Hands-On Digital Photography: A Step-by-Step Course in Camera Controls, Software Techniques, and Successful Imaging (Paperback)

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George Schaub has taught digital photography to hundreds of people in workshops and courses across the country. All of his students have had one thing in common: They wanted to get the best images from their digital cameras. Now, in Hands-On Digital Photography, Schaub presents everything he teaches and everything he has learned in his fifteen years of teaching. Image processing software is great...but Schaub’s practical, project-based approach focuses on the camera and getting the best shot possible every time, so beginning to intermediate photographers can spend more time capturing the shot and less time manipulating it. In easy-to-follow projects, the author discusses how digital photography allows greater creativity; file formats and how they affect post-exposure processing; how to choose resolution and compression ratios; exposures for the best digital images; camera menus; RAW file format; in-camera exposure adjustments; in-camera contrast adjustments; and much more. Now it’s easy for photographers to get the most from their digital cameras and to make every shot a great shot!

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George Schaub is the editorial director of Shutterbug and eDigitalPhoto magazines. He teaches digital photography at the Santa Fe Workshops, the Palm Beach Photo Centre, Betterphoto.com, and the New School. His best-selling books include Using Your Digital Camera, Amphoto’s Guide to Creative Digital Photography, Amphoto’s Guide to Digital Black-and-White Printing and Professional Techniques for the Wedding Photographer. He lives in Sea Cliff, New York.

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Product Details Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Amphoto Books (May 29, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0817434917 ISBN-13: 978-0817434915 Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,589 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Amphoto Books (May 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817434917
• ISBN-13: 978-0817434915
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,589 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Novices receive a guide which encourages them to experiment, September 7, 2007

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

There are plenty of how-to guides on digital photography on the market, but libraries seeing a solid general reference should take a look at this: it provides a step-by-step course in common digital camera controls and photography and presents learn-as-you-go projects to help readers learn to work with a camera. Novices receive a guide which encourages them to experiment with pictures in a survey which even includes RAW converter step-by-step processes: if only one digital photography guide were to be purchased for a discriminating library with general-interest lending requirements, it should be this one.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and Informative, January 29, 2008

By	L. Bailey (Huntington, CT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Many years ago I had the pleasure of taking a course with George Schaub in 35mm photography & lighting. He is a role model and photographic hero of mine. I love his work. The easy-going style found in his mannerisms and his lectures is clearly present in this book.

In that class I would always be struck by the quality of his photographs - this book is no different than that experience. You are first stunned by the artistic beauty of his work and then he breaks down the steps required to create a similar result.

The format questions are addressed in clear terms. If you ever wondered about RAW images versus TIFF versus JPEG, your questions will be answered. This book describes file size when saved in different formats and thsn the quality of the photo with the best enlargement outcomes.

The step-by-step guide that he offers is easy to understand and laid out in a way that you can literally walk through his process. He first describes how the process works. What are the mechanics of this effect? He then moves into 'try it,' so that you are walked through how to get there. Advanced options is where he offers some creative license to those who may be daring to try something else. This is his approach throughout the book. You get to see photographs that reflect many shooting situations that the serious photographer is always on the look out for capturing.

If you are seriously looking into or have a DLSR - you will LOVE this book. If you are catching up to the digital age from the 35mm age, you too will enjoy this book. If you want to learn how to love your camera and photography, you will catch what George Schaub embodies in his work and his life and that is his love of photography. That's what I caught from him years ago and it's still growing. Happy reading.