The Digital Photography BookSynopsis
Scott Kelby, the man who changed the "digital darkroom" forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography--how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks today's top digital pros use (and it's easier than you'd think).This entire book is written with a brilliant premise, and here’s how Scott describes it: "If you and I were out on a shoot, and you asked me, 'Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, but I want the background out of focus?' I wouldn't stand there and give you a lecture about aperture, exposure, and depth of field. In real life, I'd just say, 'Get out your telephoto lens, set your f/stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away.' You d say, 'OK,' and you'd get the shot. That's what this book is all about. A book of you and I shooting, and I answer the questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I've learned just like I would with a friend, without all the technical explanations and without all the techno-photo-speak."This isn't a book of theory—it isn't full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts: this is a book of which button to push, which setting to use, when to use them, and nearly two hundred of the most closely guarded photographic "tricks of the trade" to get you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking photos with your digital camera every time you press the shutter button.Here's another thing that makes this book different:each page covers just one trick, just one single concept that makes your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you'll learn another pro setting, another pro tool, another pro trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. There's never been a book like it, and if you're tired of taking shots that look "OK," and if you’re tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, "Why don't my shots look like that?" then this is the book for you.
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4 comments:
Thank you for the great review. I have been looking for a book to get a good friend of mine for a gift, and this one sounds perfect for the occasion.
I have several of Kelby's books, mostly on Photoshop. I'm also a subscriber to the magazine he edits, Photoshop Pro, from the American Society of Photoshop Professionals. All great stuff. This latest book looks like just the thing to give to all the folks pestering me with questions. Thanks for the review!
And Happy New Year!
Ish
Hmmmm.... Actually, it's the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Duh. And the double duh: It's Photoshop User Magazine.
Hey, it's New Year's Day; all my brain cells haven't reported for work yet.
:-)
I am reading Scott's book right now and it deserves any penny and every minute. I appreciate the humor and the amount of information, as well as the way this information is presented.
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