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 todays top digital pros use (and its easier than youd think). This entire book is written with a brilliant premise & here s how Scott describes it: " If you & I were out on a shoot & you asked me Hey how do I get this flower to be in focus but I want the background out of focus? I wouldnt stand there & give you a lecture about aperture exposure & depth of field. In real life Id just say Get out your telephoto lens set your f/stop to f/2.8 focus on the flower & fire away. You d say OK & youd get the shot. Thats what this book is all about. A book of you & I shooting & I answer the questions give you advice & share the secrets Ive learned just like I would with a friend without all the technical explanations & without all the techno-photo-speak." This isnt a book of theory-it isnt full of confusing jargon & detailed concepts: this is a book of which button to push which setting to use when to use them & 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. Heres 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 youll learn another pro setting another pro tool another pro trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. Theres never been a book like it & if youre tired of taking shots that look "OK " & if you re tired of looking in photography magazines & thinking " Why dont my shots look like that?" then this is the book for you."