Digital Photography: Portfolio to Profession, 4th Edition

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• Master digital photography skills for cameras and smartphones with hands-on projects.
• Build a professional portfolio while learning lighting, editing, and composition techniques.
• Explore commercial photography, marketing, and career opportunities in the industry.

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Digital Photography: Portfolio to Profession teaches the principles and skills required to gain competence in digital photography, including applications for smartphones. Designed for students who are interested in making photography a future career or lifelong passion, this title includes a chapter on commercial photography including soft skills, marketing strategies, and methods to operate a photography business. Later chapters include techniques for specific photographic situations, such as action and events, outdoor photography, travel photography, and portrait and studio photography. This edition includes three new chapters for an additional focus on improving lighting, mobile photography, and mobile postprocessing. Portfolio assignments engage students in creating a variety of images and building their own portfolio.

Section projects offer hands-on application of all of the major concepts in each chapter, incorporating modern practices from using smartphones to storing files in the cloud.
An all-new design and updated photos represent modern practices, equipment, and diverse subjects to appeal to beginner students entering the world of photography.
End-of-chapter questions and activities (Review Questions, Critical Thinking questions, Suggested Activities, and Communicating about Photography activities) reinforce and heighten student understanding of the chapter content.
The Student Lab Workbook combines review activities and hands-on labs to apply and extend knowledge, while the Online Learning Suite now offers tutorial videos that reinforce important concepts, such as composition, handling a camera, and using Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom.

SECTION 1 - The World of Photography

SECTION 2 - Understanding Camera Basics

SECTION 3 - Photography Essentials

SECTION 4 - Types of Photography

SECTION 5 - Postprocessing

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About the Author

Jack Klasey is the author of three books and is currently at work on a fourth. He has several decades of experience in various areas of technical and educational communication as a writer, photographer, and editor. In addition to authoring books, he has done photographic illustrations for a number of publications, and has developed dozens of audiovisual programs in the education and technical training fields.

Amanda M. Clark is a high school teacher at Southeast High School in Bradenton, FL, where she is responsible for writing and managing her own curriculum for the five television production courses she teaches. Each course is part of the program known as SETV (Southeast TV). Ms. Clark is also the Faculty Advisor and Director of Television for the SETV club, which live streams school sporting events, awards ceremonies, and other special projects that have gained national recognition. As part of the program, students compete in various events in SkillsUSA. Her students have earned more than 15 state championship titles and 8 national championship titles. Ms. Clark also advises the Technology Student Association (TSA) chapter at Southeast High School. She serves on the Florida TSA State Board of Directors, where she was recognized nationally as the High School Advisor of the Year for the state of Florida. In addition, Ms. Clark serves on the Florida Department of Education committee that oversees the standards for both the Digital Video Production and Television Production courses across the state.

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