Extreme Digital Photography

"Extreme Digital Photography" offers practical advice for taking digital photographs in extreme environments. It covers the practicalities of equipment, trip planning, communication and survival, along with in-depth guides to various locales - from climbing Everest, to rafting the Takeze, to surviving the Sahara, and features stunning photographs taken from every region. It gives serious, in-depth information for people planning to take their digital camera with them on a trip to a wild locale, while at the same time providing beautiful images of extreme environments for those who just wish they were going. The practical information provided in this book can also be used on any journey where a digital camera is taken out into the wild.

"Extreme Digital Photography" offers practical advice for taking digital photographs in extreme environments. It covers the practicalities of equipment, trip planning, communication and survival, along with in-depth guides to various locales - from climbing Everest, to rafting the Takeze, to surviving the Sahara, and features stunning photographs taken from every region. It gives serious, in-depth information for people planning to take their digital camera with them on a trip to a wild locale, while at the same time providing beautiful images of extreme environments for those who just wish they were going. The practical information provided in this book can also be used on any journey where a digital camera is taken out into the wild.

Jonathan Chester is a leading polar photographer and adventurer. In the course of thirty years of traveling to the world's most wild and remote destinations, he has written and illustrated ten books, produced numerous films and live website coverage, and acted as a guide and expedition leader. His digital photography has taken him on assignments to Antarctica, Africa, the Galapagos, and the Himalaya and Ladakh in Northern India, including Mt. Everest.