National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Digital

This well-written book has information useful for the novice digital camera user as well as for those are more experienced. Even for someone planning to go on and learn Adobe Photoshop, this is an excellent first book to consult. Here is a great introduction to a complicated and fascinating subject. It's small and light enough to carry around easily, yet meaty enough to make it worth carrying.

I got this book at the same time as the Nikon D70 Field Guide, and I like the other one better but this one is very good, too. It's more basic and doesn't pertain to any particular camera, but it's good if you're REALLY a beginner and need some place to start. After I read this I enjoyed the D70 book even more. Photography is becoming very fun for me thanks to books like this.

I have to wonder if some of these other guys who rated this book low are just computer geeks or what. I am new to digital photography having just bought a Digital Rebel and this book really opened my eyes to the possibilities of digital photography without having to wade through a big heavy book. Plus there are some National Geographic photographers who talk about their use of digital and that was very interesting. I have already put stickies in a lot of the book for favorite techniques that I want to work on.

I found this to be a very inspirational book. It really helped me understand the possibilities of digital photography and what was really important. There are so many people who know a little about digital photography but act like they are experts even though they give misinformation. I figure if National Geographic thought enough of this book to put it together and with the author an editor of big photo magazines, this should be pretty accurate. I thought it was. The book seems aimed at people like me, photographers who want to master digital photography but don't want a degree in computer science. Plus there is some really great photography in here from some top digital photographers.

There is one reason why National Geographic choose Rob Sheppard to write this book: he is one of the best digital photo writers out there. He not only knows his stuff, but conveys it in an eays-to-understand manner. No doubt that reading this book will make you a better digital photogapher!