From Book News, Inc.
The author of the Associated Press's Camera Angles column and essays featured in leading photography magazines presents "107 lessons on taking, making, editing, storing, printing, and sharing better digital images." Sammon offers tips via captions to about 1,000 of his stunning images taken around the world. He also offers advice on choosing a camera and restoring old/damaged photos. The guide includes a glossary, Web resources, and recommended reading. The CD-ROM tutorial contains PC/ Mac- compatible files with slide shows, demos, lessons on Adobe Photoshop 7 techniques, plug-in filters, and QuickTime Player.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Over 1,000 images teach shooting and Photoshop techniques in easy lessons for anyone wanting expert advice on digital photography. In 2003, digital camera sales will explode following a 35 percent increase in 2002. Rick Sammon, one of North America's most widely read photocolumnists, covers all the steps in the digital photographic process. Sammon begins with basic advice for those new to photography. Experienced film shooters will enjoy Sammon's ample coverage of Photoshop and digital image techniques. And in a bonus section, Sammon offers advanced tips such as taking glamour shots, producing e-books, and setting up a home studio. Sammon answers questions such as "How do I select a digital camera? How do I store my images? What are the first things I should do when using Photoshop?" Sammon's approach of "learning to see and seeing to learn" uses pairs of images, software screen shots, and the best photographs from his own vast library. The 107 lessons take the reader through each topic in friendly, concise steps. Includes a CD-ROM with "The Camera Looks Both Ways," a mini-course in photography. 1008 color illustrations.

About the Author
Rick Sammon is the author of the popular "Camera Angles" column for the Associated Press and writes for Popular Photography & Imaging, Outdoor Photographer, PCPhoto, Shutterbug, Studio Photography & Design, and eDigitalPhoto.com. He is a guest host of "Canon Photo Safari," is featured in two series on the Do It Yourself Network, and is the digital photography expert on eBay. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

An experienced workshop instructor, Rick Sammon has an approach to photography that is best described as "learning to see and seeing to learn." Rick avoids the technical jargon in favor of narrative captions. Throughout the book's seven parts, the photographic process unfolds for the reader from taking, making, editing, storing, and printing to sharing better digital images. Each lesson reveals itself through instructional photographs accompanied by narrative captions that lead fluidly from one image to the next.