Tag: book

N

New Book! With a Twist: Take Control of Your Digital Photos

We’re drowning in digital photos. It’s so easy to capture a photo these days—from dedicated cameras as well as camera-enabled smartphones—that we’re storing more shots than ever. That’s good news! People are capturing memories that would otherwise fade away, and learning more about how to view the world. But the volume of photos has become ...

C

Canon EOS M Firmware Update Improves Autofocus

This is encouraging: A new 2.0.2 firmware update finally improves the laggy autofocus of the Canon EOS M. The EOS M is a great camera that was initially hobbled by pretty bad autofocus (a reality I address in my book Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots). Check out a video comparison of the ...

E

Errata: PSE 11 Flipbook Feature Is Gone

A quick correction: On page 335 of my book Photoshop Elements 11: Visual QuickStart Guide, the last tip mentions the Flipbook feature, a variation of the slideshow feature in the Organizer. Unfortunately, FLipbook didn’t make it past Photoshop Elements 10. Either the feature was pulled at the last minute (I wrote the book using beta ...

T

To the Printer!

I just got word from my excellent production editor at Peachpit Press that the second edition of The iPad for Photographers was uploaded to the printer this afternoon. That means the book is on schedule to be out by the second or third week of May — probably earlier for the ebook editions. Pre-order the ...

R

Read a Sample Chapter of My Canon EOS M Book

Peachpit has posted Chapter 4 of my latest book “Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots.” The chapter covers the Creative Zone (as Canon refers to it), an overview of the semi-automatic modes (P—Program, Tv—Shutter Priority, and Av—Aperture Priority) and the M—Manual mode. View the chapter on the Web or download it as a ...

A

Available Now: Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots

I’m hard at work on the second edition of The iPad for Photographers, but in the meantime I’m proud to announce that the book I just completed, Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots, is now available! Over at jeffcarlson.com, I wrote about why this title is especially important to me as a photographer. ...

A

Available Now: Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots

(Or, Why I’m Inordinately Proud of this Book.) I’m happy to announce that my latest book is now available: Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots. Clicking the link takes you to a page listing all of my current books with links to Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Peachpit Press for print and ebooks—whatever ...