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Excellent book very well presented. I am a 40 year experianced still photographer. I resisted the "digital revolution. this book helped me get over the resistance. It is a good "how to" on photography book. I just wish it had EVEN more dealing with things specifically digital. I hope the author will more fully explore in depth in a futher book things are brought up in passing Some of these are the full use of the software Lighroom and organizing your digitial files for better processing & retrival. The investement in the non digital was enormous. It would be nice to intergrate some of it into the digital world. I hope a future " DIGITAL" book will touch on ways of intergrating some of one's older (specifically Nikon) lenses and flashes (SB 26 series or the Q flash) used with the f4 & f5 with the digital cameras like the D200.Read full review
At a professional photographer's recommendation, I purchased The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby, Vol. 2. It was such an incredibly excellent book for someone wanting to learn professional photography methods in an easy to understand and apply format that I immediately wanted the prequel-Vol. 1. Both are excellent books, and I rate them much better than the comparable Idiot's guide to digital photography, Digital Photo. for dummies, and so on. This book does not spend any time telling you the technicalities or details, it simply tells you what button to push, and what technique to employ to achieve what you want in a photo. No memorizing numbers or triangles. He does recommend some equipment, which I appreciated, in photography some things are you get what you pay for, and some accessories are almost necessities.Read full review
Scott Kelby has found his niche and that is writing books to help the new breed of digital photographers improve their craft. His first book, The Digital Photography Book, is filled with useful and well presented tips to improve one's images. This book is excellent for those who shoot DSLR's BUT, it is very useful for those who shoot the smaller digital cameras as well. he presents his ideas simply, in a single page format, without a lot of supurfluose information. His equipment recommendations are soundly in line with what he is trying to teach the reader because sometimes it DOES take the right equipment to get the shot. The only draw back for some might be his sense of humor. Since I have and enjoy a dry, sarcastic sense of humor, I found him entertaining to read as well. For those who don't, maybe you should try taking yourself a little less seriously. After all, either you have a sense of humor.....or you don't. CLKRead full review
I confess - I am a Kelby junkie. I like Scott Kelby's books, even his lame (and he admits to it) humor. I own several of his books, because I like his concise, cut-to-the-chase style. The reader doesn't have to wade through all sorts of extraneous text in order to complete an exercise. In The Photoshop CS2 Book, I learned a great deal in a short time by following his clear, to-the-point instructions. It's the same with his Digital Photography book. Its short chapters are easy to read, and packed with information that will be easy to remember. He covers equipment, accessories, shooting technique, camera settings, and some specific chapters on how to duplicate professional looking shots. He does focus quite a bit on portrait and wedding photography, but you can pick and choose which subjects interest you. Like all his books, it's easy reading, and a compact size that easily goes with you should you want to refer to it. It's a no-nonsense, good reference book to have on your shelf.Read full review
OK, you consider yourself an "advanced beginner"... in other words you already know what apeture, shutter speed, white balance, and terms such as these mean, and let's say you have a camera that will allow you to adjust these functions. So you know that you can already shoot pictures better than the average person but you want to take it up a notch... then this is a FANTASTIC book. It is simple to understand but it can take your photography skills to another level. Now, when I show others a photograph I have taken I'm more likely to get a "WOW... YOU TOOK THAT PICTURE?" This book tells you simple steps and simple ideas that will give you the confidence that you can take a photograph that will stand out in an average crowd. P.S. Photoshop helps a lot also and I am just starting to get a feel for how to use this massive software. My Photoshop book by Scott Kelby is almost 500 pages and it's much, much more time consuming... but it can do some amazing things. One last thought, I'm still getting my prints "developed" by someone else because I don't have the money or time I feel that it takes to do my new photographs justice. Maybe someday. Thanks for reading and have a great day.Read full review
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