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The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1
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Product Description
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.
Product Details
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Published on: 2006-09-02
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Number of items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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240 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Scott Kelby is President of the National Association of Photoshop
Professionals (NAPP) and Editor-in-Chief of both Photoshop User and
Layers magazines. Scott serves as training director for the Adobe
Photoshop Seminar Tour and is the technical chair of the largest Photoshop
gathering in the industry, Photoshop World. He has written numerous
best-selling creative technology books.
Customer Reviews
a book every photographer should
own.
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1
I sell my work to magazines and I have found that this book is one of the
best for the working photographer that I have in my library. It doesn't tell
you how your camera works, or about f/stops or shutter speeds. What it does
is to help you when you are on a shoot. As Scott Kelby explains this book,
he says that it is like your on a shoot with someone who is a real big time
pro. You turn to him/her and ask, "how is your camera set up to take
this shot?" And then explains how you should set your camera. Each page
is a lesson, with a picture at the top of the page, and the lesson below as
to how the results were arrived at. I love this book. I have taken pictures
since 1958 and never had a good flower picture until I read this. I sell my
work to magazines, and I have found that this is a good book to own. In fact
I have purchased a second copy for my son, and have advised others about the
value of owning this book.
Strong statement? Not if it helps you the way it helped me.
Amazing
This book is fantastic. It must be the bible for anyone who starts to shoot.
The results are much, much better than I expected. Thanks to Scott for
sharing his experience.
within the first few pages
I had already learned some things I didn't know. I enjoy his humor
throughout the book