Ebook: The digital photography book : the step-by-step secrets for how to make your photos look like the pros'!

Furnishes an overview of the latest in digital technology, including cameras and equipment, as well as the essential techniques and skills of the photographic process--exposure, lighting, shutter speed, depth of field and resolution--and tips on how to avoid hours of photo editing by taking great photos the first time. Chapter 1 Pro Tips for Getting Really Sharp Photos: If Your Photos Aren't Sharp, the Rest Doesn't Matter 1 -- Chapter 2 Shooting Flowers Like a Pro: There's More to It Than You'd Think 23 -- Chapter 3 Shooting Weddings Like a Pro: There Is No Retaking Wedding Photos. It's Got to Be Right the First Time! 37 -- Chapter 4 Shooting Landscapes Like a Pro: Pro Tips for Capturing the Wonder of Nature 61 -- Chapter 5 Shooting Sports Like a Pro: Better Bring Your Checkbook 93 -- Chapter 6 Shooting People Like a Pro: Tips for Making People Look Their Very Best 113 -- Chapter 7 Avoiding Problems Like a Pro: How to Avoid Digital Headaches 129 -- Chapter 8 Taking Advantage of Digital Like a Pro: It's More Than Just a Replacement for Film 145 -- Chapter 9 Taking Travel & City Life Shots Like a Pro: Tips for Urban Shooting 159 -- Chapter 10 How to Print Like a Pro and Other Cool Stuff: After All, It's All About the Print! 177 -- Chapter 11 Photo Recipes to Help You Get 'The Shot': The Simple Ingredients That Make It All Come Together 195 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