The phone is increasingly being used as a camera. The quality of the camera phone is constantly improving and this particular field of digital photography undergoes new developments every day. In Take Better Photos with your Phone, travel photographer, Peter de Ruiter provides readers with all the information needed on how to use the camera to its fullest potential. Spontaneous photos of unexpected moments taken with a camera phone can be instantly modified, sent and printed to provide tangible, long-lasting memories. Start out by taking the best photos possible.

Peter de Ruiter is a well-known travel photographer in the Netherlands and the successful author of several books on digital photography. Take Better Photos with your Phone is his fourth book. His books have been published in several countries, and organizations such as Unicef and Oxfam use his photos of children for books, greeting cards, calendars, and diaries.

This book has a lot of great examples of photos taking with phones! Between it's covers there's a lot of information to help with phone photography. The book covers such topics as why you should use your camera phone, how to improve your photos, settings, sending your photos, uploading your photos, portable storage, printing, and a whole lot more.

The future of photography is here! Digital SLRs have quickly become popular with photographers because they offer all the professional control and performance of 35mm cameras plus great benefits like no more film to buy and instant review of images.

Enjoy To fully enjoy what digital SLRs offer, you need to learn about their many versatile features and how to use them to their best advantage. Now Rob Sheppard and PCPhoto, the leading digital photography magazine, show how easy and fun it is to shoot pictures with these incredible cameras and then transfer the pictures to a home computer.

Learn Take a close look at the digital SLR and its various components, and learn what to consider when selecting equipment, including lenses and accessories like filters and off-camera flash. If you already own a collection of 35mm lenses and accessories, find out how to use them with your new digital camera.

Examine Examine what makes digital photography special and more spontaneous than film and consider how the LCD moitor changes the way you shoot a picture. Unlike 35mm cameras, a digital SLR can help you take better photos by letting you instantly review the results on the monitor.

Master Mastering the camera setting -- and understanding digital features like resolution, white balance, and file formats -- will help you get the most from your equipment.

The material is nicely presented with beautiful photos for examples. Lots of comparisons so you can see what Rob refers to in this book. Lots of views of editing software so you know what to expect. This book is a great learning tool.

Go far beyond the manufacturer's instruction book and take full advantage of all of the Mark III's features, such as its Live View function, fast and precise 45 point auto focus system, and DIGIC processor.

Enjoy your camera more and get professional results with the practical information, tips, and techniques in this complete guide. Expand your system with smart advice about choosing and using accessories, flash units, and lenses.

This book is packed full of guides, photos, examples, and instructions for Canon EOS-1D and Ds Mark III users. Nice photographic examples, directions, and a laminates Quick Reference Guide is also included.

Go far beyond the manufacturer's instruction book and take full advantage of all the Sony A700's features, such s its 12.4 mega pixel CMOS sensor, Dynamic Range Optimizer, and Super SteadyShot image-stabilization system.

Enjoy your camera and get professional results with the practical information, tips, and techniques in this complete guide. Expand your system with smart advise about choosing and using accessories, flash units, and lenses.

This book is packed full of guides, photos, examples, and instructions for Sony Alpha 700 users. Nice photographic examples, directions, and a laminates Quick Reference Guide is also included.

Unleash the hidden potential for professional image editing in Adobe Photoshop Elements with this project-based, real-world guide.

Using step-by-step instructions and accompanying movie tutorials, Mark Galer leads you through the less well-known and most powerful post-production editing techniques Adobe Photoshop Elements has to offer. Cunning tricks and clever workarounds in this book show you how to create inspiring, professional-looking images and perform tasks you only thought possible in the full Adobe Photoshop package.

Whether you're an imaging professional or a photography enthusiast, this book will help you get the maximum performance from your software. Learn how to:

Create striking effects with no commercial lighting or studio equipment.

Extend they dynamic range of your digital camera by merging multiple exposures.

Optimize, enhance and montage images with stunning results.

The accompanying DVD provides extensive support with movie tutorials for all projects, high resolution images, multilayered files of completed projects, a stock library and a keyboard shortcut guide.