Digital Photography For Seniors For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))

Take the mystery out of digital photography and join the fun! You don't need to be a professional photographer or a technology expert to take great digital photos! This down-to-basics guide makes it easy to choose the right camera, understand all its dials and controls, take good pictures, make them look even better with your computer, and print them or share them online for friends and family to enjoy. Do your homework — compare camera features to choose those you need at the price you can afford Practice, practice, practice — learn to use camera settings, how to compose good shots, and how light affects a picture The darkroom is now digital — use free software to organize and edit your photos Learn to share — print your pictures at home or through a service, e-mail them to friends, set up an online photo album, or show them off in a digital picture frame Open the book and find: How to pick the camera that best fits your budget and needs Tips for taking great travel photos Accessories you might want for your camera How to get really good pictures of kids and pets Easy ways to get photos from your camera to your computer Tips and tricks for editing pictures on a computer Good reasons for putting your pictures online

Take the mystery out of digital photography and join the fun!

You don't need to be a professional photographer or a technology expert to take great digital photos! This down-to-basics guide makes it easy to choose the right camera, understand all its dials and controls, take good pictures, make them look even better with your computer, and print them or share them online for friends and family to enjoy.

• Do your homework — compare camera features to choose those you need at the price you can afford
• Practice, practice, practice — learn to use camera settings, how to compose good shots, and how light affects a picture
• The darkroom is now digital — use free software to organize and edit your photos
• Learn to share — print your pictures at home or through a service, e-mail them to friends, set up an online photo album, or show them off in a digital picture frame

Open the book and find:

• How to pick the camera that best fits your budget and needs
• Tips for taking great travel photos
• Accessories you might want for your camera
• How to get really good pictures of kids and pets
• Easy ways to get photos from your camera to your computer
• Tips and tricks for editing pictures on a computer
• Good reasons for putting your pictures online

Chapter 8 Moving Photos from Your Camera to Your ComputerChapter 9 Organizing Your Photos; Chapter 10 Touching Up and Fixing Your Photos; Chapter 11 Fine-Tuning a Photo; Part IV Showing Off Your Photos; Chapter 12 Printing Photos at Home; Chapter 13 Using a Printing Service; Chapter 14 Sharing Photos on the Internet; Chapter 15 Enjoying Digital Picture Frames; Chapter 16 Having Fun with Your Photos; Glossary; Index; A no-hassle, plain-English guide for seniors getting started with digital photography Following in the footsteps of our hugely successful Computers For Seniors For Dummies (978-0-470-24055-7), this friendly guide is one of the only books written specifically for digital photographers 55 and older--the fastest growing segment of the market. A guide for senior readers explains how to choose a digital camera, use the setup menus, take effective pictures, move photographs from the camera to the computer, touch-up and edit photographs, printing, and sharing photographs on the Internet