PhotosShop Elements 5 "Classroom in a Book" series:

This is an excellent series producted by Adobe that walks you through the appliction and is accompanied with a CD of images that tie in to the lessons in the book. A great way to start from scratch or learn the latest new features of Elements (Please note that until the new version of Elements is available for the Mac, this applies only to the Windows version).

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The Photoshop Elements 5 Book for Digital Photographers - Scott Kelby:

This book is a 'must' for all our students! It walks you through the many wonderous tools in PhotoShop Elements with well illustrated and easy to understand instructions. Despite being for PC only at this time, it PhotoShop Elements 5 will soon be available for Mac users as well. But with a few key stroke differences, this book still covers Mac well even if your version is Elements 4, most of the instructions still apply.

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The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers - Scott Kelby:

Scott Kelby's Digital Photography for Pro's is aimed at the professional photographer who is making the switch from traditional to digital photography. Digital photography is one of the fastest-growing tech markets and this book offers solutions to photographers in the digital world. Full-color, graphically rich, linear, tutorial, project-based examples of every key step in the digital photography process, from experimenting with camera settings, through capturing and manipulating the image, through editing, output and organization. Designed for the digital photographer who knows aesthetics but who wants a concise guide to "grip it and rip it" usage of digital technology. This book has the stuff that folks making the transition from film to digital need to know without skipping a beat in their work lives.

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Learn to Make Great Digital Photos for 5 Bucks - Tim Grey:

This is a pocket size book that you can easily slip into your camera bag and keep with you. For beginners, it will explain all the basics you need to know to operate your digital camera and help you understand what makes them work. A "must have" for all beginning digital photographers regardless of photographic ability if they are just starting with digital.

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The beginner's Guide to Digital Photography - Costco:

And this is the best deal yet! This will even fold over and is FREE! from Costco. All the basics you need to know. Of course they try to get you to have your prints made by them, but for most family prints, that's actually a pretty good idea and cost effective if you live close to one. Easy to slip into a pocket of your camera case no matter how small your camera and case may be.

FREE from your local Costco!.

Digital Photography in Easy Steps (In Easy Steps) - Nick Vandome:

Digital Photography In Easy Steps looks at all aspects of digital photography, from choosing a camera to editing images on a computer and outputting them to a printer or online. It explains the terminology of the digital photography world, details the equipment you will need, and looks at various image-editing programs -- with in-depth coverage of image editing techniques. It shows you how to print images in hard copy and share them over the Web.

This inexpensive full-color book is a must for anyone who wants to know more about the exciting possibilities that digital photography has to offer.
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Real World Digital Photography, Second Edition - Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, and Tim Grey:

Tim Grey brought us the little red book that could (above for 5 Bucks) and this one is the full collaboration of threee excellent photo writers with an edition that really gets into the nitty gritty..

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Looking at Photographs: A Guide to Technical Terms - Gordon Baldwin:

While this book has been around for a while and deal with photography regardless of whether it is recorded on film or digital sensor, it is about the techniques of photography and is an important book for all photographers to read.

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Photographing Your Artwork - Russel Hart:

With this book, artists can make their own slides for entering competitions, obtaining grants and commissions, and submitting their works to galleries. The book provides specific instructions for working with various types of art and avoiding common problems such as reflections, glare, and shadows. Starting with basics such as what cameras and tripods are best suited for this type of photography, the book progresses into more advanced areas including the ideal lighting for art slides and how to best make use of the latest advances in film technology. This book was published in 2000, so even though it does not address digital photography, all the lighting and production techniques remain true today, it is just the film references, while still applying to film copy, do not include digital photography discussions.

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