This book is designed for the person who is ready to take their photography to the next level. It is for the person who now has, or is ready to purchase, a high performance camera such as a digital single-lens-reflex - DSLR.

This book will take you beyond the manual amd well down the road to making the kind of pictures you have always dreamed of making.

This book is 88 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, lavishly illustrated in full color.

See the Table of Contents on the right to see what types of things you will learn.

If you are thinkng about buying a high performance camera, see our free Guide to Purchasing a Camera.

Download purchasing guide as PDF here.

High Performance Cameras for Ordinary People is just $19.95 postage paid in the US.

Order yours from:
Mathis Photography
10851 Mastin Suite 130
Overland Park, KS 66210

913 269-6709
Jim@MathisPhoto.net

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Table of Contents

  Guide to Purchasing a Camera - 4
Introduction - 6
High Performance Cameras for Ordinary People - 8
First Look at A Lot of Pictures - 10
Learn to Edit - 11
Be Brave - 12
High Performance Cameras - 16
Show Them Something New - 18
The Subject - 19
Where Do I Stand? - 24
Determine a Treatment - 27
Photography = Drawing With Light - 27
Back Lighting - 28
Lenses - 32
Dark Backgrounds - 35
What to Look for in a Lens - 36
Rule of Thirds - 40
More About Lenses 44
Camera Controls - 44
Exposure Controls - 44
Shutter Speeds - 46
Moving Subjects and Shutter Lag - 51
F-Stops - 54
Depth of Field - 57
Putting it all Together - 58
Sensor Sensitivity - 64
Histograms - 67
White Balance - 68
Manual verses Auto-Focus - 71
Filters - 73
How Many Pixels Do I Need? - 74
Light - 75
File Formats - 78
Getting the Pictures to the Computer - 80
Scanning - 80
Image Editing Software - 80
Presenting the Image - 83
Conclusion - 86