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 - worth every penny!Highly recommended book! I've seen how funny the author on their show in PhotoShop User TV is, and you can imagine how he must have written this! Overall, very concise, straight-forward, no-BS, entertaining content. Although some of the techniques he gave here are not new to me, (all of it are helpful, btw) it is primarily targeted for dSLR beginners. Don't get me wrong! but some of the tips are unknown to some Pros. The easy-to-digest approach of single technique per page is what makes this book very interesting to read. Rating: - Best author!Scott Kelby writes his books just like he's sitting or standing right next to you and tells in simple English how to do what ever you're reading about. I own at least 3 of his books and love them! AND I don't have to read a whole book to get to what I need to learn! You can't go wrong with Scott Kelby's books! Rating: - Excellent book!!I have read this book from cover to cover. It is full of very good advice about tricks to improve your pictures. It is not a photoshop book (Thanks GOD!!)it is a book to help you to get better as a photographer. Rating: - "Short Cuts" - a responseI enjoyed reading the review entitled "Short Cuts" and gave this a three star rating. I agree with this review on the facts, but not its judgment. I am a photographer. Knowing the underlying fundamentals is essential to making the difference between a snapshot and a work of superior craft or fine art. A good photographer pre-visualizes the final work (e.g., the print) and then executes each step (capture, edit and output) to effect that vision. Now the moment of pre-visualization may be a fraction of a second before the shutter is released, and visions may evolve after capture. Nevertheless, when we (good photographers included) don't start with an idea of what the eventual print is supposed to look like, then luck will play a major factor in getting a good image. And gosh knows digital gives you lots of shot on goal and a larger range of acceptable, so it does happen. But when you understand the instrument at a fundamental level, you can optimize each step to achieve the vision. Kelby does not help with that. There is, however, a place for shortcut books. Particularly with something like Photoshop, you can know the fundamentals of a technique you don't use often and still not remember what d@#$ submenu it's in. And then for the folks who have lives plenty full and don't really have time to individually test each lens to learn its "sweet spot" nor learn to use alpha channels in Photoshop, books like Kelby's are invaluable. Afterall, 99.999% of all shutter releases are by someone just trying to capture the scene in front of them, not trying to create a vision. This and Kelbey's other books meet the 80-20 rule and is a pretty fair trade off for folks that just want to take better pictures. Cookie cutters don't work all the time, but working most of the time for the limited effort shortcuts require is a pretty good deal. I don't know of anything better than (or even close) to Kelby's books at this task. Rating:  - Too easy...Nothing new, just lots of commonsense. Without reading this book, I don't know that I am so knowledgeable (based on so many reviews, giving this book so high rating)
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