How Digital Photography Works - Softcover

A full-color, illustrated adventure into the high-tech wonders inside your digital camera by the author/illustrator team that created the bestselling How Computers Work. With clear and simple explanations that say, "You, too, can understand this," and brilliant, full-color illustrations, How Digital Photography Works, Second Edition, gives you detailed information on the hidden workings of digital cameras, professional picture-taking techniques, and even photo-editing software. Some of the topics covered in this groundbreaking book include: * How Digital Viewfinders Frame Your Pictures * How Twin Lens Cameras and Tilt-and-Shift Lenses Change the Rules * How Cameras Focus on Moving Targets * How Exposure Systems Balance Aperture and Shutter * How Electronic Flashes Create a Burst of Light * How Studio Lighting Creates a Perfect Lighting Environment * How Color Calibration Makes What You See on the Screen Match What You See on Paper * How Your Camera's Microprocessor Manipulates Images * How Photoshop Expands a Photographer's Artistry Introduction Part 1: Getting to Know Digital Cameras Chapter 1 The Workings of a Digital Camera Chapter 2 Inside Digital Video Cameras Part 2: How Digital Cameras Capture Images Chapter 3 How Lenses Work Chapter 4 How Light Plays Tricks on Perception Chapter 5 How Digital Exposure Sifts, Measures, and Slices Light Chapter 6 How Technology Lets There Be Light Chapter 7 How Light Becomes Data Chapter 8 How New Tech Changes Photography Part 3: How the Digital Darkroom Works Chapter 9 How Software Changes Pixels by the Numbers Chapter 10 How Digital Retouching Rescues Family Heirlooms Chapter 11 How the Digital Darkroom Makes Good Photos into Great Fantasies Part 4: How Digital Print-Making Works Chapter 12 How Computers and Printers Create Photographs Chapter 13 How Photo-Quality Printers Work Glossary Index

Author Ron White is the author of the award-winning, decade-long best-seller How Computers Work and a dozen other books on digital photography, computers, and underground music. He has been a photojournalist for three decades, both shooting photos and writing for some of the best-known publications in the United States. He gained attention early in his career by leaving the water running in the darkroom at the San Antonio Light, flooding the publisher's office. He has since acquired drier recognition as a newspaper and magazine executive and as an award-winning writer and publication designer. He has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Robert F. Kennedy Awards for his criticism and investigative reporting and by the National Magazine Awards for his self-effacing humor as a feature writer and columnist at PC Computing. He has been a host on NPR's Beyond Computing and a frequent guest on television and radio to explain new technology. Currently, he is working on The Daily Digital Digest, a newsletter and Internet blog to expand on the information found in his books. Tim Downs and Ron White have worked together on editorial and advertising technical guides for more than 10 years. Ron lives with his wife, Sue, in San Antonio. He can be reached at ron@ronwhite.com. Illustrator Timothy Edward Downs is an award-winning magazine designer, a photographer, and the illustrator of the best-seller How Computers Work. He has directed and designed several national consumer business, technology, and lifestyle magazines, always infusing a sense of "How it Works" into every project. By tapping his vast computer system and process knowledge, Tim has developed the richly illustrative style that is unique to the How It Works series. In How Digital Photography Works, Tim has further blurred the lines between informational illustration and photography.