Review: Taking a Picture is Just the Beginning
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2012
After reading the prior book in this series, "How To Take Better Photos: Your Guide To Taking Better Pictures From Any Camera", I have improved my skills as a digital photographer.  I have even had a few photos accepted by a stock photography site.  Many are rejected, however, for technical reasons such as artifacts or noise in the photo which this book discusses.  "How To Improve Pictures" picks up where the other book left off - what to do with your photos after you've uploaded them to your computer.  Enhance them!  Beyond just cropping and resizing, the book delves into the details of using a variety of software packages such as Photoshop and PicSay Pro to take your digital photography to the next level.  Before reading this book, I was completely unaware of layering and HDR (High Dynamic Range) and how they can be used to enhance a picture.  Both will be very helpful based on how their use is described, including the images showing the changes due to these techniques.  One caveat, this book is an overview, and not a substitute for a book specifically about a software application that one might be using, but it is a great introduction.