What do you think?
Rate this book
Digital Slr Photography All-In-One for Dummies
Your one-stop guide to better photography with your dSLR
Upgrading to a digital SLR camera is a sign that you're serious about becoming a better photographer. A dSLR offers you control over your photography that a smartphone or a point-and-shoot can never match. It takes some know-how to make all those features work. Digital SLR Photography All-in-One For Dummies offers a perfect starting place for getting a grasp on how to take charge of your dSLR. Look inside to get the lowdown on dSLR controls, interchangeable lenses, the science of taking photographs, and how to put them all together to get the images you want out of your camera.
Inside...
* Exploring your camera
* Picking the perfect lens
* Understanding exposure
* Prioritizing lighting
* Wrangling your photo files
* Building a portfolio
Upgrading to a digital SLR camera is a sign that you're serious about becoming a better photographer. A dSLR offers you control over your photography that a smartphone or a point-and-shoot can never match. It takes some know-how to make all those features work. Digital SLR Photography All-in-One For Dummies offers a perfect starting place for getting a grasp on how to take charge of your dSLR. Look inside to get the lowdown on dSLR controls, interchangeable lenses, the science of taking photographs, and how to put them all together to get the images you want out of your camera.
Inside...
* Exploring your camera
* Picking the perfect lens
* Understanding exposure
* Prioritizing lighting
* Wrangling your photo files
* Building a portfolio
624 pages, Paperback
Published November 24, 2020
54 people are currently reading
31 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
March 28, 2019
Is it weird to love a "for dummies" book? Because I did! Granted I've never read any other ones besides this to compare it to, but I was really impressed by this one. I got a DSLR camera a couple years ago and just couldn't get my head around what it could do. This book taught me exactly what I needed to know to get started and now I feel like I can move forward. Already my pictures are improving and I'm having a lot of fun! And I honestly enjoyed reading it. Correll's style of writing is engaging, encouraging, and light-hearted but also very clear and helpful.
March 7, 2024
Practical book covering the basics of digital SLR use. The later chapters go completely off the rails as the author, for example, fruitlessly attempts to teach photoshop in a short chapter. Still, for someone like me who used to shoot film and was mystified by my digital Canon offering me the opportunity to adjust ISO and aperture, the early chapters of this book were very helpful
August 6, 2017
It's taken a while to wade through this hefty tome since there's a significant amount of content. It advertises it as six books in one, where really there is one larger book dealing with the basics of DSLR photography and five shorter, although comprehensive, books which narrow specific aspects of digital photography. If you are not familiar with the Dummies series, they break down the subject matter in to simple chapters, written quite colloquially so it's very friendly and easy to relate to. There are plenty of illustrations and examples in there, however there are alternative books which are almost all pictures should that be your learning style. This book is heavy on content, but the pictures back up the text.
The initial book is aimed at beginners, including advice and purchasing. It covers all the buttons you might need and more, a great place to start since DSLRs can be rather daunting to start with. Although the more advanced concepts are covered in the fist book, there are better explanations and tutorials later. I found this a little unconnected, since it doesn't explain which content will be covered in depth later, so it's tempting to use the shallow initial sections as the core learning, only to find it covered again later.
The five subsequent books deep dive in to lens and how to get the most from them (including the basic lens included with your DSLR (unless you bought body only, of course), lighting and how to get the most from it or how to enhance it, and my favourite section (book) which gave loads of advice on how to get creative and use a DSLR camera to get more by going beyond the auto mode (where I've spent the last five years). There are further sections on how to improve your shots, from either in the camera itself or via editing software/apps and a tiny section (book?) on certain popular themes of photography and some advice on how to make set up your own snaps.
Overall, this is a good book for beginners and users who never really make the most of their DSLRs. The text can be hard going at times, since the subject matter, by default, it complex. It'll need hands on practice, with the book nearby as you practice, to unlock the power of your DSLR. Due to the sheer breadth of content within this book, most, if not all, of your questions will be resolved.
The initial book is aimed at beginners, including advice and purchasing. It covers all the buttons you might need and more, a great place to start since DSLRs can be rather daunting to start with. Although the more advanced concepts are covered in the fist book, there are better explanations and tutorials later. I found this a little unconnected, since it doesn't explain which content will be covered in depth later, so it's tempting to use the shallow initial sections as the core learning, only to find it covered again later.
The five subsequent books deep dive in to lens and how to get the most from them (including the basic lens included with your DSLR (unless you bought body only, of course), lighting and how to get the most from it or how to enhance it, and my favourite section (book) which gave loads of advice on how to get creative and use a DSLR camera to get more by going beyond the auto mode (where I've spent the last five years). There are further sections on how to improve your shots, from either in the camera itself or via editing software/apps and a tiny section (book?) on certain popular themes of photography and some advice on how to make set up your own snaps.
Overall, this is a good book for beginners and users who never really make the most of their DSLRs. The text can be hard going at times, since the subject matter, by default, it complex. It'll need hands on practice, with the book nearby as you practice, to unlock the power of your DSLR. Due to the sheer breadth of content within this book, most, if not all, of your questions will be resolved.
August 18, 2018
Very basic
A fantastic read for anyone starting in DSLR photography, but incredibly simplified for anyone with anyone with any amount of experience with a DSLR camera
A fantastic read for anyone starting in DSLR photography, but incredibly simplified for anyone with anyone with any amount of experience with a DSLR camera
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews