Last updated: 7/2009

Have you recently purchased or upgraded to a Digital SLR or Advanced Digital Compact Camera ? Have you been toying with or been meaning to learn more about digital photography to get the most out of your new digital camera?

Well, this photography book is for you! - (Or click HERE for our Property Photography Book)!

With the advance of technology and the never ending megapixel race, it is all too easy to become bewildered and unnecessarily confused when taking up photography seriously.

Putting all of the technical aspects aside for a moment, what "really" matters when taking a great photograph?

? Is it the make, model or price of your camera?
? The number of megapixels?
? The memory card or post processing software?

No, what makes a great image is actually quite simple:

? The subject matter (Portrait, landscape, wedding photography etc).
? How well the subject is lit.
? And how you compose and expose that image in your viewfinder.

Actually doing this correctly takes practice but if you can get these basics right at the point of exposure, you have all the time in the world to play around in your favourite editing program to get the effects you desire.

If you can arrive back home with a card or film full of well exposed, well composed and perfectly lit images, you are well on the way to moving up a notch and even earning a living from your camera.

Photography is an amazing hobby or profession and very few of us get to make a living from doing something we love, and who wouldn't enjoy getting paid to capture the joy of a wedding or travel the world taking stock photographs?

If you can get the basics principles of photography under your belt and truly understand how it works, you will find that everything else just falls into place. You find that, to coin a phrase, you "become one with your camera" and can spend more time taking great photos with confidence in your newly acquired knowledge.

Whether you wish to simply improve your photography as an exciting hobby, go part-time with the odd wedding or two or even aim to become a full time professional photographer, this book can help get you there.

No matter which subject takes your fancy¡­

1. Commercial
2. Weddings
3. Portraits
4. Travel
5. Stock
6. Children
7. Fashion

¡­you need the basic skills as a foundation before you can begin to specialise! One of the easiest ways to learn is to read up and practice.

So what does the book contain?

No matter how far technology progresses, there are some basic and fundamental rules which will apply to photography for a very long time, these include;

Metering ? Exposure ? Exposure Lock ? Bracketing ? Shutter Speeds and Apertures ? ISO ? White Balance ? RAW/JPEG ? Focussing ? Lenses ? Subjects and Lighting.

All of these are covered in the book with many example images to push the point home. The book is written in an easy-to-understand way with a distinct lack of technical jargon and mumbo jumbo "fluffing out" the pages.

Table of Contents:

1. How Cameras work and how to take control.

2. Metering and Exposure. How to get it right every time

? General
? Evaluative
? Partial
? Spot
? Centre-weighted
? RAW or JPEG
? Different Lighting
? Using Flash
? Using Filters

3. Exposure lock. How, why and when to use.

4. Bracketing and Flash. How, why and when to use.

? Exposure
? White Balance

5. Apertures.

6. Shutter speeds

7. ISO or ASA

8. White Balance

9. RAW or JPEG?

10. Focussing (advanced). How to ensure pin sharp images each time.

? Focus Points ¨C Which ones and how many to use.
? Focus Modes ¨C One shot or servo?
? Autofocus or Manual?
? Pre-focussing.
? Panning.
? Depth of field.
? Lenses ¨C Quality and types.
? The subject ¨C Size and speed.

11. Lenses. Which lens and when to use.

12. When and what filters or special effects to use.

13. Subjects.

? Landscapes
? Sports
? People
? Commercial
? Weddings
? Still Life
? Studio
? Travel
? Stock

14. Visualising the Shot

15. Lighting. Natural, Flash or Studio?

16. Goals, Aspiration and Inspiration

? Work?
? Fun?

Advanced Photo Tips for Beginners and Amateur Photographers was written by Nick Stubbs, a qualified, professional photographer with a career spanning two and a half decades. He holds licences in both wedding and commercial photography and was awarded the "Overseas Commercial Photographer of the Year 2005" by the SWPP & BPPA of Great Britain. The book is also backed up by a 350 page photography website which contains many more tips and features.

Testimonials

"Love it¡­¡­The exposure compensation page was highly informative for me and the examples are brilliant¡­¡­"

"¡­.Thanks for sharing your under-exposed examples and how you have turned them into literal works of art. I would never have thought they could have been salvaged like that¡­.."

"¡­..Well, I wasn¡¯t going to admit what I am about to tell you but I feel I really should because this is precisely how your writing turns a light on for me, I had a Light Bulb moment, as it were¡­"

"¡­just a few short pages into your book and one mere exercise lead to an epiphany¡­" "¡­After experimenting with the Manual setting in my backyard and watching the Indicator and then seeing the results, you should have seen me doing the Happy Dance, chanting, ¡°I get it, I get it!¡± And imagine my elation reading the exposure compensation link with my new-found knowledge¡­"

This book is currently on sale for just

$14.95

A small price to pay for more than 25 years experience.

How to order

"Advanced Photo Tips for Beginners and Amateur Photographers" is a quick and simple download. ClickBank is used as a secure, authorized billing agent for your security. Your credit card is validated through ClickBanks ordering system and once payment is made, you are re-directed to a download page where you can retrieve the book and start learning straight away. The eBook is in PDF format (free PDF reader on download page) with a file size of approx. 2.6MB due to the amount of example images within its pages. Download times vary according to your internet connection (l