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List Price: $34.99 Our Price: $27.99 You Save: $7.00 (20%) Paperback - 144 pages (July 1999) Peachpit Press , Dimensions: (in inches): 0.40 x 11.00 x 8.47 John Odam's Start With a Digital Camera A Guide to Using Digital Photography to Create High-Quality Graphics This book is wonderful. In the true fashion of John Odam, anyone who is interested in digital photography should pick up this lavishly illustrated demonstration of what you can do with a digital camera. Start with a Digital Camera mimics a traditional photography text. It teaches how to choose a subject, arrange lighting, compose frames, work with models, and capture fast action. The author, a graphic designer, also discusses various styles of photography (landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and so on) available for exploration. But rather than discuss film, chemical development, and darkroom techniques, Odam digs into the special quirks and capabilities of digital photography. He explains--with the help of many beautiful color illustrations--how to manipulate electronic photographs on a personal computer. Digital photography is well established as the next wave of image creation. Cameras are becoming more affordable, image manipulation technology is becoming more powerful, and an increasing number of users are finding the lure of digital photography too strong to resist. Whether you are about to purchase a digital camera or you already have one and aren't sure what to do with it, this book gives you both the knowledge and the inspiration to create top quality digital photographs and incorporate them into graphic designs. Note: This book is an Editor's Choice book in the Design Bookshelf, and a "BEST" pick for DT&G Magazine. Keywords: Photography: digital photography, cameras, manipulation, montage, retouching, (Photo) - - 11/27/99