First Week with My New Digital Camera: A Very Basic Guide to Understanding, Editing and Saving Digital Photographs

Mike Maza, The Dallas Morning News, September 26, 2003
"It gets you oriented in a parallel universe that owes as much to personal computing as photography..."


Book Description
The fourth in Pam Lessing’s popular technical manuals for the completely NONtechnical – how to edit, save and send digital photos. Put away your old-fashioned camera, file those worn-out photo albums and get ready to send your photos to friends and family over the internet. Taking a digital photograph is not a problem for those who know how to use a camera. The question, what do you do once you’ve taken the digital photograph? This brand new title in Capital’s popular "First Week" series, will take you into the Digital Age! Now with this easy-to-read and use book, by the master of non-patronizing instruction, you’ll understand what is going on inside the camera when you take a digital photo, how to download them into your computer or web site, edit, send, and store them. Pamela Lessing makes clear all the wonders of digital cameras and the software programs that allow you to keep all those precious photos safe.


About the Author
Pamela R. Lessing has had a very diverse career as a librarian, art consultant, and member of advisory boards of numerous nonprofit organizations, including the Trustee’s Council of the University of Rochester and its visiting evaluation committee. She is the author of Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela R. Lessing Friedman Collection, The First Week with My New PC (Capital Books, 2000), The First Week with My New iMac (Capital, 2001), and The First Week with My New Digital Organizer (Capital, 2002). Ms. Lessing lives with her family in Boulder, Colorado.


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As its title suggests, this personable and reasonably priced book offers a very basic introduction to all aspects of digital photography. After the mandatory chapter about advantages and disadvantages of digital photography, Lessing discusses image transfer, computer memory, and other basic questions regarding equipment. She then evaluates and compares various editing software, devoting separate chapters to each of three major products. In subsequent chapters and the appendixes, she discusses other important questions, notably organizing files and troubleshooting in a FAQ format. The book includes an extensive and very useful glossary and will appeal to amateur photographs in particular. Cartoons add to its friendly, accessible tone. This book is a bargain; recommended for public libraries. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.


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