A Short Course in Nikon Coolpix 950 Photography - Softcover

Curtin, Dennis P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1928873014 ISBN 13: 9781928873013

Publisher: ShortCourses.com, 1999

Synopsis

The Nikon Coolpix 950 digital camera is one of the best. If you own one of these cameras and want to get the most from it, here's the book for you. Complete, clear explanations show you how to use this versatile camera's many controls to get much better and more interesting photographs. To get the most from this, or any camera, you need to understand both concepts and procedures; the "whys" and "hows" of photography.

Concepts of photography are the underlying principles that apply regardless of the camera you are using. They include such things as how sharpness and exposure affect your images and the way they are perceived by viewers. Understanding concepts answers the "why" kinds of questions you might have about photography.

Procedures are those things specific to one kind of camera, and explain step-by-step how you set your camera's controls to capture an image just the way you want to. Understanding procedures gives you the answers to the "how" kinds of questions you might have. For example, among the many things you'll see are how to throw the background out of focus, how to keep everything in a landscape sharp, how to avoid or creatively use blur; how to photograph sunrises, sunsets; and how to take pictures at night with city lights, the moon, or fireworks.

This book is organized around the concepts of digital photography because that's how photographers think. You think about scenes and subjects, highlights and shadows, softness and sharpness, color and tone. The procedures you use with the Nikon Coolpix 950 camera are integrated throughout the concepts. They appear in those places where they apply and are described step-by-step. This integrated approach lets you first understand the concepts of photography and then see step by step how to use the Nikon Coolpix 950 in all kinds of photographic situations.

About this title

About the Author

Dennis Curtin is publisher of the www.shortcourses.com Web site. For the past three decades he has been an editor, author, and publisher in the fields of photography and computers. On the publishing side, he was editor-in-chief of one of Little Brown's divisions and also held the same position in Prentice-Hall's technology and engineering program and Prentice-Hall International. In that role, he worked with Ansel Adams and was partly responsible for his shifting his books to Little Brown. Tiring of the travel, he switched to the other side of the industry, becoming first a publisher of photography and computer books (Curtin & London) and then an author in these same fields. In his roles as both editor and author he's been fortunate to publish or write many best-selling books in photography and computing.

From the Back Cover

This easy-to-understand book is your guide to getting great photos with your Nikon Coolpix 950 camera. It sweeps away unnecessary complexity and explains what you really need to know to use the camera's controls when you're taking pictures.

Edition details

• Publisher: ShortCourses.com
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1928873014
• ISBN 13: 9781928873013
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 106