The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1 | 
 enlarge | Author: Scott Kelby
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  443 reviews
Sales Rank: 82
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 032147404X
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9780321474049
ASIN: 032147404X
Publication Date: September 2, 2006
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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.
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 Short, sweet, and to the point April 29, 2008
This book presents a wide variety of topics for achieving the results you want from your digital camera, point & shoot or DSLR. It is in a "just in time learning" format and helps you get the best shots possible. Get Volume 2 while you are at it!
 good book April 28, 2008
and a reasonable read. he even has a sense of humor. He gives you a scenario and then tells you about how to do or correct it.
a book every photographer should own. April 23, 2008
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 April 21, 2008
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 April 21, 2008
I had already learned some things I didn't know. I enjoy his humor throughout the book
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