With digital camera technology improving almost monthly and the price of sophisticated digital SLR cameras dropping, more and more people are turning to digital cameras for their advanced photography needs. In Digital Art Photography For Dummies, award-winning journalist and photographer Matthew Bamberg, covers the steps and techniques needed to take and print gallery-quality photos with digital equipment.
This full-color guide uses the fun, friendly For Dummies style to guide readers through:
- Selecting and using high-end photo equipment
- Shooting in a variety of artistic styles including landscape and portrait photography
- Working with special effects while shooting
- Mimicking the work of famous artists and photographers
- Using Photoshop to enhance photos
- Printing high-quality photos
- Presenting the finished product online or in a gallery
Digital Art Photography For Dummies also includes hundreds of example photos to provide guidance and inspiration for would-be artists. For further inspiration, readers can visit Bamberg's photoblog (where he calls himself the "Digital Traveler") at http://digitalartphotographyfordummies.blogspot.com. Here the author takes bloggers on a world journey through spontaneous text and images from world heritage sites and throughout the world's greatest cities.
Digital Art Photography For Dummies helps readers channel their inner Ansel Adams and go from hobbyist to photographic artist with ease.
