Digital Photography Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Getting Great Digital Photos [Kindle Edition]
Kathy Burns-Millyard (Author, Photographer)Kindle Price:$4.99 includes free international wireless delivery viaAmazon Whispernet
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This is a brief, easy to read guide designed for beginners. We go light on the technical details and heavy on the photos and examples, so you can get started taking better pictures right away!
Here's what you'll find inside...
- What's the difference between a point and shoot or DSLR camera?
- How to make parts of your photo blurred while keeping other areas sharp
- What is shutter speed, ISO and aperture and what's the secret sauce to making them all work together?
- How to make the exact same photo look different by manipulating the white balance settings on your camera
- How to make your camera take photos YOU want instead of what it wants
- How to take pictures indoors
- Why the flash doesn't always light up what you're trying to take a picture of
- Taking better pictures with composition and the rule of thirds
- Advanced techniques of framing, tilts and angles
- What is camera shake and how it ruins your pictures
- Popular types of photography and tips on making the most of them, including sports photography, food photography, people photos and night time shooting.
- And MUCH More!
This book has beautiful example illustrations and photos that really pop on color-enabled Kindle readers, plus it has been updated with a fully linked Table of Contents and professional formatting. It's on sale for a limited time so be sure to buy your copy today!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars True Photography 101, June 6, 2011
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Geoffrey P. Tucker (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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As a total novice moving from a point-and-shoot to my first DSLR (a Nikon D3000), I found this book really helpful to get me started. The author does a good job of explaining basic concepts such as aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. While I'm still trying to get my head around these conceptually, and learning how to put them into practice with my camera, I definitely knew more now than I did before.
Her photo samples do a lot to convey the differences in, for example, white balance and how that affects the picture you get based on particular lighting. I never knew to pay attention to the KIND of lighting before so that alone makes a big difference for me already.
It's a quick read, well written, and for $3 a perfect buy.
My only other feedback is that the final section on different kinds of photography, like landscape, portraits, weddings, etc., was not particularly helpful and felt like filler. I would have preferred more information about different kinds of lenses to buy for different kinds of photography or other information I could put to practical use.
Brief indeed, August 31, 2011
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Trude Hell (Norway) - See all my reviews
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The book is well written, but it is an absolute beginners guide that only touches the very basics and scratches a tidbit of the surface of the wast and complex subject digital photography. This is a manual for those who want to understand what they will have to learn more about if they buy a DSLR. Once you've bought one, I dare suggest you'll learn more from the camera's manual.
