Sahlin - Digital SLR Settings & Shortcuts For Dummi

Digital SLR Settings & Shortcuts For Dummies

by Doug Sahlin

Digital SLR Settings & Shortcuts For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2010941210

ISBN: 978-0-470-91763-3

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About the Author

Doug Sahlin is an author and photographer living in Venice, Florida. He is a professional photographer specializing in fine art photography. He also photographs weddings and events and writes books about computer applications like Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop. Dougs latest books have been about digital photography. In the past years hes written Digital Photography Workbook For Dummies, Digital Portrait Photography For Dummies, and Canon EOS 7D For Dummies. To find out more about Doug and see some of his work, visit www.dasdesigns.net.

Dedication

This book is for the lovely and talented Roxanne, also known as Nature Girl. Thank you for coming into my life. I love you, Sweetheart.

Authors Acknowledgments

Photography is my passion, and I love to share information with other photographers. Thats why I was so excited when Steve Hayes discussed the concept of this book with me. Thank you, Steve, for bringing this book to fruition. Many thanks to Nicole Sholly for doing a stellar job of coordinating everything with the editorial team at Wiley and for keeping me on my toes. Kudos to Mike Sullivan for making sure all the technical aspects of this book were correct. Thanks to literary agent extraordinaire Margot Hutchison for her part in this project.

Thanks to my friends and fellow authors for their support and inspiration. Hats off to my family for their continued support, especially Karen and Ted. Thanks to the furry kids, Niki and Micah, for being a constant source of amusement. And thanks to the lovely Roxanne for coming into my life and sharing my passion.

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Project Editor: Nicole Sholly

Executive Editor: Steven Hayes

Copy Editors: Laura K. Miller and Virginia Sanders

Technical Editor: Michael Sullivan

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Introduction

M any people graduate to a digital SLR and think its the ticket for creating great photos. Well it is, but theres a bit of technique involved. Part of that is your creativity and the way you see the world around you. You translate the vision that is in your head into an image when you capture it with your digital SLR.

To fully master your digital SLR and create compelling photos, you have to venture forth into a brave new world that involves making decisions about settings that will enable you to capture the images you see in your minds eye. This does not happen when you shoot in your cameras Automatic mode. When photographers have the urge to branch out, they turn to the manual for help. And then they get more confused. Which is where this book comes in. My goal in writing this book was to demystify taking photographs with a digital SLR.

About Digital SLR Settings & Shortcuts For Dummies

If you need to know how to photograph your children playing sports, theres a chapter for that. If you want to know how to photograph a racecar traveling 200 miles per hour, theres a chapter for that as well. In fact there are 100 chapters that show you which settings to use to take specific images.