There are really cool and useful stuff written in this book like eliminating bars from animal cages and using pantyhose to get some special effects; good suggestions on using tripods and flashes. These are what makes this book worthwhile.

But then, this book also contains lots of "tips" that I do not find very useful. Perhaps it is because it lacks focus and it doesn't consider what most readers already have. Whether this book is geared towards the novice photographer or someone who has a point-and-shoot or an SLR is unclear. Most "hacks" suggested by computer books will assume you only have the main software and may suggest you download few additional ones that are mostly free. This book has a number of tips that need additional equipment costing more than $100. I wanted to try out taking portraits using two external flashes as this book suggested, only to find out that the two external flashes can cost me $500!

Furthermore, there are a few suggestions that although useful, I find to be inappropriately labeled as an industrial-strength hack. Yes, an iPod can be used to store your photos. Even if there may be iPod owners who may have missed that, I don't own an iPod and I surely know it can store photos already even before this book told me so. It is cool that you can take photos and use your camera phone to communicate in a foreign country, but again, this info did nothing to make me a better photographer

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Useful Hacks for you digital camera, January 14, 2006
Reviewer: Rafiq Elmansy "Rafiq"

Digital Photography Hacks is a part of O'reilly's hacks series, which provide tricks and solutions for different fields. This book gives you tips and tricks when dealing with your digital camera.

I read this book after reading Digital Photography Guide for the same writer, Direck. So, I found myself comparing between the two books and found the Digital Photography Hacks is an extension for the Digital Photography Guide. These tips and tricks complete your knowledge with some useful methods to create professional photos using tools and things around you.

If you know your camera well, you will find this book very useful and open your mind for new tricks to produce professional photos. However, if you were a beginner in digital photography I would prefer to start with Direck's Digital Photography Guide. ________________________________________________________________

        
Neat Little Photo Book, November 7, 2005
Reviewer: jane thompson "Jane"

Be prepared, this book has no real theme. It is a hodgepodge of interesting stuff. The photoshop section is very good, which is surprising, as that is not the focus of the book. However, I learned a good deal from that section. Some of this stuff most people will never use, but it definately gets you thinking. My favorite was using the camera as a scanner, when you don't have one handy.

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Gilya "digital hobbiest" , Boston, MA, USA, September 27, 2005
Reviewer: GILYA "digital hobbiest"

Excellent book, a lot of useful information. Very worth my money.

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Awsome book, June 11, 2005
Reviewer: L. Dougherty

The only reason I didn't give the book 5 stars was the section on photoshop...I don't have it (not yet anyway) and would've liked more genera info.

Other than that this book is great! From homemade solutions to professional. Great tips, suggestions. I learned alot from this book and Story's pocket guide too.

Would highly recommende this book to anyone interested in doing a little more with their camera with simple, easy to remember solutions/suggestions!
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Great book, well worth the price, July 28, 2004
Reviewer: Jack D. Herrington "engineer and author"

I can't recommend this book enough. In 300 pages the author takes you all the way from how to take great shots with cheap cameras, to how to store, edit, and get them printed. There is a lot of practical low-cost advice on taking quality shots through different mounting and filter techniques. There is also practical advice on how to do the standard photo editing work that most books take hundreds of pages to explain in just 50 pages or so. He also covers managing the little movies the cameras can take, and the working with the crummy photos cell phones take. A well written handy resource for any photographer. Couldn't be happier with this one. 

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