Perfect Digital Photography Second Edition

Master the art of digital photography

"Jay Dickman and Jay Kinghorn again have brought an insightful book on digital photography based on creating your best digital photographs, regardless of the rapid changes in the digital technology... From cover to cover, this book is filled with priceless information on how to get the great photos, and how to make sure they are your best." --John Knaur, Senior Marketing Manager, Digital SLR, Olympus Imaging America

In this completely updated, full-color work, a Pulitzer Prize-winning National Geographic photographer and an Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert guide you through the entire photographic process, from composition to printing and archiving.

The expert techniques inside this masterful guide help you greatly improve both the quality of your photographs and your proficiency in the digital darkroom. Perfect Digital Photography, Second Edition covers the latest technologies, including digital SLR cameras, Adobe Photoshop CS4, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and offers tips for developing an efficient workflow. Stunning color photographs throughout the book show you the results that you too can achieve.

Auteur

Jay Kinghorn (Salt Lake City, UT) is a prolific author, provocative speaker and Olympus Visionary photographer who helps companies adapt and innovate with skills training and techniques to stay agile in a rapidly changing business environment. Kinghorn is a seasoned presenter and trainer who is currently engaged in a multi-city speaking tour for the American Society of Media Photographers delivering a seminar series entitled Adaptation: Running a Successful Photo Business in Todays Era of Smartphones, Tablets and Social Media. Kinghorn frequently serves as Technical Director for National Geographic Photo Camps around the world which bring teenagers together to tell their stories visually using photography, multimedia and the Web. . Jay Kinghorn is the co-author with Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Jay Dickman of Perfect Digital Photography, (McGraw-Hill 2009. Jay frequently blogs about visual literacy, photography and the impact of technology and mobile publishing on society, commerce and the arts at jaykinghorn.com andkinghornvisual.com.

Contenu

Acknowledgments
Introduction
**Section I: Creating the Image
**Chapter 1. The Power of Photography
Chapter 2. Equipment
Chapter 3. Developing Technical Proficiency with Your Camera
Chapter 4. Understanding Light
Chapter 5. Creative Exposures
Chapter 6. Composition
Chapter 7. Telling the Story
Chapter 8. Photographing People
Chapter 9. Travel and Documentary Photography
Chapter 10. Photographing the Natural World
**Section II: The Digital Darkroom
**Chapter 11. Welcome to the Digital Darkroom
Chapter 12. Getting Started with Lightroom
Chapter 13. Editing Your Photos
Chapter 14. Correcting Tone and Color
Chapter 15. Image Refinements
Chapter 16. Advanced Image Corrections
Chapter 17. Output
Chapter 18. Printing
Chapter 19. Multimedia Explorations
Index