PC Magazine Guide to Digital Photography at Dominant Systems Book Store

You have the camera, or intend to. You have the desire.

Now, you have personalized instruction from PC Magazine

"The play of light and color on the human imagination." That's how Daniel and Sally Wiener Grotta define photography. They'll lead you through choosing a digital camera and using all its amazing features, but photography is more than technology. These renowned experts liberally share their knowledge of lighting, settings, focus, file formats, communicating with pictures, and more. Read a little, then go shoot some pictures, study them, and read some more. See what you and that camera can do -- together.

Go one-on-one with the pros
Choose a camera that fits your needs
Understand resolution, compression, pixels, and file formats
Use shutter speed, lighting, and depth of field
Learn about white balance and color adjustment
Organize your shots on the camera
Shoot photos for company publications or online auctions
Pick up tips for getting great photos
Get your pictures out of the camera, easily
Edit, print, and e-mail photos

Customer Reviews & Comments
Just a year or two ago, photography passed a tipping point. Digital photography usage has increased amazingly, and traditional film is fading fast. Why? Well, this book offers some (actually many) reasons. It goes through what you should know about this new way. Of necessity, there are sections of the book common to both methods. A chapter on the principles of taking good photos, that could have been written a century ago. Some ideas in photography are timeless. But the bulk of the book deals with the unique aspects of digital photography. Like different file formats. At least it is easy to convert between these. Plus, with digital, you now have a tradeoff between higher resolution and being able to store fewer photos as a consequence. A key chapter is devoted to camera phones. Ubiquitous cameras, that can easily transmit their messages wirelessly to anywhere in the world. Ultimately, this may be the most radical upheaval in the entire arena of photography. It means that in cities, from now on, there may often be someone watching and recording you. Even if this is not so, you should assume it. The changes in our expectations of privacy have only begun.

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