Digital SLR Photography in easy steps begins by demystifying digital cameras and explaining their functions and capabilities. It then guides you in buying the right camera for your purpose. It’ll take you through each key function of a digital SLR camera, step-by-step, in digestible chunks.

Covering areas such as exposure, shutter speed, aperture, lighting and focusing, the book shows how you can harness this technical knowledge with a digital SLR to produce images of which you’ll be proud. In addition, areas such as landscapes, architecture and people are looked at so that you can use your digital SLR to maximum creative effect.

But Digital SLR Photography in easy steps is much more than a guide to the functions and use of digital SLR cameras. One of its main purposes is to show you how to use these powerful and flexible cameras to improve your creative skills, so that you see yourself more as a photographer rather than someone who just takes snaps.

This second edition includes two new chapters – Inspiring Photography Techniques and Clever Editing for perfect pictures.

Use this guide to master the secrets of professional photography!

Nick Vandome is an IT writer and trainer who specialises in digital imaging and web authoring subjects. In addition to his writing, he also works designing websites and runs training courses. Before he started working with computers he wrote books about working and travelling abroad.

1. Around a Digital SLR
2. Functionality of a D-SLR
3. Workflow
4. Camera Techniques
5. Lighting Issues
6. Exposure and Metering
7. People and Portraits
8. Artistic Architecture
9. Capture Landscapes
10. Using Motion Creatively
11. Effective Composition
12. Unusual Conditions
13. Inspiring Techniques
14. Editing Techniques