This savvy guide reveals the inside secrets and technical advice photographers needed to find - and win - the best competitions. It reveals how to take visually impressive and emotionally powerful photos. It features over 100 original contest-winning images, with commentary from the photographers themselves. Digital photo contests are hot and this savvy guide reveals the inside secrets and technical advice photographers need to find - and win - the best competitions. Jeff Wignall covers all aspects of this rising phenomenon, from finding safe and trustworthy contests to taking visually impressive and emotionally powerful photos that will catch the judges' eyes. He also includes one-on-one interviews with key contest owners and judges to get the behind-the-scenes scoop on why a particular photo won. The featured contests include: Digital Image Cafe, Kodak, Wet Pixel and many more. Well over 100 original contest-winning images appear throughout the book, with commentary from the contributing photographers on their specific style and shooting techniques.

This title includes up-to-the-minute advice on digital vision, digital tools, common solutions and problems and much more. The original was a huge seller and now this new and thoroughly up-to-date edition covers all the latest technological advances, plus interviews with professionals that reveal how taking, editing and sharing pictures have become more fun and exciting than ever. Easy-to-grasp explanations of technique, introductions to exciting new imaging technology, fun diagrams, spectacular pictures and the author's creative, inspirational approach will distinguish. This is the new Joy of Digital Photography from any other digital photo how-to book.