Digital Art Photography For Dummies

Take great shots in a variety of artistic styles

Go from hobbyist to photographic artist with digital technology!

So, you've made the jump to digital photography, but you're still not sure how to shoot and print gallery–quality images? Find out what the pros know! This power–packed book helps you shoot landscapes and portraits, work with special effects, enhance photos with Photoshop®, and create art worthy of gallery space. Illustrated with more than 300 full–color photos.

Discover how to

• Create a gallery–quality art print
• Make the leap from film to digital photography
• Shoot in color, black–and–white, and at night
• Choose subject matter that fits your style
• Select digital equipment

Introduction.

Part I: The Art of a Digital Picture.

Chapter 1: Digital Art Photography 101.

Chapter 2: Making the Digital Leap.

Chapter 3: Your Digital Technology.

Chapter 4: Defining Yourself and Your Photographs.

Part II: The Photo Shoot.

Chapter 5: Composing a Shot Outdoors.

Chapter 6: Composing a Shot Indoors.

Chapter 7: Photographing People and Animals.

Chapter 8: Shooting for Color in Art Photography.

Chapter 9: Crafting a Quality Black–and–White Art Photo.

Chapter 10: Night Art Photography.

Chapter 11: Achieving Creative Results When Shooting.

Part III: Photoshop Art: Using Software to Enhance or Create Art Photos.

Chapter 12: Adding New Life to Old Photos.

Chapter 13: Combining and Manipulating Images.

Chapter 14: Using Layers to Create a Theme.

Chapter 15: Using Photoshop for Special Effects.

Part IV: The Final Output: Gallery–Worthy Prints.

Chapter 16: Managing and Preparing Files.

Chapter 17: Printing Prep and Printing.

Chapter 18: Framing and Matting.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten Photo Digital Art Rules.

Chapter 20: Ten Digital Art Tricks.

On the Web.

Bonus Chapter 1: Telling (And Selling) a Story Using Photo Sets.

Bonus Chapter 2: Enhancing Art Photos with Text.

Index.

Several years ago, Matthew Bamberg began to photograph for the articles he was writing while working for the alternative paper, the Desert Post Weekly. His writing focuses on popular culture: essays about topics from the Santa Cruz, California surf culture to the mid–century modern architecture revival around the world. Curious by light striking his lens (direct and bold or soft and willowy) and the sounds (especially of the shutter opening and closing), he struck a relationship first with film and then, like so many, with the digital camera s sensor.
Aside from writing about f–stops, shutter speeds, and the fabulous job the digital camera manufacturers have done that permit photographers to take almost noiseless pictures in the dark at high ISO speeds, Matt has written content and provided photographs for articles on Homestore.com, America Online, and The Weather Channel.