Here's the list of tips in this chapter:

• Pantyhose diffusion filter for flattering portraits
• Capture kids without going crazy
• Use sunglasses as a polarizing filter
• Get the big picture with a panorama
• Secrets of whiteboard photography
• Make your own passport photo
• Get super close
• Multiple exposures, digital style
• Go low-rez
• Painless infrared photography
• Create the maximum depth of field
• Create soft background portraits
• Analyze metadata to improve your shots

Chapter 3. Nighttime photo hacks
I like taking night shots, and I've gotten some great photos. But, usually, there's as much luck involved as art. This chapter has some great tips that I'm going to keep in mind the next time I'm out shooting at night. Hopefully, I'll still have all the luck I usually do, but not necessarily need it to succeed.

Here's the list of tips in this chapter:

• Nighttime portraits with scenic backgrounds
• Street shooting at night
• Capture the nighttime mood and leave the red eye at home
• Take flash shots of people who blink
• Auto headlamps and other streaming lights
• Starlight effects for candles and lights
• Light painting and colored gels
• Secrets of fireworks photography
• Night landscapes and the moon
• Colorful star trails

Chapter 4. Magic with flash
Some of the information in this book is similar to what's been covered elsewhere. But because most of the items are boiled down into tip or hack form, some of the tougher concepts are explained in a tight, clear manner.

For example, there's a section on taking portaits with two flashes. This is far from an uncommon process. But the way the author explains it in the book makes the process very clear. I liked it, as well, because he also provided a budget alternative if you weren't prepared to drop $600 or more on flash gear.

Here's the list of tips in this chapter:

• Outdoor fill flash
• Prevent red eye
• Add external flash to point and shoots
• Bounce flash for softer light
• Pro portraits with just two flashes
• Eliminate glare in reflective surfaces
• Freeze action with electronic flash
• Second-curtain flash for cool effects

Chapter 5. The computer connection
I have to admit, this chapter didn't "do it" as much for me as the other chapters. That said, there were again some very clear explanations.

Derrick is also the author of iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual and it's clear that he uses the simplicity Mac users expect (OK, no snickering here, I didn't mean it that way) to his advantage when writing this book.

Here's the list of tips in this chapter:

• Judge image sharpness by file size
• Unerase the lost
• Name folders to organize your images
• Create a Web photo gallery
• Amazing B&W prints from your inkjet printer
• Great color prints from your inkjet printer
• Pro-quality prints from your digicam
• Take your slideshow on the road
• Virtual-reality movies from your digicam
• Digicam movie editing made easy
• Rotate your movie from horizontal to vertical
• Create a rolling movie title
• Add music to movies and slideshows
• Voiceovers for that professional touch
• Store pictures and movies on an iPod