Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Part I: Pictures Worth Keeping, Pronto 7 Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Camera 9 Chapter 2: Setting Up for Snapshots 51 Chapter 3: Pointing and Shooting Your Way to Great Pictures79 Chapter 4: Cannes-Do Movie Making 115 Part II: Playing with Pixels 139 Chapter 5: Getting More from Picture Playback 141 Chapter 6: Becoming Your Own Photo Lab 171 Part III: Expressing Your Creativity 191 Chapter 7: Making Exposure and Flash Decisions 193 Chapter 8: Designing with Focus and Color 227 Chapter 9: Picture Perfect Photo Recipes 253 Part IV: The Part of Tens 283 Chapter 10: Ten Easy Ways to Spruce Up Your Photos 285 Chapter 11: Ten Camera Features Worth Investigating 309 Index 327
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