Have you mastered the basics of digital SLR photography and are ready to take full advantage of the unique tools and capabilities that digital SLR cameras have to offer? "Digital SLR Pro Secrets" shows you how to combine your artistic skills with your growing photographic proficiency as you capture compelling images. Today's digital SLR cameras are less expensive and more sophisticated than ever, but along with these special features and capabilities come special challenges that need to be embraced and used to improve the excellence of your work. Learn how to increase the image quality of your photographs and get all the sharpness, broad tonal range, and accurate color rendition that your camera is capable of. Gain a real understanding of how telephoto and wide-angle lenses work and how to use them creatively. And discover in-depth information on exciting topics such as infrared photography, macro imaging, using studio lighting, and how to produce special effects with your dSLR camera. Each chapter features tips and tricks from the pros, including how to create your own gadgets and equipment to really maximize your camera's capabilities. A comprehensive illustrated glossary features definitions and explanations of key photography terms and concepts and helps provide clarity as you work your way through the book. With "Digital SLR Pro Secrets", you will discover how to take great pictures in the camera as you harness all of the amazing tools right at your fingertips.

This book is aimed at providing advanced techniques to digital camera buffs, as well as business people, using the new breed of digital SLR in their work environment. For anyone who has learned most of a digital camera's basic capabilities and who now wonders what to do with the enhanced features found in digital SLR cameras, this is a dream guide to pixel proficiency. It is packed not only with tips, tricks, and sophisticated techniques, but also easy-to-complete, useful projects that will allow you to do more with your cameras. Although the techniques lean toward being advanced, there will be enough grounding in basics that any serious photographer can benefit from this book. More than just a general digital camera book, this is a book about digital SLR photography: how to take great pictures with the newest cameras and make great images that leverage the strengths of computer technology, while taking into account the special needs of digital cameras.

With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is a best-selling author of books on digital photography and imaging technology, and the originator of popular series like "David Busch's Pro Secrets" and "David Busch's Quick Snap Guides." He has written six hugely successful guidebooks for Nikon digital SLR models, and the most comprehensive manuals for dSLRs from Canon, Sony, and other vendors. His many other books devoted to digital photography include "David Busch's Digital Infrared Pro Secrets" and "Mastering Digital SLR Photography." As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he has illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. Busch has operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photographs and articles have been published in magazines as diverse as "PhotoGraphic," "Popular PhotographandImaging," "The Rangefinder," and hundreds of other publications. He's also reviewed digital cameras for CNet Networks and Computer Shopper.

1. Pro Secrets for Raising the Bar on Quality 2. Using Telephoto Lenses Like a Pro 3. Pro Wide-Angle Lens Tips 4. Advanced Infrared Photography 5. Close-Up, Macro, and Product Photography 6. Pro Lighting and Studio Techniques 7. More Build-It-Yourself Gadgets and Tricks