The Digital Photography Book

This Book is great, it takes all of the complicated jargon ie understanding DOF, exposure settings out of photography and gets straight to the point.

When i read the book some things had me thinking " how obvious, use a tripod for taking shots to get sharp images" but there are simple techniques that we just dont think about when out shooting, and its like this all the way throught.

Also it`s a very enjoyable read, each page is not a top to bottom of around 500 words, there is a full colour image to illistrate, and a small paragraph about the technique. Very good book highly reccomended

Great Bed Time Read!!!` (0/0 people found this helpful)

I've got numerous DSLR photography books, but I always seem to go back to this one all the time, over all my other books. Not only is the content clear cut, precise and written in simple terms. It's also written with a witty manner and has a nice feel and size to it too! (unlike many big bulky hardback photography books... which aren't the best for a quick bedtime read!!!). Would highly reccommend to any budding photographer.

Good beginner guide (0/0 people found this helpful)

Superb hand book for beginners and those with a bit more experience with digital cameras. Scott Kelby's humour is an acquired taste (high school geek IMO!) but if you put this to one side, this book is filled with helpful tips on how to take better pictures. If you read this, your technique will improve. Recommended buy for under a tenner.

Well worth the money (0/0 people found this helpful)

I bought this for more than what it costs now (which is less than a tenner). That's the cost of two issues of a magazine! I read it cover to cover on one flight, then re-read it cover to cover on my second flight. When I landed at my destination I was taking better pictures than when I left the ground.

If all the advice I haven't used yet is as good as what I have then this is pound for pound one of the best pieces of kit I have bought as a beginner.

(I should add - if you don't have photoshop, download Gimp and do the same things for free!)

Good but flawed (2/2 people found this helpful)

Kelby's book does a good, nearly great, job at teaching you (or suggesting as it were) how to take all kinds of different pictures. It's packed with good, illustrative photos and covers a lot of ground. The best thing by far though is that you, within minutes really, are capable of putting the information to use in real life. You don't need to read it from cover to cover. You can look up any subject that interests you and just read that one page and then you're off shooting. The size of the book also allows you to take it with you in your bag while shooting, which is a big plus.

It's not perfect though. Reading "The Digital Photography Book" I coulden't help but feeling that Mr. Kelby was paid by the word writing this book. There is a quite a lot of useless text in the book ("humour" as the author calls it), which really got on my nerves. This gives a feeling of the author "not caring" in a sense (he had a quota to fill, not a goal of giving the reader the best possible book).That space could have been used to give the reader even more photo advice (not that it's scarce as it is, but still).

However, if you ignore the "humourous" parts of the book it's really good. The quality of the advice given far exceeds its flaws. More than worth the price.
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The Digital Photography Book

Scott Kelby

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Great Book, Informative And Very Beginner Friendly (0/0 people found this helpful)

Great Bed Time Read!!!` (0/0 people found this helpful)

Good beginner guide (0/0 people found this helpful)

Well worth the money (0/0 people found this helpful)

Good but flawed (2/2 people found this helpful)

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