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This manual outlines key photography techniques and includes a series of projects designed to develop and refine skills.

Strange things happen when Greg starts using the camera he and his friends found.

Designed with the upper-elementary through middle-school reader in mind, this volume in the Photography for Teens series will be useful for readers who want to put some thought into their shots. Taking the Shot has short chapters on digital cameras, camera settings, and equipment and accessories. It is slightly more technical and has everything a beginner would need to know about megapixels, apertures, light meters, memory cards, and lenses.

Photography is generally considered to have had its birth in 1839, when Louis-Jacques-Mand Daguerre first revealed his photographic process to the public. Increasingly, cameras have become more automated and electronic over the years. In spite of the increasing sophistication of the equipment, however, the photographer's eye continues to be all-important. Photography remains a unique human act. This compendium focuses on the technology of photography,...

When a young boy discovers a camera on the beach and develops the film, he finds with his microscope many layers of pictures within the photographs.

Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem portraiture, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor.

Walks through the basics of composition, exposure, light, lenses, and seeing, illustrating points and techniques with images taken by master photographers.

"Willard Wigan makes art so small it could fit in the eye of a needle. His entire collection valued in the millions could fit on a coin. He once inhaled three weeks of work when he breathed in at the wrong time" back cover.

Photographers! Your guide is here! The demand for high-quality photographs is higher than ever. Whether you re building your influencer rating online, capturing the moments of a child s life, or are looking for ways to improve your skills, photography know-how is a must-have skill. Digital Photography For Dummies helps you do more than pointing, shooting, and hoping for the best or slapping a filter on a camera phone shot. This book introduces you...