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Complete Digital Photography, 9th Edition

Ben LongApril 28, 2019

CDP Press LLC

In this newly updated, ninth edition of the best-selling photography book—in print since 1999—Ben Long guides you through the creative and challenging world of digital photography. Complete Digital Photography 9 has everything you need to know to create great photos: from how to master your camera, to learning about composition, lighting, image editing, workflow and output. Ben also includes a number of shooting exercises in the front part of the book to help you get comfortable with photographic techniques, and there are extensive step-by-step tutorials designed to help you master image editing in Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and other apps.

With Ben’s easy-going, comprehensive teaching style, you’ll be amazed at the results you get from Complete Digital Photography.

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About the author

Ben Long is a San Francisco-based photographer and writer, and is the author of over a dozen books on digital photography. He is also one of LinkedIn Learning’s top-ranked video instructors, with more than 50 courses on all aspects of photography.

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Publisher

CDP Press LLC

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Published on

Apr 28, 2019

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Pages

416

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ISBN

9781732636910

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Features

Flowing text, Google-generated PDF

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Web, Tablet, Phone, eReader

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Language

English

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Genres

Computers / Digital Media / Photography

Photography / Techniques / Digital

Photography / Techniques / General

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