About This Book

This book, now in its third edition and freshly enhanced with full-color images throughout, has been updated to include all the latest technology and gadgets available to the digital photographer. It is written for the person who has a good grasp of using a computer and navigating an operating system and has at least a cursory knowledge of the operation of a digital camera. It would help if you had some familiarity with an image editor, such as Corel Paint Shop Pro, Corel Photo Paint, or Adobe’s Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. It is intended to be a comprehensive reference book that you can read cover to cover or reach for when you’re looking for specific information about a particular task. Wherever I can, I sneak in a useful tip or an interesting technique to help you put digital photography to work for your project needs. If you have some knowledge of conventional photography, this book will help you fine-tune your capabilities. If you know very little about photography, there’s help for you here, too. One large chunk of the book — Book IV — is devoted to tips on the most popular genres of photography, from close-up and sports photography to travel photography and shooting for publication.

Check out the helpful section on getting the best composition. If you’re puzzled over what equipment to buy, look to the sections on choosing cameras, photo accessories, and related equipment, such as printers and scanners. There’s a new book in this edition especially for you digital single-lens reflex (dSLR) users, although you’ll find that another book of mine, Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies, goes into more detail on the special features of these more advanced cameras.