Real World Digital Photography, Third Edition

Preface

Photography has a rich history, from the personal family snapshot to Earth rising over the moon’s horizon. In its brief 170-year history, photography has played many roles to a wide variety of people—from memory keeper to human condition revealer to personal exploration companion. Photography reveals how we perceive and is so important that we are compelled to capture, process, and share our experiences with family and friends, and now—via social media—with complete strangers. Digital photography allows us to take more pictures, more easily, and more quickly. But before we delve into the nuts and bolts of digital photography with the third edition of Real World Digital Photography, allow us to address some of the essential assumptions ...