The Kids' Guide To Digital Photography: How To Shoot, Save, Play With & Print Your Digital Photos Read Free Books and Download eBooks
This comprehensive, popular beginner's guide for kids is now reissued with updated information and photos! Fun, easy to follow, and visually appealing, it teaches young photographers how to create, edit, and share their digital images in imaginative ways-from using basic features like the zoom and flash to changing color, removing red eye, and using the finished photos in cool projects. Sidebars simplify concepts like megapixels and megabytes, and the book includes a glossary. - New edition of a book that has sold nearly 30,000 copies, with up-to-date information and pictures - A complete beginner's handbook that covers taking the shot to creating photo projects About the authorJENNI BIDNER is the author of more than 20 books, including the award-winning Is My Dog a Wolf? She is also an instructor with BetterPhoto.com and has served as the editor of several magazines, including Petersen's Photographic and Outdoor & Travel Photography.
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Sterling; Rev Upd edition (May 3, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402780397
ISBN-13: 978-1402780394
Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #145,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #26 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Photography #284 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Digital Photography #437 in Books > Computers & Technology > Digital Audio, Video & Photography
Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Level: 4 and up
While there may not be a "perfect" guide for digital photography, this one comes as close as I've ever seen.It covers everything from choosing a camera (and how to get the most out of it) to editing, printing and even using the web.It even covers areas that many adults seem to have problems with, like the "Reality Check" regarding built in flash.Focus, composition, exposure and even ISO are all covered. Granted, some subjects are just touched on rather than discussed in depth but remember the intended reader. (In my case, my 12-year old.) If the kid really wants to learn about any given subject there are countless specialized books to be found.Overall I have to say that I highly recommend this book.I'd even go so far to say that I would even buy it for an adult, especially one that might be a bit technophobic.
Don't get me wrong, this is a good book, but it isn't for young kids. The pages are filled with important information, and the models in the shots are all about 8-12 years old, but the content is too technical. Readers should be about 16 or older to get the most from this book. It's fine for adults. I might use 15% of this book as a guide to explain photo concepts to older kids.I've been teaching photo classes at college level for more than 30 years and I started giving classes to kids a few years ago. The difference in the approach is huge! If kids don't get an immediate benefit from a lesson, like in 5 minutes, they'll tune out. I had hoped this book would give me new insights on how to make digital photography more fun and interesting for 8-10 year-olds but it will not. Look for a book that has step-by-step directions on how to take specific shots like a close-up bug photo, a group shot of friends, a sunset, a skateboard rider, etc.Modern cameras do all the heavy lifting for photographers so almost no knowledge is needed about resolution settings, compression, film scanners, etc. Kids don't care about that stuff. They want to make pictures right now.Bottom line: get a book that talks to kids in a way that kids talk to each other. And when you find that book, let me know.
this book covers the basics. easily written for a kid to understand. my daughter is 11 and that seems about the right level for her. i wish it covered more setting up a good composition. it covers the basics on camera use and scanners and fixing photos after in the computer. i wish photo books would stick to teaching how to take good pictures and not so much on fixing them up in the computer afterwards, but every book seems to spend a lot of time on that. overall, its the best book i could find for a kid. it's written in language that i think they will relate to well.
Great book with easy-to-learn concepts for younger children (below 10 years of age). I've used it for summer camps and find the older kids feel it's too simplistic, but is quickly embraced by the 7-9 year olds. Lots of photos, little text. Perfect for young learners.
The kids in grades 3-5 love using this book as a reference guide for the digital photography club. It explains techniques and jargon in easy to understand words and uses excellent pictures to show the concepts!
Just what a 10 year old granddaughter will enjoy during summer vacation, I will be her tutor.Only reason not a 5 star is that it is probably better for 12 year olds, but she is smart andhas the desire. She requested a book on digital photography for kids as her birthday present.
Excellent. My 12 year old daughter loves it so far, I bought it for her along with a few other similar books and a camera to get her into some kind of hobby other than too much screen time. Working so far and now she's reading more :)
Got it for my daughter and it was just the ticket. good basics for her age on how to compose pictures and similar. This is not a book that explains Aperture and ISO's, just basics to have fun for kids with their cameras.
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