wide and is considered an expert in travel and wildlife photography. Many of his shots are used to illustrate key concepts throughout the book and are presented in vibrant and accurate color. The book comes with a tutorial CD as well. All in all, this book is a great value and great addition to the libraries of photographers of all skill levels.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Perhaps for Beginners June 18, 2009
By Ricardo
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I may be judging this book a bit harshly by giving it only 3 stars.

The reason I say that is because I feel that it covers a lot of ground but never seems to go beyond the basics. Whether or not this is a good thing you will have to judge for yourself.

Given that I've been involved in photography for over 40 years, I probably should never have purchased the book. However, I would certainly recommend it to someone with very little experience who is interested in learning more.

I've read a lot of Rick Sammon's articles over the years and he is one of the most enthusiastic proponents of digital photography that you will ever come across.

Just be forewarned. If you are an experienced photographer with no need to review the basics, this book is not for you. However, if you are new to digital photography and want to improve your skills, this would be a very good source of knowledge and inspiration.
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I got into digital photography 6 years ago, when I purchased my first digital camera. I learned a great deal through trial and error, but many times I was disappointed in the... Read more
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Best digital photography basics book yet
Rick Sammon is by far a great teacher, as earned by reading this book. It is an outstanding basics book on digital photography. Read more
Published on January 11, 2009 by Student227
Comprehensive and entertaining photography guide
I purchasd this book to enhance my knowledge about digital photography. While I have a very good eye for composition and have taken many stunning photos over many years, I use... Read more
Published on November 29, 2008 by D. Rubinstein
Great Photo Book
I'm about halfway through the book and so far it is just as enlightening as his book on nature Photography!
Published on July 15, 2008 by Miss Emily
Works Great for Me!
I found this book to be fantastic and would give it more stars if I could. The interesting things about books is that they have different impacts on people, and I can't guarantee... Read more
Published on April 14, 2008 by Geoff Dolman
Great book with great photo/ examples, insights and techniques/tips
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Published on March 12, 2008 by Eric Flescher
Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Digital Photography 2.0
Pretty good. He's a little egocentric, though, alot of the text is just him talking about how he took his photographs. Read more
Published on February 18, 2008 by J. Ohlhausen
One star for each good section
This book was fantastic from Page 1!
(... All the way to page 161.)

Then I'm afraid the author spends about 200 pages on topics clearly outside his expertise. Read more
Published on February 13, 2008 by Eric M. Wilson
A better than average book for beginners
First let me say that I enjoy Mr. Sammons's style of writing. It keeps one interested even when covering dry material. Read more
Published on January 20, 2008 by Mark Coons
Easy to Read & Understand
I've only recently begun shooting pictures digitally. I took a short class on Crime Scene Photography that scratched the surface, but I wanted to learn more. Read more
Published on July 18, 2007 by C. Bednarek
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aperture priority, exposure compensation, white balance, shutter priority, foreground color, photo filter, wild eyes, new adjustment layer, natural light picture, digital image sensor, digital darkroom, shutter lag, fun shots, calibrate your monitor, disequilibrium effect, zoom set, environmental portraits, gold reflector, graduated filters, lens set, macro lenses
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