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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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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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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   164 of 170 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Great nuggets of wisdom, 28 Sep 2006 By  pcbookreview.com (UK) - See all my reviews There are lots of big shiny books out there that tell you all about digital photography and while many of these are great books, they can be a little intimidating too. Scott Kelby, author of many of the better photography boooks out there has now come up with the antidote. The Digital Photography Book is a mere 200 odd pages and is just slightly bigger than A5 in size yet contains a whole lot of useful information that will almost certainly improve anyone's photography. Each page is a self-contained tip or concept, often with an inspiring image for illustration. The text is rarely more than a paragraph or two yet manages to get important and useful stuff covered concisely and clearly. Taking for instance, a chapter on tips for getting sharp pictures. You get a page for tripods, ballheads, cable releases, self-timers, mirror lockup (for really sharp pictures), Image stabalization, aperature, lens quality, ISO, sharpening, pro-sharpening and steadier hand held shots. All in a few pages and without leaving you feeling short changed. The rest of the book continues with coverage of flower photography, weddings, landscapes, portraits and so on. Unlike many digital photography books, the bulk of the information presented is aimed at getting the original photos right, not in fixing things in Photoshop. Best of all, as the cover notes, much of it applies to point-and-click cameras as well as Digital SLRs. Another useful (albeit potentially expensive) side effect of this book is the discovery of all sorts of interesting accessories you could or indeed should be considering. Things like flashguns and tripods are pretty obvious but things like spirit levels, extension tubes and neutral density filters may be news to some. Certainly, for landscape photography, a graduated nuetral density filter is a must have. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars It's the perfect start to DSLR understanding, 4 Sep 2008 By  Assisi (London, UK) - See all my reviews Ok, I read the reviews, I umm'ed and ahh'ed and finally decided that having spent months trying to choose a camera, lens and accessories, buying a book really shouldn't be this difficult and just ordered both 1 & 2 together. Yep, when you've been bombarded with strange numerical equations and figures after first delving into photography, someone who sounds like they're laughing at you and refusing to take you seriously is a pain in the backside and you want to throw their stupid book straight into the bath and kick it, or that could just be me. However, after the first few pages of 'introduction' you do get down to the serious stuff. Kelby manages to cover every angle you possibly have a question about when you first begin using a DSLR and really speeds up your learning process. His tips are sometimes so simple and yet would have taken a lot of trial and error for one to come across, that's why it's useful that it's all there in one book. Macro photography and flowers Landscapes Light (indoor/outdoor) Portrait Wedding Animals etc. Even though you may not be interested in every chapter, you will have a use for all of the different things that they teach you and it is a very easy read. I most appreciate the fact that I can just dip into this book without reading anything previous to the paragraph I need. That's what makes this book really useful. Feel free to top up your knowledge with other books or Google as I do but this is a great on hand, light reference to take round with you and use when you need it. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   50 of 53 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and very readable introduction, 3 Dec 2006 By  ianjt67 (Devon, England) - See all my reviews If you are stepping up to to digital SLR photography and want to know the absolute essentials in as easy a format as possible, together with plenty of illustrations, then this book is for you. Each individual page addresses an issue or technqiue related to the theme of the chapter. For instance, the chapter 'Shooting Landscapes Like a Pro' has pages entitled 'how to show size', 'why you need a wide-angle lens', 'where to put the horizon line' and so on. The pictures are of subjects that illustrate the topic in hand, or of buttons on the common cameras, or screenshots of settings menus. In this book you are rarely, if ever, confronted by a page full of nothing but text. This book is a joy to read and one to which I will regularly refer - and I'm now ready, after some practice, to read some of the larger, more technical books. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 85 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for ambitious amateurs If you haven't ready any book on digital photography, because you think you don't need any -- go buy this book. Read more Published 1 hour ago by Petr Tomasek 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book This is a truly excellent book. It doesn't tell you how cameras work and bore you with chapters on internal this and that or waffle on about buying on ebay or labour the point... Read more Published 2 days ago by Anon 5.0 out of 5 stars A useful photographic tool This book tells you how to get professional looking shots in very succinct passages, usually confined to one page per shot. Read more Published 8 days ago by C. Bloomfield 3.0 out of 5 stars Good but annoying This book does what it claims, explaining some photography techniques in a simplier term to other books. However!!! Read more Published 17 days ago by Sue 5.0 out of 5 stars Good choose, and very practice book A good practice book, I think its a great value for the money it costs. Published 19 days ago by M. Santervás Martín 5.0 out of 5 stars so good, he bought the second in the series! I bought this as a gift for my dad after he treated himself to his first D-SLR. He bought the second book in the series straight after reading this one - i don't think there... Read more Published 1 month ago by Mrs. C. E. Tandy 4.0 out of 5 stars I expected more ... I had read 'Understanding Exposure' first and later I got this as my second photography book. Book seemed quite general like the equipment you should have, what / when you should... Read more Published 1 month ago by Anirudh Lohia 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for those who want to take photos As other people have said in their reviews, this book isn't full of "boring" theory. In short, each page covers one idea. Read more Published 1 month ago by Jonathan Gazeley 5.0 out of 5 stars Digital Photography Really enjoyed reading this book, great tips for the novice like myself. The author has a great sense of humour. Pete Isted Warrington Published 1 month ago by Mr. P. G. Isted 5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book Most of us understand the theory of photography, but only a few have the skills. Theory & skills are two different things. Read more Published 2 months ago by Bruno Mangubat Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 85 customer reviews...

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