January 2009
Beginner
304 pages
7h 52m
English
Content preview from David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual
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The Missing Credits
David Pogue (author, photographer, indexer) is the weekly tech columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, weekly CNBC contributor, and the creator of the Missing Manual series. He's the author or co-author of 49 books, including 24 in this series and six in the "For Dummies" line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In his other life, David is a former Broadway show conductor, a piano player, and a magician. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and three awesome children.
Links to his columns and weekly videos await at www.davidpogue.com. He welcomes feedback about his books by email at david@pogueman.com.
Julie Van Keuren (copy editor, proofreader) is a freelance editor, writer, and desktop publisher who runs her "little media empire" from her home in Billings, Montana. Before starting her own business in 2006, Julie edited for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va.; The Olympian of Olympia, Wash.; and The Seattle Times. She was honored for her work by the Virginia Press Association in 2004 and 2005 and received the Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award in 1996. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Email: little_media@yahoo.com.
Tim Geaney (consultant, photo editor, photographer) has shot editorial photographs for magazines like British Vogue, Harper's ...
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