Digital Slr Settings and Shortcuts for Dummies

by Doug Sahlin

Discover the easy path to taking brilliant and memorable photosThe popularity of DSLR cameras remains on the rise, yet these digital cameras still present a challenge to novice photographers who lack a foundation in photography skills. This straightforward-but-friendly guide walks you through the 100 most common photos that amateur photographers like to include in their personal portfolios and offers specific advice on getting the correct exposure settings, composition, and lighting while sparing you the technical jargon. Seasoned author and photographer Doug Sahlin includes more than 300 full-color photos on everything from family portraits and pets to nature and sporting events, all aimed at providing you with inspiration as you work to find your own individual style. Skips the technical jargon and shows you where to start for optimal exposure settings.Offers shortcuts, tips, and advice for setting the camera to make specific shots and making impromptu adjustments when neededIncludes more than 300 full-color photos of people, nature, sports, events, and places that serve as example and inspirationHelps you get the best photographs from your DSLR while you work with movement in action photos, finicky lighting with fireworks or amusement parks at night, or distance, blur, and intricate detailsWalks you through troubleshooting the most common digital photography problems"Digital SLR Settings & Shortcuts For Dummies" delivers the starting point for getting the necessary settings so you can get great digital photos.

368 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2010

About the author

Doug Sahlin is a bestselling author living in Venice, Florida. He has been a writer since he was a young man. Sahlin has published over twenty how-to books, many of them bestsellers. He has also published two mystery novels in the Yale Larsson PI Books series. When he gave New York Literary Agent Donald Maas his thirty second elevator pitch for a mystery novel, Maas said, "Doug, you have a wonderfully sick mind."

Doug published his first Yale Larsson PI novel, The Myakka Murders in 2019, followed by Sarasota Sour Grapes in 2020. He is currently working on Yale Larsson PI Book 4, A Pocketful of Euros. Sahlin's novels are based in Sarasota, Florida, a piece of paradise on the West Coast of Florida.

Praise for Doug's writing: "Doug Sahlin writes with a great eye for detail and an ear for dialogue."
Mark Mathes--Editor

Praise for "Doug's first novel, The Myakka Murders:
"A must read for murder mystery lovers." Ceil Warren

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