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The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSI/450D Companion

by Ben Long

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Publisher Comments:

Through a series of easy-to-follow lessons, The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/D450 Companion gives you a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use this camera. This is not a typical camera guide: rather than just showing you what all the buttons do, this unique book teaches you how to use various Digital Rebel features to make great photographs.

With The Canon Digital Rebel XSi Companion in your camera bag, you have the perfect field reference for taking stunning pictures of any occasion or place, any time. You get valuable creative tips and technical advice for capturing professional-looking images of people, landscapes, action shots, close-ups, night shots, and more.

  • Get to know the Digital Rebel XSi and how it works
  • Take creative control and go beyond automatic settings
  • Learn the basic rules of composition
  • Know when to let the camera work for you
  • Photograph fast-moving objects, and learn to capture decisive moments
  • Discover ways to use a flash indoors and outdoors
  • Learn the advantages of different lenses, and the best time to use them
  • Understand the options for shooting RAW, and whether it's right for you

There are plenty of photography books, but only this companion guide teaches you how to take high-quality digital photos using the camera model you own. Professional photographer Ben Long includes plenty of full-color examples to show you what's possible once you graduate from snapshots and focus on the pictures you've always wanted to take.

Book News Annotation:

Long, who has written extensively on digital photography, presents a clear guide to this camera, its photo processing features, and more generally, the essentials of good photography. Remarkably readable, the book describes the technology of the camera and its methods of photo processing so that users can understand and maximize its features. The volume is well illustrated throughout with sample photos and helpful images of the camera's parts. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

This book walks the user through all of the features of their camera. But rather than simply stepping through each button, dial, and menu item, the reader is taken through the fundamentals of photography, and taught how to see, think, and work in a way that will lead them to better pictures. At each step, they are introduced to the controls on their camera that are needed for each photographic process. More than just a technical guide, this book is a photo class, but one that speaks in very specific camera terms. This book is appropriate for photographers of many levels, but will be best for beginning to intermediate shooters. In Ben's experience, many digital photographers today learned on all-manual cameras, and so never learned many photography fundamentals that used to be required understanding before you could even begin. Consequently, this book is appropriate even for digital photographers with a fair amount of experience.

Synopsis:

This resource walks Rebel XSi owners through the various features of their camera, taking them through the fundamentals of photography and showing them how to see, think, and work in a way that can lead to better pictures.

About the Author

Ben Long is a freelance writer, photographer, and videographer based in San Francisco. A long-time computer journalist, he has written hundreds of features, reviews, and how-to's for magazines such as Macworld, MacWeek, Macworld UK, MacUser, Computer Graphics World, Maximum PC, and eMediaWeekly. He is currently a Senior Editor for CreativePro.com, where he writes a regular digital photography column. His most recent books include Apple's Pro Training guide for Aperture, Real World Aperture, Getting Started with Camera Raw, and Complete Digital Photography, 3rd edition.

As a photographer and videographer, his clients have included Blue Note Records, 20th Century Fox, the Pickle Circus, Global Business Network, Head Start, the Oklahoma Arts Institute, and the National Endowment for the Arts. You can learn more about him and his work at www.completedigitalphotography.com.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780596520861
Author:
Long, Ben
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Subject:
Techniques - Digital
Subject:
Techniques - Equipment
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
PHOTOGRAPHY / General
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20080919
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.54x5.53x.52 in. .90 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by , This book walks the user through all of the features of their camera. But rather than simply stepping through each button, dial, and menu item, the reader is taken through the fundamentals of photography, and taught how to see, think, and work in a way that will lead them to better pictures. At each step, they are introduced to the controls on their camera that are needed for each photographic process. More than just a technical guide, this book is a photo class, but one that speaks in very specific camera terms. This book is appropriate for photographers of many levels, but will be best for beginning to intermediate shooters. In Ben's experience, many digital photographers today learned on all-manual cameras, and so never learned many photography fundamentals that used to be required understanding before you could even begin. Consequently, this book is appropriate even for digital photographers with a fair amount of experience.
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This resource walks Rebel XSi owners through the various features of their camera, taking them through the fundamentals of photography and showing them how to see, think, and work in a way that can lead to better pictures.
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