The Digital Photography Book: How to improve your pictures

Why are there so many books on digital photography? It seems like a new one comes out every week, and it's been like that for years. We think it's because the books that keep coming out miss the mark on what most photographers really want: a book that cuts through all the techno-stuff, and uncovers the secrets the pros use to create amazing photos.

After all, that's what we all want, right? We want to create photos that make our friends and family say, "Wow, that's incredible. Did you take that?" But even though we have great digital cameras — in fact, we often have the exact same makes and models that the big pros use — somehow they're still the ones getting all the "Wows!" Until now.

Scott Kelby, the man who forever changed the "digital darkroom" with his groundbreaking, best-selling, 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 that today's top digital pros use.

This isn't a book of theory — it isn't full of jargon and confusing concepts. This is a book that tells you exactly which button to push, which setting to use, and over 100 of the most closely guarded "tricks of the trade" to get you shooting dramatically better looking, sharper, more colorful, professional looking photos with your digital camera every time you push the shutter.

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; if you're tired of taking shots that just 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.

The Digital Photography Book: Scott Kelby
This is the most practical and useful book on digital photography that you will find on the shelves. The book is filled with tips and tricks of the trade that the professional photographers use every day to get wonderful looking pictures using nothing but a digital camera similar to the one you have. Why do their photographs look better than yours? Well it's not always the camera, most of the credit is to know how to take advantage of the camera you have: selecting the right settings for different situations, choosing the right location, etc. Full of examples and straight to the point tips, this book will improve the quality of every single shot you take. Author Scott Kelby is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and Editor-in-Chief of both Photoshop User and Layers magazines. Scott serves as training director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and is the technical chair of the largest Photoshop gathering in the industry, Photoshop World.