Product Description
Master the art of digital photography“Jay Dickman and Jay Kinghorn again have brought an insightful book on digital photography based on creating your best digital photographs, regardless of the rapid changes in the digital technology… From cover to cover, this book is filled with priceless information on how to get the great photos, and how to make sure they are your best.” –John Knaur, Senior Marketing Manager, Digital SLR, Olympus Imaging Amer… More >>
#1 by Ddaside88 on April 24, 2010 - 7:28 am
This MAY BE the end-all, be-all book for digital photography. Certainly it comes highly recommended. The authors most definitely know their stuff, and probably generously lay it out for the rest of us who aspire to their abilities. However, unless subsequent printings remedy the situation, I will never know. While fanning through the pages to get an idea of some of the content, almost immediately I became discouraged with the pale gray typeface in the captions. My eyes aren’t what they used to be, and I really don’t feel like struggling with such a silly, illogical choice of print. That said, what I did glean seemed to be a rehash of numerous other (legible) books. I think I’ll stick to the volumes I already have in my library.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by fwed on April 24, 2010 - 9:39 am
I was reveling in the joy of being able to sample a half dozen books on photography, read their reviews and select the one that clearly appeared to contain the answers to my questions, all in the middle of the night, in the comfort of my home, because I was smart enough to have bought a Kindle2.
This 480 page reference was my choice. I bought the book, for more than twice the more typical $10 price of other books, sat down to enjoy getting oriented to this impressive reference, only to find the Table of Contents is not active. Not only that, but the Table of Contents doesn’t even have page numbers associated with the chapters or topics. A 480 page reference work, essentially worthless as a reference on an electronic reading device.
At least the Customer Service staff took the edge off my frustration and anger with their sympathy for that frustration as they refunded my purchase.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Soozie on April 24, 2010 - 9:56 am
I asked for this book as a gift, and was happy with the first 30 or so pages. At that point it turns into a photoshop primer, with step-by-step instructions on how to manipulate your image. But what if you don’t have or use photoshop? Too bad. I’ve had a couple of classes in Photoshop Elements, but that’s not enough to penetrate this book.
Bottom line: this is not a photography book, this is a photoshop book. What if you’d prefer to take better photographs so that photoshop is not necessary? I’m not sure, but don’t get this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by F. Leber on April 24, 2010 - 12:33 pm
Informative and useful – an excellent choice for someone at my level – which I would describe as advanced intermediate.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by K. E. Kruger on April 24, 2010 - 1:22 pm
This book did not turn out to be as good as it sounded. The style of photography offered was more along the lines of magazine documentary pieces, rather than many genre’s of simply beautiful photography. We wound up returning it and purchasing some other books that suited our purposes much better.
Rating: 2 / 5