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A professional photographer and computer book author introduces serious photographers to the world of digital photography, from choosing among the latest SLR digital cameras to selling their work on the Web. Offering tricks of the trade and color images, his focus is on using Photoshop CS to optimize workflow and photo quality.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
This absorbing book, by professional photographer and author Ken Milburn, offers a ton of expert advice to those who are ready to move to the next level with digital photography. Rather than a general discussion of photography principles, Digital Photography: Expert Techniques focuses on workflow: time-tested, step-by-step procedures based on hard-nosed experience by and for genuine practitioners of the art. The book's conversational tone presents detailed information about what to look for in today's affordable high-end digicams, how to use simple techniques and equipment to shoot breathtaking shots, instructions on shooting great panoramas, dos-and-don'ts for creating better Photoshop masks, and professional digital darkroom techniques for everything from knockouts to restoration to transforming your photos into watercolors. It even shows you how to get your most prized photographs printed and ready for exhibition. Contents include:Understanding your digital camera from the inside out.Creating effects with the camera: making panoramas, high-resolution matrixes, infrared photos, and more.General composition and managing your workflow.Using the digital darkroom and Photoshop CS to make your images professional caliber.Understanding the power of Photoshop CS selections and masks.Using special effects to save what's good, and get rid of the bad and the ugly.Creating fictitious photos: bend and wrap images to fit an object, insert a more interesting skyscrape, and more.Professional color and tonal managementCreating portfolios and presenting your images on the Web.Digital Photography: Expert Techniques is in four-color front to back, allowing you to see each step in the Digital Photographer's workflow, including the steps in-between. Serious photographers, including professionals, who want to take advantage of the unique creative powers available through digital photography and digital image processing will find this problem-solving book invaluable.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
Ken Millburn will make you a far better digital photographer -- in every respect. Not just Photoshop (though this full-color book certainly offers plenty of outstanding Photoshop tips.) But also in workflow, and in problem solving -- both technical and creative.

Make the most of RAW files. Using an 18 percent gray card to make more accurate corrections. Choose the right tool for stitching panoramas. Create knockouts that automatically eliminate stray background color reflections. Select really complex discontinuous edges using Color Range or Threshold. Know when to blur, when to diffuse. Find the best third-party filters. Know when to calibrate your camera. Discover quicker, easier alternatives to tripods. Protect your images with watermarks.

Simply put, Millburn teaches techniques professionals must know, and serious amateurs will be thrilled to know. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Digital Photography: Expert Techniques is your guide for learning professional digital photography. Ken Milburn draws on his many years of experience in the field to give you invaluable tips and tricks, as well as a start-to-finish workflow for making your digital photographs into the works of art they deserve to be. Appropriate for both serious photographers who are crossing over to digital and amateurs who are working their way up, this book helps solve the day-to-day problems that arise in the increasingly complex world of digital photography.

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