The Digital Photography Book
by Scott Kelby
Book Summary Information
Author: Scott KelbyBrand: Pearson Education
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-02
ISBN: 032147404X
Number of pages: 219
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780321474049
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of The Digital Photography Book
Book Review: Kindle edition of this book is nearly worthless.
Summary: 1 Stars
Although I read the reviews and absorbed the critical remarks about Scott's jokes, I thought I could ignore them and I was able to for the most part... and I got it that he was a Photoshop guy and I am a camera guy...but I thought that I could find enough tips and information to make the book useful. What I didn't read in the reviews and didn't learn until it was too late is that there are absolutely NO photos or illustrations in the Kindle edition. So for the last 25% of the book when there is specific instruction - - - "If you want to take a picture like this... But there is no picture to look at. I am affraid that I have been way too generous with my one star and for sure won't make this kind of error again with any of Scott's books. Not worth any price for a Kindle edition.
Summary of The Digital Photography Book
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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