The past few years have seen a revolution in the field of photography. Darkrooms, negatives, and noxious chemicals have been replaced with the simplicity and convenience of digital cameras, home computers, and photo-quality printers. Add image-editing software like Adobe Photoshop and photographers can perform a nearly infinite number of corrections and enhancements to make their imges the best they can be. What the author, Ken Milburn, found was that there were so many tools available out there for the potentially computer illiterate photographer that he decided to put together this book which depicts the best advice, tips, tricks and tools he found available.

Ken Milburn has been a photographer for nearly five decades, has written over 300 articles for computer magazines and 14 books on web design and digital photogaphy, amongst other things. Ken explains that the book is for any digital photographer who has dreamed of becoming a "serious" digital photographer. The book focuses on solving the problems that arise most frequently in the day-to-day tasks of digital photography. The book also goes beyond Photoshop solutions, in Ken's words "Now, don't get me wrong, whenever a solution is available in Photoshop, we'll cover that method first. After all, more of you are working iwth Photoshop than with any other image-editing program - so much so that is has become the de facto image-editing standard. However, if there's a more time-efficient, technologically advanced, or easier solution available via a third-party program or plug-in, I'll show you that as well."

Lets take a look at some of the things covered in the book :

• Preparing to get the best shot
• Extending the capabilities of digital cameras
• Using Photoshop's palette of tonal and color correction tools
• Creating paintings from photos
• Retouching damaged photos to perfect condition
• Compositing two or more photos together for maximum visual effect

Given the above, this book focuses on workflow: time-tested, step-by-step procedures based on hard-nosed experience by and for genuine practitioners of the art. Simply put ... anyone who is searching for a book that offers both the tricks of the trade and workflow experience of the professionals, all from a leader in the digital photography field, will find what they're looking for in "Digital Photography: Expert Techniques". A worthwhile purchase for the IT section of your bookshelf.