The Digital Photography book by Scott Kelby.
This is the most practical and useful book on digital photography that you will find on the shelves. The book is Filled with tips and tricks of the trade that the professional photographers use every day to get wonderful looking pictures using nothing but a digital camera similar to the one you have. Why their photographs look better than yours? Well is not always the camera, most of the credit is to know how to take advantage of the camera you have: selecting the right settings for different situations, choosing the right location, etc.
Many film camera boks carry over on the basics. The fix I think can be done in adobe photoshop called stacking. Using two images with two different exposures.
I concur with Viper on “The Digital Photography Book” by Scott Kelby. I have it and reference it when I am going to be shooting some of those tricky situations. It is easy to read and the book is divided into section by shooting situation so you don’t have to flip back and forth. It is also an inexpensive book and small enough to carry around.
Thanks for mentioning my book Matt, I’m glad you’ve been enjoying it for a long time. I think it answers a lot of questions, but I think the idea of writing a question & answer book is a very good one. I’ve written a lot of photo books, but I still read others’ books (in fact, I probably have about 500 photo books in my office) and some of the writers I read regularly include Scott (mentioned), Bryan Peterson, Tom Ang and Michael Freeman. All are great writers and photographers. By the way I have a daily photo tips blog that might be helpful to some readers: http://www.phototipoftheday.blogspot.com. There’s nothing to buy on the site, it’s all just free info and I talk about point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras. jeff
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The Joy of Digital Photography by Jeff Wignall is very good. I’ve been taking pictures for years and still resort to it for digital tips.
Appx. $15 on Amazon.
Matt
The Digital Photography book by Scott Kelby.
This is the most practical and useful book on digital photography that you will find on the shelves. The book is Filled with tips and tricks of the trade that the professional photographers use every day to get wonderful looking pictures using nothing but a digital camera similar to the one you have. Why their photographs look better than yours? Well is not always the camera, most of the credit is to know how to take advantage of the camera you have: selecting the right settings for different situations, choosing the right location, etc.
Many film camera boks carry over on the basics. The fix I think can be done in adobe photoshop called stacking. Using two images with two different exposures.
Try “Digital Photography Q and A, It should be exactly what you are looking for. It is basically all of the questions that an expert has been asked over the last few years, with easy to understand answers. http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Photography-Great-Tips-Hints/dp/157990663X/sr=1-1/qid=1165414949/ref=sr_1_1/102-2826545-6885762?ie=UTF8&s=booksinsuranceforu-20
I concur with Viper on “The Digital Photography Book” by Scott Kelby. I have it and reference it when I am going to be shooting some of those tricky situations. It is easy to read and the book is divided into section by shooting situation so you don’t have to flip back and forth. It is also an inexpensive book and small enough to carry around.
Thanks for mentioning my book Matt, I’m glad you’ve been enjoying it for a long time. I think it answers a lot of questions, but I think the idea of writing a question & answer book is a very good one. I’ve written a lot of photo books, but I still read others’ books (in fact, I probably have about 500 photo books in my office) and some of the writers I read regularly include Scott (mentioned), Bryan Peterson, Tom Ang and Michael Freeman. All are great writers and photographers. By the way I have a daily photo tips blog that might be helpful to some readers: http://www.phototipoftheday.blogspot.com. There’s nothing to buy on the site, it’s all just free info and I talk about point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras. jeff