DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY BASICS - Softcover

Do I need to spend a serious sum of money to purchase a digital camera worth using? How do I store my images safely if they are not on film? Can I really eliminate serious mistakes made when shooting the original image? Do I really have to throw away my conventional camera and start all over again? Can I make exhibition quality photographic prints without recourse to a darkroom? Digital Photography for Beginners answers these and dozens of other questions asked by aspiring digital camera users. With attractive and inspirational images, accompanied by clear, no-nonsense text, the author guides the reader through the first steps in digital photography through to the sophistication of image making that can be achieved with even the most simple models. This book debunks the technical mystique surrounding the new camera technology and shows the reader how to become a wizard in the magical realm of digital imaging.

Gus Wylie was originally trained as a painter and has spent over 40 years working as a professional photographer and teaching photography at educational institutions including the Royal College of Art where he also completed his PhD on the subject of popular culture. He has authored two monographs of his own photographs and was author of The Complete Photographer.