Perfect Digital Photography

This is a must-have resource for amateur photographers serious about improving both the quality of their photographs and their proficiency in the Digital darkroom. The book is the perfect combination of a technical treatise on digital imaging and an artistic exploration of light, composition, and form. Perfect Digital Photography, Second Edition has been completely revised and updated to cover the latest cameras, including digital SLRs, and the sweeping changes in the way photographers catalog, process, and manage digital images. The book has an increased emphasis on building an efficient workflow using Camera RAW files and Adobe Lightroom, the new workflow application, and Adobe Photoshop, the preeminent Image-editing software. This is the only four-color book to guide you through the entire photographic process, from composing photos through archiving and printing.

Table of contents: Part I. Creating the Images Ch 1. Power of Photography Ch 2. Equipment Ch 3. Using the Camera Ch 4. Understanding Light Ch 5. Creative Elements Ch 6. Composition Ch 7. Telling the Story Ch 8. Photographing People Ch 9. Travel & Documentary Photography Ch 10. Photographing the Natural World Part II. The Digital Darkroom Ch 11. What is Workflow Ch 12. Introduction to Lightroom Ch 13. Importing and Editing Images Ch.14. Image Corrections Ch 15. Image Refinements Ch 16. Advanced Image Corrections Ch 17. Output Ch 18. Printing Ch 19. Web and Multimedia Ch 20. Master Class