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Title: Digital Photographer's Handbook by Tom Ang, Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0-7894-8907-4 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for beginners as well as advanced photographers.
Comment: A year ago I transitioned into digital photography, prior to which I used regular cameras (pocket as well as sophisticated) for years. I found Mr. Ang's book perfect for a mixed audience, as it covers basics as well as advanced concepts, all well illustrated with pictures. The color pictures really trigger ideas about what is possible with your own photographs.
A full 20 -30 percent of the book is devoted to what technology can help you do once the picture is taken i.e. using software. That is so critical in digital photography - and Mr. Ang gives umpteen examples and tips.
This is the kind of book you will use as a reference constantly. It is not for sitting down and reading from beginning to end - but using different parts as you mature into digital photography.
I borrowed it from my local library, and eventually bought it - even though I have several digital photography books already.
I definitely recomend this guide - especially at the fantastic Amazon price (cheaper than the store).
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the digicam/image editing books I've seen!
Comment: As a relatively novice photographer (haven't owned one since my old Brownie Hawkeye) with some knowledge of computers and a new digital camera, I've been working my way through as many books on digicams and image-editing software as I can find. Some are pretty general, some are more specialized, but most seem to repeat the same mostly superficial information and advice on both photography and digital editing. This book is the great exception! Ang is a very talented photographer and this lushly printed... volume is crammed with his work, but he's also a very good teacher. The first part of the book, under the heading of "Total Photography," is a mini-course in types of cameras and lenses, lighting, optical physics, and the essential practical differences in using film-based and digital cameras. (There's also a survey of information on specific models of cameras, printers, and scanners, which will soon be outdated and which might have been omitted.) The second section, "Photography for the Digital Age," leads you through such topics as composition, zoom, optical distortion, color balance, and how to avoid or at least fix the most common mistakes; I learned a great deal from his clear explanations and visual examples. "A Compendium of Ideas" is almost a separate book, being an excursion through all the major categories of subjects that interest people with cameras, from buildings and travel to microphotography and high-speed sports; you'll want to return to this section now and then for leisurely browsing. "Radical Conversions" and "All about Image Manipulation" are worth the price of the book all by themselves, with very clear and often very detailed discussions of issues which I'm sure are old hat to experienced shutterbugs but which are new and often perplexing to me, including proper cropping, burning-in and dodging, sharpening, blurring, cross-processing, color vs. black-and-white, and lots of others. Ang is quite good at balancing received photographic wisdom with new digital ideas. He also gets deeply into such computer-specific subjects as levels, cloning, and the differences and similarities between channels, layers, and masks. (He seems not to have much use for such glitzy effects-filter tricks as stained glass and embossing filters, with which I have to agree.) "The Output Adventure" is very good on getting the color on your monitor to agree with the color your printer produces, and there's a final section on portfolios, copyrights, and the business of photography. I can't recommend this one highly enough.
Rating: 4
Summary: More Great Amazon Service
Comment: This was my second photography book purchase from Amazon in a month and again, the book is very good, the price is great (good bye Barnes & Noble) and again, Amazon's service is EXCELLENT !!!
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Title: The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby ISBN: 0735712360 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 05 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: America 24/7 by Rick Smolan, David Elliot Cohen ISBN: 0789499754 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 27 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Complete Digital Photography (2nd Edition) by Ben Long ISBN: 1584502312 Publisher: Charles River Media Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: 50 Fast Digital Photo Techniques by Gregory Georges ISBN: 0764535781 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Advanced Digital Photography Techniques by Tom Ang ISBN: 0817432736 Publisher: Amphoto Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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