Improving Your Digital Photography

Improving Your Digital Photography
ISBN: 9781503509719
Publication Date: 15 May 2017

The objective of this book is to bring out the Photographer in you, the amateur "snapshooter". And allow you to take memorable and professionally looking photographs through easy yet very effective steps, techniques and guidelines.

Although part of this book covers the basic camera settings and modes, yet it delves into the essentials of the art of photography and aims at building or developing the photographic eye of the enthusiast amateur, You! Upon completion of the book, you will be able to compose and take appealing photographs with any camera and create that photograph that is worth a thousand words.

About the Author

As a child, art has been one of my favourite activities and I have always been good at drawing and painting the beautiful scenery at my home town but never used a camera to do the job until my late 20s. My goal was to capture the nice moments and beautiful scenes but then I discovered I was also fond of how the camera worked and wanted to get better photos and have more control of the camera and its results. So I began to read more about photography and look into many different styles and techniques. Photography is a different world to me and the possibilities are really endless.

When I realised my passion for photography I wanted to further pursue it and spend more time at it. So I bought my first DSLR and enrolled myself in a photography course with the New York Institute of Photography. That took me from being an amateur to becoming a serious enthusiast and had given me more confidence, guidance and knowledge. Later, in order to make sure that I retain what I learned, I decided to teach it. Having training capabilities as an expertise I conducted a successful photography session in the community where I used to live.

The students found ease that I myself w...