Comments on: Complete Digital Photography

By: Jerry So.Cal.

Jerry So.Cal. — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:08:30 +0000

covers everything, so naturally some details are lacking This book is excellent, and it’s huge: 600 pages. It’s profesionally edited with beautiful illustrations and photos. It’s organized well. It covers everything from how an image sensor works(in detail) to how to employ the most-used functions in an image editor. Photoshop is the software he takes examples from in the book.Other subjects he covers that aren’t often found in other photography books: how to use a white balance card; calibrating your monitor so the image you see on the screen is accurate; a couple of tidbits on Canon SLRs that aren’t in the Canon manual(i.e. in spot, partial, or center-weight metering mode, if you press the shutter button halfway down, hold it, and reframe, the camera will automatically re-meter your scene and choose new exposure settings; but in evaluative metering mode, the exposure locks once the shutter button is pressed halfway down, even if you reframe); proper settings to output your images, whether it’s to attach to an email or print at…

By: dnk512

dnk512 — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:41:52 +0000

Well written, extensive coverage, good book to have Books in photography have improved dramatically the last decade or so. Dry manuals have been replaced with a more narrative/communicative style. Add the improved quality of the layout and you have wonderful books right and left. I was turned off by the ‘digital’ on the title of the book. Few years back I told my self to never buy a photography book with that word on its title. I guess my early experience was that such books would focus on the digital aspect of the ‘new’ photography and greatly omit the very important elements of photography (common to all ‘forms’ of photographic media).Not so with this author. I found this book to have an excellent balance on all elements of photography with a very thorough coverage in each (digital concepts included). It will serve well for beginners, as well as for intermediate photographers.Do not underestimate the writing style of an author. I do know that not everyone likes the same writing style. So, read the preview on Amazon (the…