Digital Photography for Next to Nothing - Free and Low Cost Hardware and Software to Help You Shoot Like a Pro

Take photos like a pro without breaking the bank by using FREE and nearly FREE software and hardware explained in this book.

• Get professional looking shots from a low-cost camera
• Save money by building your own lighting rigs, tripods, monopods and stabilisers for next to nothing
• Learn how to use older lenses on modern digital cameras, and make your own macro lens, lens hoods, flash diffusers, flash concentrators, decorative Bokeh effect lenses and more
• Use dozens of FREE and low cost photo applications for processing, viewing, cataloguing, editing, creating HDR, and photo stitching
• Build powerful photography processing and editing suites with free software and plugins that go head to head with expensive tools like Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom

John Lewell (Framlingham, UK) A freelance author and journalist, John Lewell is an expert in digital image-creation technology and has specialized in visual technologies, computer graphics and Internet software. An experienced landscape photographer, John has produced a series of fine art cards currently sold through galleries and bookstores in the UK.