Complete Digital Photography: 9th Edition
In this thoroughly updated edition of Complete Digital Photography, popular photographer, writer, and teacher Ben Long guides you through the creative and challenging world of digital photography. In this book is everything you’ll need to know in order to create great digital photos, from how a camera works to all the details of shooting, image
In this thoroughly updated edition of Complete Digital Photography, popular photographer, writer, and teacher Ben Long guides you through the creative and challenging world of digital photography. In this book is everything you’ll need to know in order to create great digital photos, from how a camera works to all the details of shooting, image editing, output, and workflow. The step-by-step tutorials included here offer great tips and techniques on improving your processes from start to finish. You’ll learn about exposure theory, composition, lighting, masking, image adjustment, and much more. No prior experience is needed or assumed, and by the end of the book you’ll be tackling complex photographic challenges with your own growing expertise—and the results will astound you. NOTE: This version has been updated to improve the print quality.
Great New and Great improvements I just recently received the updated book and returned the previous version of this book. Many people have known the old version had print issues where the pages bleed and looked like a grainy mess. Well wait no longer the upgrade is here with better photos and print. I like the fact that Ben cares about his fans and so, he mentioned about taking the old version out and replacing it with the updated version. Hip Hip hurrah. The new updated version is smaller and compact with the same…
Entertaining and Comprehensive Reference Source. Wow! As a working photographer and photo educator, I’m blown away by this new edition. The text is straightforward, comprehensive, up to date, and entertaining. That’s a tough balance to find in today’s photo industry.Chapter 10 on lighting in particular caught my attention. It details so much information including new LED technology, continuous light vs strobes, sync modes, modifiers and real world example images to make this complex subject accessible. The flow is very linear from the…
An excellent resource This is a very comprehensive and informative photography book, written in a very readable style. I really appreciate the tremendous amount of effort the author put into preparing this publication. It is clear he has a passion for the subject and wants to share that passion and knowledge with others. I highly recommend it.