Real World Digital Photography

Whether you're just making the transition from a lifetime of traditional photography or are looking to bring your digital photography skills in line with today's market, if you're serious about digital photography, you need this book. In the four years since the first edition was published, just about every aspect of digital photography has changed (often radically—and it's all covered in these pages. Organized in four major sections—Digital Processing Essentials, Digital Processing Techniques, The Digital Darkroom, and Output and Presentation—the focus here is on getting great pictures and spectacular printed output through a combination of smart techniques and the right equipment. As with all of the titles in the Real World series, the authors here realize that this entails learning not just techniques but the concepts behind them. For a professional-level understanding of the digital photography process—from how a digital camera works to advice on buying cameras and accessories, choosing hardware and software, downloading and outputting images, and more—this is the place to turn.

Whether you’re a serious photographer or a hobbyist, the advice and instruction found in this comprehensive, best-selling guide to digital photography will help you advance your skills to produce consistent professional results.

Real World Digital Photography addresses the wide range of topics surrounding digital photography, including up-to-date descriptions of the latest camera technologies, expert advice for taking better photographs, and tips and techniques for optimizing images to look their best in print and on the Web. Adventurous photographers can explore new sections explaining high dynamic range as well as panoramic and night photography. You’ll also learn how to establish an effective, efficient workflow using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop — the two must-have tools for any serious photographer.

In Real World Digital Photography, Third Edition you’ll learn about:

• The essential technical considerations and professional skills to improve your photography
• How digital cameras work and the resulting impact on how and what you photograph
• Fundamentals of digital photography, including how to use lighting, composition, and lens choice to create compelling images
• How to establish a digital editing workflow that produces successful, repeatable, reliable results
• Practical image-editing techniques to improve tone and contrast, correct colors, enhance sharpness, and more
• How to photograph source images to create stunning high dynamic range and panoramic photographs
• The essential requirements of a professional color-managed workflow so that what you see is really what you print
• Expanding your creative options with night photography, time lapse, and stop motion photography

KATRIN EISMANN is an artist, teacher, and chair of the Masters in Digital Photography department at the School of Visual Arts. She wrote Photoshop Restoration & Retouching and Photoshop Masking & Compositing, and is co-author of The Creative Digital Darkroom. www.katrineismann.com.

SEÁN DUGGAN is a fine art photographer, educator, and co-author of The Creative Digital Darkroom and other books. He teaches online imaging classes for photographers at the Academy of Art University and leads digital photography workshops at venues across the country. www.seanduggan.com.

TIM GREY has written over a dozen books and hundreds of magazine articles on digital photography and imaging, and speaks at events, workshops, and seminars around the world. He also publishes the Digital Darkroom Quarterly and the Ask Tim Grey newsletters. www.timgrey.com.