Mastering Digital Images: Capture - Process - Display - Sell (Digital Photography Book 3)
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Whether you are transitioning from film to digital or want to take your photography to a higher level, this book might be just what you were looking for.Take the mystery out of creating, processing, displaying, and selling digital images. There is a lot to know about capturing, manipulating, and displaying digital images. The more that you understand about each aspect of handling these images, the better your results. You will also greatly reduce stress and frustration caused by unexpected results and bad advice.Snapping a photo is a lot different from creating great images. If you want your work to stand out, you need to understand how digital images are created and how to manipulate them with maximum efficiency.A professional photographer is someone who is paid for his or her photographic skills. It doesn't have to be a full-time job to be rewarding. This book will open your eyes to the possibilities. Are you ready to move beyond point and shoot photography? Are you enthused about photography but confused by all the technical jargon? Do you feel a physical sensation in your gut when you take a great picture? Would you like to be more consistent with the quality of your images? Have you ever had an experience where you thought to yourself, “This book could have saved me a lot of time, money, and frustration, if only I had known about it back then?” Why spend any more time “Shooting in the Dark?”Just scroll back up the page and click on the BUY button at the right to purchase this great guidebook for the cost of a coffee
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Most of my photographic background is with an old Nikon F2 Photomic, donated to me by my father more than 30 years ago. However, film is dead so about 4 years ago I upgraded that old F2 to a Nikon D7100 and off I went.I have been able to take some really amazing pictures with the new camera, I knew it was capable of so much more - the loose nut was holding the camera. So, after reading the 5-star reviews of Al Judge’s book “Mastering Digital Images” I was sure it would help me improve my digital photography skills.I want to start by saying a few nice things about the book. It was inexpensive, and it was printed with a large font, which made easy reading for my old eyes. Also, the author has a great writing style which made it interesting to read. The book touches on a lot of topics and does cover some of the terminology specific to digital images.I have to report however, a more appropriate name for the book should have been “An Introduction to Digital Images”, because it barely touches on any of the topics the author covers. An overview of the material rather than any in depth discussion on any of the topics presented in the book.Case and point. The chapter titled “Color Management” is covered in 3 pages, and remember with the large print, there really isn’t much. How can one expect to be able to “Master” anything which is covered in only three pages?Throughout the book he writes a paragraph, maybe two, about a topic and then states he will come back to it later in the book. He did this with White Balance – a very critical topic. He writes, “This step can have a dramatic effect on overall results. If the white balance is off, you may spend hours making color adjustments” (with software) “without ever achieving the desired results.”. In all, there are only about 5 or 6 paragraphs throughout the whole book which touch on the subject. Pretty much an introduction vs. covering the subject to a point anyone can say they have mastered it.The part of the book which really made me crazy was the chapter he spent on “Optimizing Your Workflow”. One of the steps was to “Apply Noise Reduction”. In the past I had heard much about noise and was hoping I could gain useful information about it. Mr. Judge writes only a single sentence on what noise is, and goes on to state “Most editing adjustments add noise to the image...For this reason it is desirable to reduce the noise early in the process.”. But does not write one word on steps to reduce the noise other than writing “It should only be used if the noise is distracting.”. I still don’t know much about noise reduction, much less barely even know how to identify it.At only a little over 100 pages, the book barely scratches the surface to some of the terminology of Digital Photography. For example, he mentions TIFF format files, but writes very little about this useful file format, and doesn’t even bother to tell you they are “Tagged Image File Format”.If you are looking for soft fluffy introductory sort of book which might be interesting to read, this book could be for you. If, however you are looking for a book that really dives into how to master Digital Photography, you might look elsewhere.I do not recommend this book.flk k