"The Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera is a revolutionary way to capture images and create art. This book picks up where your camera manual leaves off, teaching you to make pictures that truly show the beauty of the world around you. In this book, Tony Northrup teaches you both the art and science to create stunning pictures. You will learn how shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and flash impact your photos. You will also learn how to compose pictures, understand the qualities of natural and artificial light, and how to best add flash. More than 350 original pictures show the results of both good and bad technique, and you can complete the practices at the end of every chapter to get the hands-on experience that you need."-back cover

• Quick tips
• Composition
• Lighting and flash
• Controlling your camera
• Problem solving
• Portraits
• Weddings
• Animals
• Landscapes
• Night photography
• HDR
• Macro
• Underwater