Pogue - iPhoto

The Missing Manual series is a joint venture between Pogue Press (the dream team introduced on these pages) and OReilly Media (a dream publishing partner).

I also owe a debt of gratitude to my old Yale roommate Joe Schorr, who coauthored the first two editions of this book and wound up, years later, working at Apple, where he eventually became the product manager for Aperture andhows this for irony?iPhoto. Some of his prose and his humor live on in this edition.

Various editions of this book have also enjoyed the prose stylings of professional photographer/writer Derrick Story and fellow New York Times tech columnist Jude Biersdorfer. Above all, it was my pleasure to welcome Lesa Snider, who cheerfully undertook the challenge of updating this book to reflect the changes in iPhoto without making it sound like two different authors were at work. She did a sensational job.

Above all, thanks to my beautiful bride Nicki and my gifted offspring Kelly, Tia, and Jeffrey, whose patience and sacrifices make these booksand everything elsepossible.

David Pogue

What a huge treat it was to rewrite this book and prepare all-new artwork! Im really proud of the way the book turned out, and I think youll enjoy it, too. (FYI, all the photography in this edition came from my trusty Canon 40D and Canon 5D Mark III, the latter generously provided by www.LensProToGo.com.) Thanks to everyone who posed so beautifully for a large chunk of the shots used in this book: our neighbors Bob and Elsbeth Diehl; our Maui ohana (family) Jamie Lumlun-Kaeo, Marv and Shirley Rahn; and the musicians George Kahumoku Jr., Sterling Seaton, Ken Emerson, and of course the beautiful hula artist Wainani Kealoha. You can find their wonderfully authentic, Grammy-winning Hawaiian slack-key guitar music at www.kahumoku.com.

Of course, a million thanks go to David Pogue for mentoring me and teaching me how to make every figure a work of art, as well as how to write in an entertaining yet informative manner. His guidance has been the foundation for my career in more ways than I can count.

Thanks also to my editor, Dawn Mann, for her amazing attention to detail, and also to J. Charles Hawk Eyes Holt, who tech-edited this edition.

Last but not least, I owe a galactic debt of gratitude to my husband, Jay Nelson, for being incredibly supportive during this project and for keeping me, and our two loving cats, fed and watered.

Lesa Snider