About the author

Chen Dandan is a Chinese author of photography books. She worked for many years as an editor at the magazines Popular Photography and Digital Photography, where she long ran monthly photo contests and technique columns, giving her a sustained view of what photography enthusiasts actually need. She is now the head of Guangjiao Shili, a professional photography book studio, where she has planned and edited several bestselling books on photographic technique, and she writes a personal column for publications including China Photography News. Her books address beginners and improving readers alike, covering children's photography, portrait posing, composition, digital post-processing and Camera Raw work. She has 17 titles in the collection, including Smartphone Photography for Children: A Complete Guide to Shooting and Post-Processing and Learn Photography with Me: Teacher Chen's Zero-Basics DSLR Course (Enhanced Practical Edition). Her writing is known for clear steps and practical guidance, linking shooting with post-processing to help readers build skills from the ground up. Beyond photography, her books also touch on travel, art and software learning. Public information about her is limited, and details of her life are not well documented.

Written (18)

Mastering Children's Photography with Your Phone (Shooting + Post-Processing Complete Guide) cover
Rating 3.9
Mastering Children's Photography with Your Phone (Shooting + Post-Processing Complete Guide) Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2019 Smartphone cameras are becoming ever more capable, partly replacing compact digital cameras. A phone is convenient and quick—ideal for photographing c…
Portrait Photography Posing Techniques cover
Rating 3.8
Portrait Photography Posing Techniques Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 Beginners taking portrait photographs often stand in front of the model holding the camera, at a loss for what to do. How can you quickly escape this …
Learn Photography with Me: Teacher Chen's Zero-Basics DSLR Photography Course (Practical Enhanced Edition) cover
Rating 3.8
Learn Photography with Me: Teacher Chen's Zero-Basics DSLR Photography Course (Practical Enhanced Edition) Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 When beginners run into shooting problems, if they only doubt their camera and lens instead of looking for the cause in themselves, it is very hard to…
Learn Children's Photography from Scratch cover
Rating 3.8
Learn Children's Photography from Scratch Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 Many parents who have photographed their children have probably run into the same problems: why are my pictures of my child always blurry and unclear?…
Learning Photography Composition from Scratch cover
Rating 3.8
Learning Photography Composition from Scratch Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 Most photography beginners take pictures without any thought for composition, pressing the shutter on impulse and only afterwards wondering: why are m…
Zero-Basics Learning of Digital Photography Post-Processing cover
Rating 3.7
Zero-Basics Learning of Digital Photography Post-Processing Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 Zero-Basics Digital Photography Post-Processing discards the usual lengthy introductions to Photoshop toolbars and menus found in most post-processing…
Mobile Phone Photography Techniques: A Complete Photography Book on Shooting and Post-Processing cover
Rating 3.6
Mobile Phone Photography Techniques: A Complete Photography Book on Shooting and Post-Processing Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 Compared with DSLR cameras, smartphones are far simpler to operate and far less feature-rich. Yet what looks simple is often harder to make stand out.…
Camera Raw Digital Photography Post-Processing Techniques cover
Rating 3.6
Camera Raw Digital Photography Post-Processing Techniques Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 This book sets aside the usual coverage of Photoshop's toolbars, menus, and similar interface elements found in most post-processing software guides. …
Learning Digital Photography Lighting from Scratch (Shooting and Post-Processing) cover
Rating 3.6
Learning Digital Photography Lighting from Scratch (Shooting and Post-Processing) Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2018 This is a highly focused book devoted to photographic lighting techniques. It explains in detail the lighting skills commonly encountered in everyday …
Retouching Good Photos This Way: Easy-to-Learn Digital Photography Post-Processing Techniques cover
Rating 3.9
Retouching Good Photos This Way: Easy-to-Learn Digital Photography Post-Processing Techniques Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2017 This book sets aside the usual software-manual coverage of Photoshop toolbars and menus. Instead, written from a photography enthusiast's perspective,…
Mobile Photography Techniques Bible (Value Portable Edition) cover
Rating 3.6
Mobile Photography Techniques Bible (Value Portable Edition) Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2017 Mobile photography has become part of everyday life, and nearly every smartphone user has taken a photo with their phone. So how can you use a phone t…
Pick Up Your Phone and Take Beautiful Photos (Value Edition) cover
Rating 3.6
Pick Up Your Phone and Take Beautiful Photos (Value Edition) Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2017 Taking photos with a mobile phone has become an utterly ordinary part of our daily lives—something we do almost every day. So how can you use a phone …
Photographic Composition: From Zero Foundation to Mastery cover
Rating 3.5
Photographic Composition: From Zero Foundation to Mastery Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2017 Before every press of the shutter, carefully considering how to frame and compose the shot is a good habit. This book will help readers gradually deve…
Photographic Lighting: From Zero Foundation to Mastery cover
Rating 3.4
Photographic Lighting: From Zero Foundation to Mastery Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2017 How can you make your work more artistically beautiful? The smart use of light is a powerful tool. This book begins with the basics of lighting and ex…
Digital Photography from Zero Foundation to Mastery (Perfect Edition: Shooting + Post-Processing) cover
Rating 3.2
Digital Photography from Zero Foundation to Mastery (Perfect Edition: Shooting + Post-Processing) Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2017 Digital cameras entered the consumer market in the 1990s and have undergone one technological revolution after another. By now, the DSLRs we use are r…
Learning Digital Photography from Zero Foundation cover
Rating 3.1
Learning Digital Photography from Zero Foundation Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press · 2017 The author Chen Dandan served for many years as a senior editor at Popular Photography and Digital Photography magazines. During her tenure, she long …
Learning Psychology Counseling cover
Rating 3.5
Learning Psychology Counseling 邢强 / Chen Dandan Jinan University Press · 2016 This book attempts to systematically summarize the internal and external factors that affect learning slackness and focuses on introducing the influen…
The Complete Guide to Children's Photography: A Beginner's Course in DSLR Cameras cover
The Complete Guide to Children's Photography: A Beginner's Course in DSLR Cameras Chen Dandan Posts & Telecom Press The Complete Guide to Children's Photography is a hands-on tutorial for families and photography enthusiasts on photographing children. Centered on th…

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Posts & Telecom PressJinan University Press