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Julie Adair King
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February 5, 2020

Digital Photography For Dummies

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Photographers! Your guide is here!

The demand for high-quality photographs is higher than ever. Whether you’re building your influencer rating online, capturing the moments of a child’s life, or are looking for ways to improve your skills, photography know-how is a must-have skill.

Digital Photography For Dummies helps you do more than pointing, shooting, and hoping for the best or slapping a filter on a camera phone shot. This book introduces you to the camera settings and techniques that separate okay pictures from frame-worthy portraits. It then explains how to apply those

skills to capturing your own portraits, landscape shots, and high-action photos.

  • Develop a better eye for image composition
  • Discover how to light photos better, including using natural light
  • Learn to get quick results in auto settings or take full control in manual mode
  • Discover the elements of exposure and how they influence the final product
  • Find instructions on taking a formal or casual portrait
  • Apply basic editing techniques to finalize your image

Go beyond photo apps and apply the techniques pros use for their images.

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About The Author

Julie Adair King is a bestselling author whose books combined have sold well over a million copies. Along with all previous editions of Digital Photography For Dummies, she has written For Dummies books covering Canon, Olympus, and Nikon dSLR cameras as well as books on photo retouching.

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To take quality photos on a digital camera, you need the correct resolution, format, and ISO setting. Most digital cameras display common symbols for exposure modes and offer basic file formats for creating and saving your digital photos.Resolution in digital photosResolution refers to the number of pixels in your digital photos.
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When you return from a photo outing, don't be discouraged if you like only a handful of digital images out of all the frames you shot. A 100 percent good-to-garbage ratio is unrealistic, especially when you're photographing kids, wildlife, or other unpredictable subjects.And don’t be quick to delete flawed photos — you may be able to fix them in a photo-editing program or mobile photo app.
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To take quality photos on a digital camera, you need the correct resolution, format, and ISO setting. Most digital cameras display common symbols for exposure modes and offer basic file formats for creating and saving your digital photos.Resolution in digital photosResolution refers to the number of pixels in your digital photos.
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You might be surprised to learn that using your camera's flash outside is an important aspect of taking beautiful portraits of people. In this video, photographer and Dummies author Julie Adair King explains why, and she provides other valuable advice for shooting outdoor portraits.
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A lack of quality images isn’t always the result of poor photography. Sometimes, the problems occur during printing. Luckily, most printing woes can be traced to a handful of issues. Checking photo resolution: Do you have enough pixels? For good-quality prints, you need an adequate pixel population. The short story is that you should aim for the neighborhood of 300 pixels per linear inch of your print.
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In this video, Dummies author Julie Adair King tells you how you can get great family photos at home — even when your kids are being rowdy. Learn about choosing a good background and lighting the scene.
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Although flash is the most common form of artificial lighting, you do have another option: You can opt for continuous lights, which is a fancy term for photography lights that stay on all the time rather than emit light only when you press the shutter button.Constant lighting gives you the advantage of being able to see in advance where and how the light is going to hit your subject, making it easier to get the light just right before you shoot.
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Digital photography is an art, but it can also be a fun hobby for beginners. Digital cameras come in a variety of sizes, styles, and even colors. Before you buy, it helps to consider whether you’re best suited to a basic, intermediate, or advanced camera. Let’s take a look at these categories: Basic models: This term is used to describe entry-level cameras that offer few (or no) controls over exposure, focus, and so on.
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