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Digital Photography Complete Course: Learn Everything You Need to Know in 20 Weeks (DK Complete Courses) Hardcover – Illustrated, August 18, 2015

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It's time to start using your camera to it's full potential, and this photography book for beginners can help you do just that. Combining tutorials, step-by-step photo shoots, practical assignments, and fun Q&As, this brilliant book on photography can help you untangle photographic jargon such as aperture, exposure, shutter speed, and depth-of-field; teach you top tips and tricks surrounding the range of modes on bridge and system cameras, and help you to master composition for that perfect photo!

DK's Digital Photography Complete Course is a must-have book for photography lovers of all ages, whether you're a photography or art student seeking to learn more about the subject, or a photography beginner looking to improve your own digital photography techniques. Doubling up as the perfect photography gift book for beginners, Digital Photography Compete Course will help you use your camera to its full potential, so that you don't just take good pictures - you take great ones!
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Digital Photography Complete Course
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What’s it about? This photography book for beginners is easy to read and understand, even if you have never worked with a camera before. It has step-by-step tutorials covering the whole range of camera functions and photographic techniques. This modular 20-week photography course is the ultimate master class in digital photography. Using a combination of tutorials, step-by-step demonstrations, practical assignments and fun Q&As, you’ll go from photography novice to pro in no time. Compose, capture and edit stunning digital photographs, no matter your experience level. Renowned photographer and digital expert Tom Ang shows you how to master the essentials of digital photography with this digital photography book.
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DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.   Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK; Reissue edition (August 18, 2015)
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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1465436073
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1465436078
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Jen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good photography primer and beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2023
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I ordered this book to homeschool my highschooler in a digital photography class. I am a photographer, so I knew a lot of the info in the book, but I wanted something that would put it all together and make it easy to teach the concepts. This book works great for that. The pictures and layout are beautiful and the info is great.
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Mark Bonn
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to learn photography!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
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If you’re like me and don’t know squat about cameras or photography, this book is for you. It covers everything I needed to know and was in a nice format that made learning this field very easy.

My only suggestion is that you buy the book, read it, and then purchase your camera of choice. Had I done this, I wouldn’t have purchased the camera I did, but one that fit my needs and interests more. However, this book has helped me get the results I wanted from my camera. Highly recommend!
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delicateflower152
4.0 out of 5 stars Best for Those Who Know Absolutely Nothing or for Home School Use in an Arts Curriculum ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019
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"Digital Photography Complete Course: Learn Everything You Need to Know in 20 Weeks" by David Taylor is an excellent book - if you know absolutely nothing about cameras or photography. However if you are trying to upgrade your skills or learn more than just point and shoot, the book may not be what you expected. Each chapter is well organized with the exception of the quiz as the first item on a topic. If you have not read the material first, the answers may not be intuitive and can leave you frustrated as to why the provided answer is correct. The other issue I have with the book is that, while I have a bridge camera that has a superzoom, the material is not always helpful when it comes to learning the operation with respect to the topics being presented as Taylor focuses on a DSLR and multiple lenses. Further, his discussions of fixing photos are not helpful if you do not have the same software he discusses.

I think this book would be excellent for the rank novice with absolutely no knowledge of f-stops, shutter speed or ISO's, or for a home-school environment as each chapter has multiple exercises to complete which each require several hours. However, for those who have a life other than their camera, devoting hours a day to the practice exercises is impractical.

I found a camera-specific guidebook more helpful in learning to use my camera and suggest that you consider that option, too.
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Meghan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for learning how to take better photos!
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2019
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This is a great book for beginners or near-beginners at photography. Each module (e.g. exposure, contrast, depth of field) is laid out like a week-long class with a pre-assessment, explanation of the theory, specific examples of what to do to adjust the topic at hand, then "assignments" (ideas for practice), self-assessment at the end, and tips for post-production. Each module is followed with a review of "what you have learned" with a quiz that you can take or skip.

The book is laid out very well with easy-to-read diagrams, chunks of text, pictures, examples, etc. It's very easy to follow. It does not cover things 100% in-depth, but it told me what I needed to ask Google (e.g. I was curious about the origin of ISO and how it translates to digital photography, and I needed more information on spot-metering, so I augmented).

I bought this book because I wanted to become better at photography this year. I have a middle-of-the-road DSLR camera and I know SOME things, but not how or why they work. As an example, I knew that a higher ISO made my picture lighter, but not why. I also knew how to change aperture, and what it did, but I didn't really know how to combine these things in certain situations. Rather, I'd experiment until I found a picture I liked, then hope that what I saw on my screen was what would actually turn out! It's a hefty book, but useful to pick and choose modules to learn when I realize that I don't understand them! I definitely recommend!
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Techkie
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need in learning Digital Photography
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2023
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I bought this book to help me to better understand digital photography and how to frame your subjects. Book does a great job with teaching you the basics - from lens selection, focal lengths, apertures and so on to framing your subjects and importance of lighting. I have a Youtube channel that I'm trying to grow an while this book is targeted at digital photography much of it crosses over to videography, or shooting Youtube videos or videos for other social sites.
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Gypsy
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023
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Digital Photography Complete Course. Is easy to understand and I have it on Kindle so I can move through the book to references I read and need more detail. I highly recommend it.
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1Princess
5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS PHOTO BOOK!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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This would make a great gift for any photography student or enthusiast.
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KERRY HANSEN
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book lots of details
Reviewed in Canada on January 10, 2024
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Enjoyed this, loads of info and points to help use a camera and improve your photography skills
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Jose Carlos Barcelo Fernandez
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Mexico on January 27, 2023
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Es un libro de muy alta calidad de impresión papel y fotografia. falta algunos ejercicios para los verdaderos principiantes yo lo compre para tener sugerencias de actividades para un curso de fotografia que estoy impartiendo y es una excelente herramienta para armar un curso. Aunque los conceptos básicos como el manejo del triangulo de exposición velocidad ISO apertura
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Reviewed in Sweden on May 1, 2024
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P. Swift
5.0 out of 5 stars nice layout, clear concise information
Reviewed in Spain on April 6, 2024
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arrived promptly, nice sized, hard cover resource.
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Carlos Martinez
5.0 out of 5 stars Digital photography knowledge
Reviewed in Germany on February 25, 2024
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Most people take pictures just by pressing a shooter, but if you like to know how to use a camera, and understand the environment for a better shoot this book will help you to become a photographer with knowledge. You will use your camera *owner manual* together with this book and you will succeed!
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