Whether you're just making the transition from a lifetime of traditional photography or are looking to bring your digital photography skills in line with today's market, if you're serious about digital photography, you need this book. In the four years since the first edition was published, just about every aspect of digital photography has changed (often radically--and it's all covered in these pages. Organized in four major sections--Digital Processing Essentials, Digital Processing Techniques, The Digital Darkroom, and Output and Presentation--the focus here is on getting great pictures and spectacular printed output through a combination of smart techniques and the right equipment. As with all of the titles in the Real World series, the authors here realize that this entails learning not just techniques but the concepts behind them. For a professional-level understanding of the digital photography process--from how a digital camera works to advice on buying cameras and accessories, choosing hardware and software, downloading and outputting images, and more--this is the place to turn.

Real World Digital Photography

Arts & Photography

Grey, Tim

Eismann, Katrin

Duggan, Seán

Photography & Video

Peachpit Pr

Learn to Make Great Digital Photos for 5 Bucks is a tight, bright, four-color, quick reference manual for anyone who wants to learn to use their digital camera. Written by an intelligent expert of digital photography, the text is integrated with large illustrations (either photographs or software interface shots). Brief tips or warnings at page bottom address any ancillary points not covered in the basic how-to text. There's nothing else. Readers will quickly learn the fundamentals of using a digital camera: your camera's basic features, how to shoot in different lighting conditions, tips for different kinds of shots (portrait, landscape, close-up), basic rules all the pros know, and more than 50 tips and secrets that help get the perfect shot, or maybe just save your day. You'll also learn what to do with your images after you've imported them into your computer: managing your photo files, editing and cropping, printing, and emailing them to friends and family. This book isn't designed to be a complete reference, but an irresistible impulse buy for people who don't normally buy books in this area--or for people who just want to learn the basics.

Learn To Make Great Digital Photos For 5 Bucks

Whether you’re a serious photographer or a hobbyist, the advice and instruction found in this comprehensive, best-selling guide to digital photography will help you advance your skills to produce consistent professional results. Real World Digital Photography addresses the wide range of topics surrounding digital photography, including up-to-date descriptions of the latest camera technologies, expert advice for taking better photographs, and tips and techniques for optimizing images to look their best in print and on the Web. Adventurous photographers can explore new sections explaining high dynamic range as well as panoramic and night photography. You’ll also learn how to establish an effective, efficient workflow using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop — the two must-have tools for any serious photographer. In Real World Digital Photography, Third Edition you’ll learn about: 
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<li>The essential technical considerations and professional skills to improve your photography</li> <li>How digital cameras work and the resulting impact on how and what you photograph</li> <li>Fundamentals of digital photography, including how to use lighting, composition, and lens choice to create compelling images</li> <li>How to establish a digital editing workflow that produces successful, repeatable, reliable results</li> <li>Practical image-editing techniques to improve tone and contrast, correct colors, enhance sharpness, and more</li> <li>How to photograph source images to create stunning high dynamic range and panoramic photographs</li> <li>The essential requirements of a professional color-managed workflow so that what you see is really what you print</li> <li>Expanding your creative options with night photography, time lapse, and stop motion photography</li> </ul>
As you're reading the book, share your photographs with the authors and others reading it via the book's Flickr group at flickr.com/groups/RealWorldDigitalPhotography.

Computers & Technology

This complete training program from Adobe Press and video2brain combines over 10 hours of exceptional video training with a full-color 120-page guide to teach you the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 as well as the basic principles of digital photographic editing. After helping you how master the program’s interface, expert trainers Ted LoCascio and Tim Grey show you how to use Photoshop Elements to manipulate and manage your digital images. Topics include: • Customizing the Editor and the Organizer • Applying creative effects to your images with color and texture • Getting great results fast with the Quick Fix and Guided Edit modes • Working with layers and creating complex selections • Adding keyword tags to images • Using Adobe Camera Raw • Creating smart albums and sharing them online and more! The lessons are wrapped in a feature-rich interface that lets you jump to any topic and bookmark individual sections for later review. Full-Screen mode provides a hi-def, immersive experience, and Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window so you can play the videos alongside your application. As with all titles in the Learn by Video series, the project files used in the lessons are included with the course, and interactive review questions help reinforce what you’ve learned. Selected videos are also provided ready to be downloaded for viewing on your iPhone, iPod, or other compatible mobile device.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9: Learn by Video (Adobe Photoshop Elements - Learn by Video)

LoCascio, Ted

This innovative product uses interactive video to explain how to manage camera exposure, a topic many photographers don't fully understand. Exposure settings have tremendous impact on the overall brightness and contrast of an image and ultimately its quality. Viewers will learn how to optimize exposure and maximize detail, minimize noise, and create the best images possible. This workshop begins with an overview of key exposure concepts, then discusses various exposure modes and some advanced concepts and techniques to help viewers master the concepts and practice of photographic exposure. It also covers some post-processing techniques related to exposure and includes some real-world examples that review core exposure concepts. Experienced instructor Tim Grey presents more than 3 hours of exceptional quality video tutorials, complete with lesson files, assessment quizzes, and review materials. The video is wrapped in a unique interface that allows the viewer to jump to any topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The unique Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window to allow the student to work alongside the instructor. Project files used in the lessons are included on the disc so viewers can practice what they've learned, and interactive review questions help reinforce freshly gained knowledge. The DVD-ROM is bundled with a printed booklet that provides supplemental material to enhance the video training.

Mastering Exposure in Digital Photography (Learn by Video)

  THIS COMPLETE TRAINING PROGRAM from Adobe Press and video2brain offers over 6 hours of high-quality video training in the fundamentals of Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 11. Experienced author and educator Tim Grey shares his real-world experience using Photoshop Elements in a way that follows a logical photographic workflow. Tim takes you on an extensive tour of the Elements Organizer before introducing image editing. You’ll then learn how to use the basic and creative editing tools, as well as advanced image optimization techniques in the Elements Editor. Finally, you’ll learn how to share your best images quickly and easily via Facebook and Adobe® Revel™.    The video includes six hours of high-quality video tutorials, complete with lesson files, assessment quizzes, and review materials. The video is wrapped in a unique interface that allows the viewer to jump to any topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The unique Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window to allow the student to work alongside in Photoshop Elements. Project files used in the lessons are included on the disc so viewers can practice what they have learned, and interactive review questions help reinforce freshly gained knowledge.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 11: Learn by Video

Video2brain

Peachpit Press

Whether you’re new to Photoshop Elements or an experienced image editor, this professional book shows you how to create consistent high-quality images by establishing a logical sequence of essential tasks. From sorting images and RAW conversion to advanced editing and output, it’s all here in the friendly, professional style that readers know and trust from the Tim Grey Guides series. Go beyond the basics and that you can focus on workflow and produce better digital images with this one-of-kind guide to Photoshop Elements.

Photoshop Elements 5 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide

Burian, Peter K.

Sybex

Get the most out of Lightroom with Tim Grey as your guide by reducing the time and effort you spend storing, selecting, and editing your digital images. Adobe’s new Lightroom software, together with this practical guide, explains everything from importing and cataloguing to processing and archiving. Whether you’re a professional photographer or advanced amateur, you’ll find ways to work efficiently with Lightroom in order to improve your productivity and get the results you want.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide

If you’re like most artists, the idea of structuring your work may seem at odds with true creativity, but you’ll be surprised to learn from digital imaging expert Tim Grey that just the opposite is true. This latest edition of his bestselling guide shows you how proper workflow can free you from the repetitive parts of a project and let you focus on your vision. Discover techniques that streamline processes, reduce your time and effort, and produce striking results.

Photoshop CS3 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide (Tim Grey Guides)

In the new edition of this practical guide, master photographer Ellen Anon and digital-imaging expert Tim Grey show you how to capture the beauty of nature by shooting the best possible photos from the start—and then getting the most out of your images at your desktop. You’ll find eye-opening techniques, workflow ideas, and terrific Photoshop tools, plus a host of valuable tips and stunning examples from some of the most esteemed professional nature photographers working today.

Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book (Tim Grey Guides)

Anon, Ellen

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Real World Digital Photography

Learn To Make Great Digital Photos For 5 Bucks

Real World Digital Photography

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9: Learn by Video (Adobe Photoshop Elements - Learn by Video)

Mastering Exposure in Digital Photography (Learn by Video)

Adobe Photoshop Elements 11: Learn by Video

Photoshop Elements 5 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide

Photoshop CS3 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide (Tim Grey Guides)

Photoshop CS3 for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book (Tim Grey Guides)