Digital Photography For Dummies, DVD + Book BundleAn amazing value for digital photography beginners-Digital Cameras & Photography For Dummies, a full-color book, plus a 60-minute DVD! This value-priced bundle is the perfect how-to package for novice digital photographers who want to start taking great pictures right away. It features a 256-page, full-color guide that shows how to take great photos, edit them, and show them off-including special "makeover" chapters that explain how to turn bad photos into good ones. The 60-minute DVD demonstrates how to work with light, focus, and exposure to get great photos when shooting sports action, in low light, or a panorama. It also offers tutorials on editing with Photoshop Elements and sharing photos using online services.
The Table of Contents includes:
Ch 1: Choosing and Using Your Camera
Ch 2: Fast and Easy Picture Taking
Ch 3: Getting the Right Exposure
Ch 4: Composing Better Shots
Ch 5: Photographing Special Subjects
Ch 6: Transferring and Organizing Your Photos
Ch 7: Easy Edits and Modest Makeovers
Ch 8: Major Makeovers Using Adobe Photoshop Elements
Ch 9: Sending, Posting, and Copying Photos to Disk
Ch 10: Printing and Scanning Your Photos
Ch 11: Ten Tips for Better Photos
Ch 12: Ten Benefits of Using Flickr
Ch 13: Ten Uses for Adobe Photoshop Express
Digital SLR Cameras and Photography For Dummies, Book + DVD BundleA book-and-DVD bundle with everything you'll need to take great photos with your digital SLRNew to dSLR cameras? Whichever model you've chosen, you'll find this bestselling full-color book and the new, 60 minute companion DVD will give you confidence with your camera and show you how to take better photos. You'll find out how to manage exposure settings and choose lenses, get tips on lighting, discover what makes good photo composition, learn to choose the best file format, and download, edit, and manage your photos with ease. The DVD demonstrates the camera's parts, shows you what the settings produce, and provides great tips on getting the best action, portrait, low-light, landscape, and macro shots.All dSLR cameras, regardless of the brand, operate much the same; this guide offers information that applies to any dSLRExplains how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO add up to exposure; looks at HD features; and offers editing and sharing tipsHour-long DVD explains and demonstrates camera settings and accessories, different approaches to lighting, composition secrets, effective exposure techniques, and advice for improving various common types of shots
This unique full-color book plus DVD bundle is a favorite way to perfect your dSLR skills!
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Rick Sammon's Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training Photo Workshop [DVD Edition]Go to any Rick Sammon workshop or seminar and it will be standing room only. The popular speaker and Canon Explorer of Light travels the country on behalf of Canon teaching amateur photographers how to shoot better pictures. He has hosted shows on the DIY network as well as on ESPN and the Outdoor Life Network.
In this 1 1/2 hour video, Rick will show viewers all of the basic steps to taking great images. From camera basics to exposure, lenses, sport shooting, photographing in low light, close up photography, people and portraits, animals and pets, Rick breaks down complex topics into fun and interesting lessons. While other videos in this market feature an actor standing next to a camera on a tripod, Rick goes out on location to Universal Studios (Orlando, FL), Jungle World at the Bronx Zoo and other great places to entertain, educate and inspire viewers to becoming better photographers.
Lightroom 3 Fundamentals and Beyond: A Workshop on DVDIn this widely-acclaimed series of almost 7 hours of training on 37 videos, delve into the fundamentals of Lightroom and beyond. Laura guides you through how to manage, enhance and share your images in Lightroom 3 in a way that beginners can easily understand and immediately put to use, and with enough depth that intermediate users can also benefit greatly. From her years of teaching experience and moderating Adobe's Community Help system, she anticipates where students get stuck, and with a clear and concise presentation style, guides you through the complexities with ease. Getting Started: Understand how Lightroom 3 works with a catalog and nondestructive editing, how to organize your images, how to move your catalog and images, how to back everything up, how to set preferences and catalog settings. Library: Learn how to navigate the Library module, manage screen space, set view options, import images, manage files and folders, rate, flag and keyword your images, add metadata, find images, create groups of images with collections and smart collections. Learn how to use Publish Services to share images on Facebook, Flickr and others, and how to create jpeg and other copies of images to share via Export. Develop: after an overview and a lesson on the histogram, learn to use the tools and techniques available in a solid workflow. Use the crop, spot removal, and red eye tools. Learn the basics panel, how to adjust individual tones with the tone curve, individual colors with HSL, black and white conversions and split toning, adding grain and vignettes, lens corrections, sharpening and noise reduction. Learn to use virtual copies and presets, and how to use history and snapshots, and to view before and after. Make local changes with the adjustment brush and graduated filter. Work on multiple images with sync and auto sync. 37 MP4 movies (800 x 600 pixels or higher), playable with Quick Time, iTunes and other media players on your computer.
Digital Cameras & Photography For Dummies, Book + DVD Bundle (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))Are you looking for the right digital camera? Want to start shooting better photographs? Digital Cameras & Photography For Dummies makes everything easier. This book and DVD package is loaded with information about how to choose from the different types of digital cameras, compose a good photo, and edit images. And it’s a great value!
