Author(s): Dave Huss

Techniques

Now updated to cover the latest camera technologies and digital photography software (the latest version of Photoshop Elements), this full-color guide to digital photography is essential for the visual learner. Features topics from how a digital camera works, to getting those photos into your email signatures and out of your color printer, this beautiful, full-color guide to digital photography is sure to please the visual learner. Also covers photography topics from F-stops and shutter speed to digital imaging enhancement techniques. Packed with colorful illustrations, this guide for the beginning camera hobbyist offers advice on buying a digital camera, and walks through the process of composing pictures and controlling exposure, retouching images in Photoshop Elements 3.0, adding effects to a digital photo, and cropping and sizing a photo to print or share online. More than 500 oversized screen shots demonstrate each task with concise step-by-step instructions.