Shot Doctor,The: The Amateur's Guide to Taking Great Digital Photos (Plastic Comb)

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Product Description

The Shot Doctor is a new kind of digital photography book that focuses on the “how-to” and less on the “how it works” or the technology behind the camera. This book is designed to be small enough to fit in your back pocket or in a camera bag. It is aimed at everyday parents, students, sporting enthusiasts, and average joes who just want to take decent pictures at their kids’ soccer games and dance recitals and who don’t aspire to make digital photography a hobby.

 

• Easy-to-follow when-why-how “recipes” help you set your camera to get great shots right away

• Beautiful full-color interior

• Step-by-step instructions for conquering everyday photography challenges, including sporting events, school recitals and performances, vacations, babies, children, and special events

• Simple explanations of camera controls help you understand when to use them, why they work, and how to use them

• Compact, stays-open design means you can carry it everywhere and refer to it while you’re taking pictures

• Visual before and after examples of common photography problems help you choose the right solution for your photography challenges

 

Mark Edward Soper has been using adjustable cameras since 1971 and digital cameras since 2000, for a total of more than 37 years as an enthusiastic and serious amateur photographer. Mr. Soper’s when-why-how approach to photography, which combines picture-based methods (take a picture, change settings, see how the picture improves), has been tested through years of teaching photography as well as by the hundreds of photographs he has taken for many of his books. Mark is the author of Easy Digital Cameras and Unleashing Windows Vista Media Center, as well as books on corporate and home networking, PC upgrades, home automation, and PC troubleshooting.

 

 

Category: Digital Photography

Covers: Digital Cameras

User Level: Beginner-Intermediate

 

About the Author

Mark Edward Soper has been using adjustable cameras since 1971 and digital cameras since early this decade, for a total of more than 37 years as an enthusiastic and serious amateur photographer. Mr. Soper’s when-why-how approach to photography, which combines picture-based methods (take a picture, change settings, see how the picture improves) with just enough photographic theory to help users understand why as well as what to change, has been tested through years of teaching photography to enthusiastic adults and senior adults, as well as by the hundreds of photographs he has taken for many of his books. Mark is the author and co-author of many other technology books, including Easy Digital Cameras and Unleashing Windows Vista Media Center, as well as books on corporate and home networking, PC upgrades, home automation, and PC troubleshooting.

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Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 208 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 Spi edition (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789739488
• ISBN-13: 978-0789739483
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #471,061 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Shot Doctor, August 23, 2009

By	Tami Brady "Whole Health Therapist" (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Digital photography has changed the way we take pictures. Now, anyone can simply click a button and the picture is captured. Then, if it's bad, they can simply delete it and try again.

The Shot Doctor tells us how to reduce those poor quality pictures and make the good ones even better. The book starts off with a troubleshooting section. Then, each chapter covers a specific topic such as how to take better pictures at night or dealing with birthday candles. There are even some advanced instructions on how to improve exposure, stopping action, and using an electronic flash. Each entry includes full colour illustrations showing the mistake and the solution.

Really it's not that hard to improve picture quality. At least, not after reading Shot Doctor.