Composition Digital Field Guide

Acknowledgments

First and foremost I would like to thank my parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, and friends for their support and patience as I was writing this book. I know having me photograph everything all the time can get a little tiresome. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

I want to thank the great crew that made this book possible: Courtney Allen who brought me into the Wiley family; this is our tenth project together, can you believe it? Haje Jan Kamps, my technical editor for the second time who tries to keep me on track; thanks for all the suggestion and helpful advice. Thanks to Chris Wolfgang for making sure I was meeting my deadlines, sorry for driving you crazy, and Marylouise Wiack for making me sound better than I really do.

Thanks to Rick Sammon and Juan Pons and the rest of the gang at the Digital Photo Experience (one of the best resources for digital photographers on the Internet) for allowing me to be part of the team. I learned so much from you two and every one of the contributors at www.dpexperience.com.

Special thanks to the following photographers who have helped me with writing this book and in becoming a better photographer myself:

• Kenny Kim (www.kennykim.com) for the help and use of his images in the wedding chapter. Kenny is an amazing lifestyle and wedding photographer I was lucky enough to work with. He is author of the Digital Photographer Wedding Planner.

• Jeremy Pollack (www.jeremypollack.net) for his help and images, especially ...