David D. Busch
David D. Busch is a photographer and well-known award-winning author of more than 90 books and thousands of photography- and technology-related articles for Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, Computer Shopper, and other magazines. He is best known for the classic imaging handbook Digital Photography All in One Desk Reference for Dummies, which, along with Mastering Digital Photography, was named by About.com as the top two of five recommended books for digital photography beginners.
Busch began writing about photography, electronics and computers in the early 1970s, and was the author of the popular Kitchen Table International column in the early computer magazine 80 Microcomputing from 1981 to 1983. In 1984, his first book, Sorry About The Explosion, based on the KTI columns, was published and won a Computer Press Association Award the following year for Best Fiction Book. In 1986, his book Secrets of MacWrite, MacPaint, and MacDraw was voted Best Product Specific Book, and Busch was asked to co-host the Computer Press Awards held at the Plaza Hotel in 1987. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he turned from programming and application books to imaging technology, writing some of the very first books devoted to scanners (The Complete Scanner Handbook, Dow-Jones Irwin, 1990) and digital Photography (Digital Photography, MIS Press, 1995.)
While working full time as an author, Busch continued to write articles and monthly columns for magazines such HomePC, Macworld, Internet World, NetGuide, Windows Magazine, Windows Sources, and many other publications. He also reviews digital cameras and printers for CNet Network. Today he is best-known for photography books such as Digital Photography for Dummies Quick Reference, Digital SLR Cameras and Photography for Dummies and five Digital Field Guides for leading camera models.
Busch was born in Ravenna, Ohio, but lived in Rochester, N.Y. for four years. He has a B.A. in Public Relations - Journalism from Kent State University, and has worked as a newspaper and magazine journalist, PR consultant, sports photographer, sports information director, photojournalist, and studio photographer.
Awards
- Computer Press Association Book Awards:
- Best Fiction Book (1985): Sorry About the Explosion (1985, Prentice Hall)
- Best Product Specific Book (1986): Secrets of MacWrite, MacPaint, and MacDraw (1986, Little, Brown)