Professional Tips for Taking Great Picture by Digital

Professional Tips for Taking Great Picture by Digital





A digital camera is functionally identical to a traditional film camera
in all respects except image storage, right? Not at all, and Mikkel
Aaland shows exactly why in his excellent Shooting Digital. He shows
why digital cameras?the point-and-shoot variety as well as fancier
models meant for professional photographers?are overall neither better
nor worse than cameras of older design, and goes on to show you how to
take advantage of their special traits. He shows how to compensate for
their shortcomings, too, notably shutter lag (for which he documents a
useful testing procedure) and color fringing. Though there?s some
coverage of creating animated GIFs, this book generally sticks to
shooting time and leaves editing to other volumes.

Aaland never forgets that digital cameras should be more cameras
than digital, and his book serves as an excellent photography text for
hobbyists and aspiring professionals. The author?s advice in this area
is both technical (how to light a still life and how to best a strobe
to eliminate shadows) and artistic (why kids should be encouraged to
photograph other kids, and how you can use perspective to create weird
effects). He?s an accomplished photographer who obviously loves his
work, and his enthusiasm for making art with a camera?and, for that
matter, just playing with one?come through brilliantly. ?David Wall

Topics covered: Photography?of objects, people, places, action,
nature, and other subjects?as accomplished with a modern digital
camera. Emphasis falls on the relationship between camera and subject,
as defined by focus, lighting, composition, and motion. Further
attention goes to image manipulation accomplished via camera settings
(like white balance and exposure, and, a little bit, to post-shoot
processing with image software. There?s also nice coverage of the
differences among various image file formats.

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