Advanced Digital Photography: Techniques and Tips for Creating Professional-Quality Images - Softcover

Ang, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845332563 ISBN 13: 9781845332563

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 2007

Synopsis

Digital photography has come of age: not only are sales of digital cameras overtaking conventional cameras both in unit sales and value, but amateur photographers can now obtain image quality to match that of the professionals. Advanced Digital Photography tells readers how to advance their digital photography, and helps increase their skills, success rate, and enjoyment. This book brings together authoritative technical background with secrets from power users and numerous picture-making ideas all designed to take the reader's digital photography several steps further. By showing numerous sets of before and after images, by showing the chosen shot as well as discarded options, this book illustrates the processes that lead to advanced digital photography. Key effects such as duotone modes, unsharp masking, Curves manipulation, and channel mixing are discussed in depth but in clear and simple language. Central topics such as colour management, resolution, and scanning are also treated in depth with five workshops and step-by-step guides to enable the reader to lay a superb foundation for improving their digital photography. By bringing together a wealth of material in a single volume, Advanced Digital Photography is a must-have book for the modern photographer.

About this title

Book Description

A comprehensive guide that helps amateur digital photographers obtain professional-quality results Explains the technology in detail and depth Practical workshops, insights, and helpful tips on advanced software and digital manipulation, expert scanning, and output techniques Illustrated with stunning original digital screenshots and images taken by an award-winning photographer

About the Author

Tom Ang has worked as a technical editor, editor, and picture editor on several magazines. His own photography both digital and film has been internationally exhibited. He is a regular contributor to magazines such as MacUser, What Digital Camera and Ag Photographic. Tom won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for his photography of the Marco Polo Expedition and he is a specialist on Central Asia. He is the author of Picture Editing (Focal Press), Silver Pixels, Dictionary of Photography and Digital Imaging (Argentum), and Digital Photography and Tao of Photography (Mitchell Beazley). Tom is Senior Lecturer in Photographic Practice at the University of Westminster, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1845332563
• ISBN 13: 9781845332563
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144