Mastering Digital Photography, Second Edition (Mastering) | 
 enlarge | Author: David D. Busch
Publisher: Course Technology PTR
Category: Book
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 99306
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 1598630172
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9781598630176
ASIN: 1598630172
Publication Date: September 6, 2005
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Get ready to go from digital picture taker to digital photographer! "Mastering Digital Photography, Second Edition" shows youhow to take your digital photography to the next level using the simple tools and techniques that separate the amateurs from the pros. Achieve pixel proficiency as you learn what your digital camera's controls mean to your photographs as well as the creative techniques that allow you to capture the ideal image digitally. Discover both the technical side of digital photography - why so many options, features, and formats exist and how to use them to improve your pictures - as well as the professional techniques that anyone can use to take better action photos, portraits, scenic shots, close-ups, and more. "Mastering Digital Photography, Second Edition" gives you everything you need to take professional-quality photographs with your digital camera.
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 Digital Photography Book Review January 5, 2007
Banibrata Poddar
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
I think this book is a good choice for beginners of digital photography.
 GREAT BOOK!!!! April 9, 2006
ams2001 (USA)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Learned more from this book than NYI photography lessons wonderful job.....I have purchased more from this author and they are as good as this one!
Very nice upgrade! September 10, 2005
Eldris J. (New Jersey)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
I purchased this author's "Digital Photography for Dummies Desk Reference" some time back and found it to be very good. His "Mastering Digital Photography" was also available then, but I wasn't ready for it. Now I've learned quite a bit and am ready to learn more, and I was lucky enough to find this upgraded version on the shelves. It has the latest information about using the features of the newest digital cameras, including digital SLRs like my Canon Digital Rebel XT.
The author goes into quite a bit of depth on a wide selection of interesting topics. There are separate chapters on Action Photography, Portraits, Close-Up Photography, Travel Photography, Landscape and Nature Photography, and Architecture. Each of these includes "pro" tips on getting the best pictures.
It's full of beautiful photographs that illustrate each point. This is the best general digital photography book on the shelves, and believe me, I looked at them all before buying this one.
I love the friendly style and solid information in this book! June 29, 2005
Newt Hope (Missoula, Montana)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
Actually, I found the friendly, conversational style in this book both disarming and fun to read. Too many digital photography books are dry and bland, and not spiced up with enough anecdotes and real world examples. Author Busch does a great job of bringing digital photography to life with this book!
I enjoyed the large chapter devoted exclusively to portrait photography, especially since it included complete lighting diagrams for the most widely-used styles of lighting. The diagrams helped me set up lights in my own home "studio" to duplicate the author's techniques exactly.
I've been disappointed in the past by digital photography books that show you how to get the looks you want in Photoshop after the shot was taken. This one skips image editing and concentrates on how to get a great picture with your camera! What a concept!
 Too chatty, too cute, too lean May 13, 2005
Frank White (Windsor, Ontario Canada)
18 out of 35 found this review helpful
Busch's book was too chatty by far to suit my tastes and expectations. For example, I would have taken my editor's red pen to filler like this: "There were lots of photographs of the Hindenberg as it started its descent in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, and quite a few of the charred rubble on the ground afterwards, but none of them made the cover of a Led Zeppelin album." If you like this kind of commentary in a book on photographic techniques, then Busch'e book will delight you.But if you're looking for basic information such as the aperture and shutter speed settings for the many sample photos in the book, forget it, you won't find them here. As well, the coverage is lean, spotty and uneven in key areas. Take lenses for example. There are small sections on lenses for architectural, macro, and scenic photography but nothing on portrait photography. Moreover, the section on portraits is dominated by a lengthy discussion on lighting. I was very disappointed.
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