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Photography for Dummies, Second Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Russell Hart
Brand: Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 126393
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1
MPN: DUM005A
ISBN: 0764541161
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
UPC: 785555869943
EAN: 9780764541162
ASIN: 0764541161
Publication Date: October 24, 2003
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Product Description
Say "cheese"! Taking great pictures is a snap when you follow the tips, tricks, and techniques packed inside Photography For Dummies, which takes you all the way from choosing the right film to using your computer to turn your photos into greeting cards or Web-ready online images. Whether you're taking photos for fun or profit, you'll find expert advice on all the angles -- from taking family pictures to action, sports, and travel shots -- alongside hundreds of color and black-and-white examples that show you how to make your good pictures great, and your great pictures even better. Geared for novice photographers armed with automated point-and-shoot cameras, Photography For Dummies takes you step-by-step through the entire photographic process, from choosing the right film and photo processing to using your camera's special features. And when you're ready to take the next step in photography with digital cameras, you'll find all sorts of helpful information right here, all explained in clear, easy-to-understand language.
Amazon.com Review
The inimitable Dummies format, which has distilled everything from the Internet to Italian cooking, is an excellent way to organize information for photographers. The chapters cover single topics like film, flash, and composition, and are easy to both access and understand. Icons (which are defined in the introduction) call out "tips," "technical stuff," and "bloopers." This layout is designed for quick reference while you're shooting, providing, of course, that you care to lug the book with you. Writer Russell Hart, who is the technology editor for American Photo magazine and an exhibiting photographer, takes readers from the very basics of loading film and batteries into a camera, through such invaluable technical and practical information as how best to photograph kids and choose the right photofinisher (including scoop on the Advanced Photo System), right up to a glossary of "photo jargon" so that even neophyte photographers (or those readers who've only scanned the book) can at least sound like they know what they're doing. Chapter 10, in which Hart waxes somewhat poetic on the value of a photograph--documents of family history, insurance evidence, etc.--and disputes "ten lame excuses for not taking along your camera," can turn even the most reluctant camera operator into a rampant shutterbug. --Jordana Moskowitz
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Correctly Titled November 23, 2008
If you're like me, and really into shooting photos, but aren't sure what all the numbers and letters are for, this book will make the learning as simple as can be! You'll find yourself waiting for just the right time of day, or night, to get that awesome shot! Have fun, and don't be afraid to admit... we're dummies sometimes.
 Not the best for digital January 21, 2008
Good information. I am disppointed that there is only a little info for digital camer. This is meant for point and shoot cameras. I have an SLR and this does have some helpful info but make sure if you have a digital or slr buy the book specific to those.
Amateur Photography August 12, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I recommend this book as a good introduction for those who are just learning the basic concepts of photography. The book is geared to those who are planning to use a "point and shoot" digital or film camera. If this is the type of camera you are planning to use, this book is an ideal introduction to photography. If you possess a camera which has more features built in than a "point and shoot" camera you might find this book lacking on how to use these features. However, even if you have a more advanced camera this book is still packed with some very good information on photographic composition. I have used some of the suggestions mentioned in the book regarding composition and have found them very helpful in improving the composition of my pictures.
 supercalafragilisticespialladocious January 5, 2005
This book really taught me things I always wanted to know about photography and cameras. One day I hope to become a photographer and I really want to learn the basics now. I really am thinking about my future and this book is really essential to me. It breaks down every little thing about photography,cameras,and everything that i even thought of.It seems that ever since I read this book I became even more influenced to take photoghraphy seriously and take classes.Thanks for giving kids and adults something to help them with there life,career, and hopefully my future.
A word from the author about the Second Edition... January 23, 2004
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm chiming in just to say that this is an all-new edition of Photography For Dummies, fully updated with the latest details on digital point-and-shoot photography. But as with the first edition, I've made it my business to simplify the often intimidating processes involved in taking and printing pictures without film. That said, the book contains all you need to know to shoot with film, as the majority of amateur photographers still do. I've tried to weave together the digital and "analog" approaches so that whichever type of camera you're using, Photography For Dummies can serve as a complete guide to easy picture-taking. The book also contains an entirely new section of color illustrations, many if not most of them shot with digital cameras. But its basic premise is that whether you're shooting digitally or with film, many of the same simple tips and techniques can dramatically improve your photography. Thanks!
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