For courses in the fundamentals of digital photography.

Explores basic techniques in digital photography

Modeled after the widely used A Short Course in Photography: Film and Darkroom , the 4th Edition of A Short Course in

Photography: Digital presents the basic techniques of photography in its contemporary, digital form. This brief volume emphasizes the most up-to-date learning techniques, allowing readers to keep up with modern technology and explore artistic choices via in-depth discussion of photographic techniques. 

In addition to covering the basics of digital photography, this title also covers the impact of computers and software on the art of photography. The 4th Edition includes new contemporary photographs by great artists, information on the latest digital camera technology and software, and integration of workflow applications.

Jim Stone is an Associate Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico. His photographs have been collected by the Museum of Modern Art and The Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others. Books of his work include Stranger Than Fiction (Light Work, 1993), Historiostomy (Piltdown Press, 2001), and Why My Pictures are Good (Nazraeli Press, 2005). He has also published six higher education titles that are widely used in university courses: A User’s Guide to the View Camera, Darkroom  Dynamics, Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, and A Short Course in Digital Photography.

Barbara London has authored and co-authored many photography books from their first editions to their current ones, including Photography, Photography: The Essential Way, A Short Course in Photography, A Short Course in Digital Photography, The Photograph Collector’s Guide, and more.

1. Camera

2. Lens

3. Light and Exposure

4. Digital Workplace Basics

5. Image Editing

6. Printing and Display

7. Organizing and Storing

8. Using Light

9. Seeing Like a Camera

10. History of Photography