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Preface

WHAT M AKES Y OUR P ICTURES D IFFERENT ?

At this very moment, thousands of pictures are being recorded. Some

of those images will be imaginative, but many will be slices of life that

hold personal meaning for the photographer and are of little interest to

most others.

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We see pictures everywhere. ey show up in our email, are embedded in web pages,

span edge to edge on magazine covers, and flash by on TV screens. With so many people

taking so many pictures, how do you distinguish your work from that of others?

e answer: start by learning how to work your camera. When it begins to feel like a

natural extension of your vision, you’ll be better prepared to embrace the world you see

through its lens.

Remember how awkward it felt the first time you drove a car? You weren’t thinking

about your destination as much as you were trying to avoid careening off the side of

the road. By learning the controls and practicing their use, you were soon maneuvering

with skill and confidence.

If you operate your camera the way you’ve mastered your car, you will take better pic-

tures. Instead of wondering which button to push and fiddling with the controls, you

will focus on the world you see around you. And that’s when magical things begin to

happen.

Before you know it, you’re embracing ...