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Perfect Digital Photography

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Authors: Jay Dickman, Jay Kinghorn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

35 reviews
Sales Rank: 35107

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 480
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.9

ISBN: 0072259213
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9780072259216
ASIN: 0072259213

Publication Date: September 15, 2005
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Product Description
Written by photography experts--including a Pulitzer-Prize winning National Geographic photographer--this full-color book is a must-have 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, allowing you to glean the essential techniques needed for digital photography without losing sight of the artistic and aesthetic aspects of the craft. Using an easy-to-follow approach, the authors explain the image conceptualization process through shooting, editing, and image correction to finished print. In addition, top photographers from a variety of disciplines offer real-world advice on how they use digital photography to create compelling images for high-profile magazine articles, advertising campaigns, and fine art prints.

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5 out of 5 stars

One of 2 must have books November 3, 2005
Patrick Holt (San Antonio, TX USA)
64 out of 67 found this review helpful

This is a great book, I would give it 10 stars if I could. In fact if your intrested in starting on photography you need this book and Rick Sammon's complete guide to digital photography. The authors of this particular book, one is a photographer for National Geographic and the other an expert in Photoshop. Spaced through out the book are little article by other leaders in the field of photography and digital.
This book start of nicely by address photography and concepts like composition, equipment, posing, and other aspects of photography (even ethical photography) as well as some of the special things to take into acount when using a digital camera. That is the 1st half of the book, the 2nd half deals with taking the photos out of your camera and tweaking them in photoshop for printing and saving. The nice thing about this is that it cover photoshop cs2 and the newer features. The example photos are top notch and serve as something you should strive to emulate in your photography.

5 out of 5 stars

"Perfect Digital Photography" truly does live up to it's name. February 5, 2006
S. Nigl (Anchorage, AK USA)
60 out of 62 found this review helpful

If you are looking for an all-encompassing digital photography how-to book, "Perfect Digital Photography" is it. I have been an amateur home shutterbug for over twenty years. In the early days, I shot with my trusty little Kodak 110 pocket camera and later graduated to a quality 35mm SLR. I began dabbling in digital photography in the mid 1990's with a pocket 640x480 pixel Panasonic model and was amazed at the instant feedback and lack of developing costs that digital provided. But even then, I knew that the quality of digital was just not up to film standards yet. I also shot with a 35mm point-and-shoot (jokingly dubbed by this book as a PHD camera... as in "Push Here, Dummy"). I made the transition in recording all of my family's memories in digital about three years ago when I bought a 4-magapixel high-end pocket camera. That camera had served me well, but I am longing to improve my skills as a digital photographer and that means two things. Stepping up to a digital SLR for greater control, and gaining more knowledge to improve my skill as a photographer. To that end, I have been browsing digital photography books for several months now, and have bought a couple - never quite satisfied until now. "Perfect Digital Photography" is the book that I have been looking for all this time.

The book falls into two halves, each written by a different author. The first section is on photo technique and the camera and is written by Pulitzer prize-winning National Geographic photographer Jay Dickman. The second half, by Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert Jay Kinghorn, is all about the "digital darkroom" and the use of Photoshop to put the finishing touches on your work.

"Perfect Digital Photography" is written (with a few exceptions) for the beginner. It follows a workflow from the basics of composition and use of light, camera basics, and really excels at giving good insider 'pro' tips, with many asides about the authors philosophies on everything from ethics to tips on how to approach strangers that you want to photograph. Much of the content of this first half can really apply to film photography too. In the second half, Jay Kinghorn begins with Photoshop basics, then moves on to cover how to scan and organize your photographic library. Next, he goes deeper into how to refine your images, correcting tone and color, tips on black and white photography, printing considerations, and finally (for the aspiring pro) automation and workflow. The only negative I had found was the author (Dickman, primarily) had a tendency to lapse into technical jargon once and awhile. It was nothing that I couldn't look up, infer, or just read past.

"Perfect Digital Photography" truly does live up to it's name and is the best book on the subject I have yet read. I have two friends lined up asking to borrow it and two others who, after leafing it, took down the ISBN to buy copies themselves. What higher praise could there be.

5 out of 5 stars

My photography bible March 3, 2006
J. Cable (Saratoga, CA)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful

It seems that I have read a million articles on digital photography and my brain feels like a sponge. Although many of the articles in the popular photo magazines have been helpful, no source of writing has been as informative and interesting as this book. This book is very easy to read and even easier to understand. I do not consider myself to be a beginner, nor am I a professional, I am one of those guys who has learned to take a chance with my camera and to try new things. With the help of this book, I have switched my DSLR from "Auto" and learned to master aperture and shutter priority. I can not thank these authors enough for helping me to understand many of the creative aspects of photography and how to "get there". My camera bag now has 6 lenses, my Canon 20D and "Perfect Digital Photography" as a constant source of learning.

5 out of 5 stars

As important as the camera November 17, 2005
DP (Riverside, IL United States)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful

I've had the pleasure of meeting both authors at one of Jay Dickman's FirstLight workshops, and this book brings to life many of the pleasures of that photographic experience. I'd recommend it even if I did not know the authors because it makes the entire world of digital photography accessible for all. It covers the subject in depth without making it dense, and contains enough examples and personal anecdotes to make you forget you're reading an instructional manual. Although nearly all of us now have digital cameras and computers at our disposal, we may lack the guidance or technical expertise to maximize photographic opportunities, edit effectively and then produce high-quality, color-corrected prints. This book is essential for the avid photographer who wants to take that next step from merely taking snapshots and documenting events to capturing special moments and printing them with professional results.

5 out of 5 stars

Great all-around, world-class photography how-to November 28, 2005
Fred Zuill (San Diego)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

"Perfect Digital Photography" is a wonderful book for me. I don't think there are many books that smoothly combine world-class picture taking lessons with digital processing lessons. This one does and I think it's great. Some of my favorite photos from National Geographic are actually in this book as part of the lessons. In this book, the actual photographer gives me lessons on how to take those kind of pictures. This is very cool. There are two authors named Jay - one for photography and one for Photoshop. What are the odds? Both seem to be very good at what they do and I'd have to say I'm now a fan of both of them. Good work Jays, and thanks!

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