The target audience has a need to produce professional-quality images, either because those pictures are related to the reader's daily business (real estate, law enforcement, insurance adjusters, landscapers and developers) or because the reader is a serious photo-hobbyist. Here’s an audience with either no or minimal training or education in photography that can benefit tremendously from a reference offering insights into these specific photographic needs.
Contents
Preface.
PART I: Laying the Foundation-Basic Digital Photography.
1. What you Need to Know to Get Started.
2. Getting to Know Your Camera.
3. Taking Interesting Photographs.
PART II: Taking the Next Step-Photographs That Wow!
4. Creating Magic with the Right Lens.
5. Going to Extremes: Aperture and Shutter Speed Magic.
6. Expanding Your Horizons with Panoramas, Telephotos, and By Extending Dynamic Range.
7. Let There Be Light.
PART III: Tackling Different Photographic Subject.
8. Photographing People.
9. Shooting Sports.
10. Photographing Nature.
11. Photographing Landscapes.
12. Photographing Travel Destinations.
13. Telling a Story with Pictures.
PART IV: Doing Your Own Image Processing.
14. Introduction to the Digital Darkroom.
15. Image Processing.
16. Establishing a Workflow.
17. Image Management and Archiving.
PART V: Photography for Professionals in Other Fields.
18. The Secrets of Good Photography for Those Who Don't Shoot for a Living.
19. Digital Photography for Realtors.
20. Digital Photography for Automobile Sales.
21. Digital Photography for Company Newsletters.
22. Digital Photography for Insurance Adjusters.
23. Research and Documentation Photography.
24. Digital Photography for Graphic Artists and Artists.
25. Digital Photography for Public Relations Specialists.
VI: Putting Digital Photography to work.
26. Creating a Digital Presentation.
27. Photographing Business Subjects.
28. Techniques for Unusual Images.
Index.
Dan Simon (Deptford, NJ) has spent the past 25 years working as a journalist and photographer. During the past 10 years, he’s worked as a writer/photographer for several Pennsylvania and New Jersey newspapers including the Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton Times Leader and Allentown Morning Call. His writing and photography have appeared in numerous publications including: The New York Times, ESPN, Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal, Baltimore Daily Record, and the Army Times. Dan is a contributing author to Digital Photography All-in-One, A Complete Desk Reference For Dummies.