The Step-by-Step secrets to make your photos look like the pros !
A
little over five years ago I wrote a couple posts on some photography books
that I liked and thought were worth mentioning. (May 2009 / August 2009)
What started out as a good photography book for people just getting into digital photography, (The Digital Photography Book) has evolved into a 5 part series, the newest book being called "The Digital Photography Book Part 5 - The step by step secrets to make your photos look like the pros!"
These books have proved to be very popular and are great for anyone either totally new to digital photography or even for people who might be looking for some fresh ideas or tips on how to improve their photo skills. Whichever book you choose, there is bound to be something here for just about everyone with a digital camera.
These books have proved to be very popular and are great for anyone either totally new to digital photography or even for people who might be looking for some fresh ideas or tips on how to improve their photo skills. Whichever book you choose, there is bound to be something here for just about everyone with a digital camera.
Just for the record, the
first book I mentioned ended up being the best selling book on Digital
Photography ever published. It was originally released in 2006 and was called
simply “The Digital Photography Book”. It was written by Scott Kelby who was
already well known for his books on Digital Photography and Photoshop and people
loved that book right from day one.
Because
of its huge success, it was quickly followed up a year later (2007) by another
book aptly called “The Digital Photography Book - Volume 2”.
At the time of my first post I was waiting on
Volume 3 but just like the previous two books, The Digital Photography Book - Volume 3 was also well received (2009) and everyone thought that might be the end to
the series. But fortunately that wasn't the end of the series, it was followed up by The Digital Photography Book - Volume 4 (2012) which was also very
successful.
All
of these books have become very popular with photographers of all types. Books
1 & 2 were so successful they were actually updated and re-released with updated
content and new photos.
In
all of these books (Volumes 1 thru 4) the most popular chapter was the final chapter
called: Photo Recipes to Help You Get “The Shot”. Scott would show an image and then briefly
describe how to get that type of shot. I still refer back to these books for
new ideas, especially those final chapters.
Well
Scott has just released another book in this series called “Digital Photography Book Part 5 - Photo Recipes” (photo at the beginning of this post) This book is totally different; it is an entire
book of nothing but those easy to follow photo recipes. But he took it up a
notch by adding behind-the-scenes details along with photos for each Photo
Recipe. Now you can see exactly how it was done so you can get the same
look every time yourself.
I’ve
always enjoyed reading Scott’s books and would highly recommend all five in the
series. The nicest part is that these books won’t break the bank and will only
run you about $15 bucks each or in sets for even greater savings. His books have always had an easy to read style and have been translated into over a dozen languages and have made Scott the #1 author of books on photography worldwide since 2010.
Maybe you’re new to digital photography yourself or looking for some new ideas? If you’d like to purchase a copy of any of these books, click on the Amazon links on this site to direct you there.
