The Digital Photography Book
by Scott Kelby
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Author: Scott KelbyBrand: Pearson Education
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-02
ISBN: 032147404X
Number of pages: 219
Publisher: Peachpit Press
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- ISBN13: 9780321474049
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of The Digital Photography Book
Book Review: AAA+ Rated
Summary: 5 Stars
Im 37 years young and just starting out in photography (well you could say that, even though I have owned a number of cameras since I was a teenager, both film and digital, I just took photos, where as now Im just getting into making a hobby out of it).
I got this book because I wanted to know about the different aspects of photography like shutter speed and appature control (plus many other aspects to many to list but the above were the most common two). Prior to now I always used my cameras in auto mode if the shot worked it was OK if it didnt I would flip up the flash and try again. But since reading most of this book I am becomming more adventurous like putting the camera in manual mode and experimenting on different settings. I would read a section of the book and go ahh ok then pick up my new sony alpha SLR and try what scott was refering to. and low and behold Ive seen things I have never seen before, like getting a photo that has a blue tinge to it, which tells me my white balance is out of whack (hey does that mean I have just learnt something from reading a book? and I have never liked reading books my whole life. Who says ya cant teach a old dog new tricks).
What I liked about scotts book was his humour added to the book and his whole aspect of the book is set up. On page 2 he explains that the book set out out as thou its just you and scott out on a photo shoot and while you both are shooting you have lots of questions and he gives you a answer like as if you were mates, basically he is going to answer them in the book like he would answer them out there in the real world. {(straight and to the point, without teaching you all the technical aspects and behind the scenes technology of digital photograghy.}
Each page is set up as one aspect per page or in other words one question and answer per page. for expample on page 2 he writes {if we were out shooting and you turned to me and said, "hey scott, I want to take a shot where that flower over there is in focus but the background is out of focus. How do I do that?" I wouldnt turn to you and give you a speech about smaller and larger apertures, about how exposure equals shutter speed plus aperture, or any that stuff you can read in any book about digital photography(and I mean any book - its in every one). In real life, Id just turn to you and say, "put on your zoom lens, set your aperture at f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away."}
Thats how the whole book works basically. I also found his humour to be much like mine so it made it more a pleasurable read. What scott has acheived in this book is what my teachers back in school tried to get me to do many years ago..... Read more books. I hate reading or simply dont. but since reading scotts book I find myself going thru book stores and searching amazon.com for more books on the two most things (well you could call em hobbies at the moment) in my life now, Photography and cooking (not always in that order thou) so much so that I am thinking of going further than a hobby and trying to make money out of photography. and if I could incorperate the other things I love in life into photgraghy I'd be the happiest man alive......mmmmm thinking do you think there is any money in taking photos of sex or food???.....just kidding
Once I have got more experienced on the taking of photos side Im gunna try the other aspect of photography the editing side in photshop cs2. Which I hear scott is a excellent teacher of that too. Might have to get some of his books on that subject too.
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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