The New Language of Digital Photography: Start Making Photographs Rather Than Taking Photographs

Brian Leng

Apr 2014 · AuthorHouse

About this ebook

Digital Photography was first introduced to the general public around 1989, depending in what part of the world you were during that time. Since then, people have been getting rid of their film cameras and turning them in for new DSLRs (Digital Single Lens Reflex) which has given photographer many new options to choose from that they didnt have with film cameras.
Since DSLRs affords so many options, unless you know a lot about digital photography, you might think that if you went out and purchased a $2000.00 camera youd be able to take photographs just like a National Geographic photographer. But just buying an expensive camera wont make you take better photographs then you did with your film camera.
When I teach my Basic Digital Photography I tell the class that you need to first and foremost, you need to learn the language of photography which is not as easy as one may think. Learning how to make photographs rather than take photographs requires one to understand the many options that digital photography has to offer. Most people get frustrated in learning how to use their camera and just wind up setting the automatic setting on the camera which defeats the whole purpose of buying a digital camera in the first place.
Because a digital camera gives more options to the photographer, what this booklet does is cut the many options down to three basic camera controls. Once youve learn the three controls you can move on in learning more advanced options of the camera.

About the author

Brian Len g has been an advertising photographer and educator for over forty years. As a professional photographer he and his wife owned and operated a successful advertising photography studio since 1980 in Los Angeles. Brian photographed the assignments and Jill brought in the clients.
Brian was asked to teach a photography class at Santa Monica College where he was a student in 1970 and then receiving his Bachelors of Arts Degree from Brooks Institute of Photography in 1974. Larry Jones the Chairman of the photography department asked Brian if he would team teach the advanced studio lighting class in 1992. Brian went on to teach many of the different photography classes thought out his teaching career and retired in December of 2013.
Brian now travels and photographs mostly for himself and does occasional photography assignments.