Introduction

If you have this book in your hands, you're a person who enjoys photography and wants to get more out of your photographs. You're also probably at least somewhat familiar with Apple's iPhoto application; maybe you've played around with it, but getting to know everything it can do seems daunting. Not to worry, this book is for you.

When I worked for Apple, I learned that the number-one reason people switched to a Mac is so they can use the incredible iLife suite of software, which iPhoto is part of, to manage their digital lives. Matter of fact, iPhoto was so popular and enticing that Apple's sales staff were instructed to lure “switchers” (Windows users who were thinking of buying a Mac) by demoing iPhoto to them before showing them anything else on the Mac. The reason for this is obvious: the number-one digital device everyone owns is a camera, and we record our lives in photographs more than in any other medium. And now the number-one photography application for photography hobbyists is iPhoto '11.