Book Review: Digital Art Photography for Dummies by Matthew Bamberg - Page 4

Another item is perhaps not so much a complaint, but something to put on the wish list for a reprint, or other Dummies titles in general. There are a lot of great hints in the book that can be applied to make your photos look much better. But really, way too many for the average person to remember until they've actually applied them in real-life situations. The Dummies series tries to account for this with their "Try This" icon placed out in the margin, which lets you easily go back and find sections that are laid out with steps for instructional application. But they're just too few and far between and randomly placed to really capture most of the information you should be practicing. It would have been much nicer to sum up each chapter with a worksheet section (or even better, a perforated worksheet that can be removed to take with you) that goes over different exercises and settings to experiment with, related to techniques discussed.

So is this book for you? I have no idea. Hopefully this review will help you decide that for yourself. We're all at different levels of the game and have different goals in mind. If you're new to the world of digital photography and would ultimately like to get into displaying and selling your photographs, this is a very solid book with lots of great information and instruction. For everyone else, there is still a lot of great information and instruction, but you might want to first take a glance over it yourself to decide if enough of it applies to you.

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