The instructional DVD introduces the basics of getting great digital photos, including lessons on using an SLR camera and Adobe Photoshop Elements. The book helps you choose the digital camera with the best features for how you take pictures. It then shows you how to capture images that interest you, improve your photos with editing software, and share your photos online. You’ll also discover how to:Compare features of the leading cameras and accessoriesGet great shots of people, animals, landscapes, and events\Organize, edit, and share your photosCapture action shotsMove photos from your camera to your computerFollow step-by-step instructions for easy photo-editing makeovers using Photoshop® ElementsResize and reshape images to meet your needsScan and save non-digital photosShare your photos by e-mail, on a sharing site or blog, on a CD or DVD, or in prints
Digital Cameras & Photography For Dummies book and DVD package shows you how to get more from your camera and have more fun with your pictures!
Learn & Master PhotographyThis incredibly thorough DVD course will take you from knowing little or nothing about photography to crating stunningly brilliant photos, vibrant with energy and dimension. You'll learn to master the macro lens for capturing intricate details as well as the telephoto lens for creating lovely landscapes. Designed to deliver the professional photographer's secret weapons of light, exposure, and emotion, this course will have you taking studio-quality shots using your own camera. By simply following along with the lessons and assignments, you'll learn to produce compelling images of people, animals, architecture, landscapes and still-life compositions. This course includes 24 learning sessions on 15 DVDs and 2 CD-ROMs of helpful photography examples, a 96 page lesson book, and access to an online support community. It's a professional course in the comfort of your own home! Total running time: 25.5 hours.
David Busch's Nikon D5100 Guide to Digital SLR PhotographyThe Nikon D5100 is the most advanced entry-level camera that Nikon has ever introduced. It boasts 16.2 megapixels of resolution, sophisticated full HD movie-making capabilities, and blazing fast automatic focus. As the owner of a Nikon D5100, you demand the ability to take outstanding pictures with your new camera. DAVID BUSCH'S NIKON D5100 GUIDE TO DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY shows you how, when, and why to use all the cool features, controls, and functions of the Nikon D5100 to take great photographs. Introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics of your camera before you dive right into exploring creative ways to apply file formats, resolution, aperture/priority exposure, and other automatic exposure features. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, so you'll quickly learn how to use the Nikon D5100, and use it like a pro!
Adobe Lightroom 2: Power Session DVDGet Up to Speed on the New Features in Lightroom 2!Join Matt as he explores the new additions in version 2. If you've used Lightroom before but want a quick way to learn all of the new tools in version 2, then this DVD-ROM is what you've been looking for. Matt's video cuts straight to the chase and shows you all the new features, demonstrating how photographers can put them to work in the real world.
In this DVD, Matt covers:
How Lightroom's killer Print module just got a lot better.Organizing your photos using the brand new Smart Collections.How the new Adjustment Brush will change the way you edit your photos.All of the interface changes and where to find the tools you're used to using.The new filters and finishing touches you can apply to your photos from the Develop module.Plus, a ton of shortcuts and tips to help take your productivity to the next level.DVD-ROM.
Running time: 82 minutes.
Chasing the Light: Improving Your Photography with Available Light (Voices That Matter)Light. It's the most transformative tool at any photographer’s disposal. Whether the lens is turned to people, wildlife, or landscape, the creative use of light is often the difference between a snapshot and a powerful photograph. In Chasing the Light: Improving Your Photography with Available Light, renowned photographer, writer, and educator Ibarionex Perello shares his unique insights for partnering with natural light to create evocative digital images. He brings his palpable passion and personal approach rooted in decades of experience, and reveals his honed techniques for controlling focus, exposure, white balance, and sharpness to create beautiful and impactful photographs. In an industry so obsessed with gear, this book bridges the gap between the technical and the creative and returns to a personal, inspirational narrative about perceiving and photographing light.
This book will enlighten photographers of all levels about
• the elements of exposure, metering, and ISO
• light’s impact on color and controlling color balance
• combining brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, and pattern enhancing portraits with available lighting
• direction and quality of sunlight and shooting in rural and urban landscapes
• the power of light in black and white
People Pictures: Creating Authentic Photographs with Chris Orwig, DVDAuthor/photographer Chris Orwig takes you on location in San Francisco to explore street, lifestyle, and environmental portraits using natural light. Chris guides you through five photo shoots with from start to finish, bringing his book People Pictures: 30 Exercises for Creating Authentic Photographs to life.
Chris explores the fabric of this city with his camera by telling a story, connecting with his subjects, and practicing his craft. This is not a traditional portrait photography course. The goal isn’t flattery, but connection and depth. And there is no quicker way to learn than to try something out yourself. Chris includes assignments to encourage you to have fun and establish your own style as a portrait photographer.
This stunning, high-quality DVD-ROM video is for beginning-and-intermediate photographers and is meant to change how you see the world and the pictures that you make. All that’s required is a camera, an intrepid attitude, and some imagination.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Chris Orwig is a celebrated photographer, author, and teacher at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of the best-selling Visual Poetry: A Creative Guide for Making Engaging Digital Photographs (New Riders/Voices That Matter) and People Pictures: 30 Exercises for Creating Authentic Photographs (Peachpit Press). Chris brings passion and unique perspective to all that he does. See his work at chrisorwig.com.
This is a DVD-ROM.
Approximate run time: 163 min.
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