Brilliant Digital Photography

A completely revised, revamped edition of Brilliant Digital Photogrpahy with all new high-res images printed on art quality paper stock and containing a full new section on the latest release of Adobe's PS Elements 6 software for budding Digital photographers. Fully updated to cover windows vista and Mac OSX Leopard, including coverage of iPhoto. Overview Whether you're a die hard film enthusiast or simply bamboozled by computers, there's no denying Digital Photography is taking over, and over the next 300 pages this book will guide you through a series of tasks designed to familiarize you with the technology available enabling you to capture your own vivid images, print your own family album and potentially even sell your work. Covering every aspect of digital photography from helping you select ideal camera, getting the best from your equipment right through to publishing your work on the web or getting your images on to canvas. Unlike conventional film photography you don't need to have your own dark room to edit your images and this volume will cover tips from cropping to advanced techniques for digital retouching. Indeed who ever said The camera never lies could never have envisioned impact of digital photography and the creative freedom it affords. Nowadays the ready availability of inexpensive digital cameras and powerful editing software has meant that for the well versed literally anything is possible. From simple enhancements such as removing red eye to restoring aging family photos, or more ambitious tasks like adding or removing missing relatives, this book will cover the techniques and tools used step by step to make them accessible to anyone. Key Features * Full coverage of PS Elements 6 * A simple visual, step-by-step guide to your digital camera, the hardware and the software you have at your disposal to take fantastic pictures * Practical guidance on taking great pictures, fixing the not-so-great ones, storing and printing your images * Advice on how to make money from your photographs: using stock libraries, setting up an ecommerce website