The step-by-step techniques you need to capture breathtaking landscape photos like the pros
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Acknowledgments
Although only one name appears on the spine of this book, it takes a team of dedicated and talented people to pull a project like this together. Im not only delighted to be working with them, but I also get the honor and privilege of thanking them here.
To my amazing wife Kalebra: You continue to reinforce what everybody always tells meIm the luckiest guy in the world. I love you with all my heart!
To my son Jordan: I just cant believe my little boy is graduating from college. It all happened so fast, but Im so thrilled for you, and for the many adventures, the fun, love, and laughter your future holds. If theres a dad more proud of his son than I am, Ive yet to meet him. #rolltide!
To my beautiful daughter Kira: You are a little clone of your mom, and thats the best compliment I could ever give you. I love your sense of humor, your constant dancing, the hilarious faces you make, and I particularly love when you and I grab lunch or dinner together. Im so lucky to be your dad.
To my big brother Jeff: Your boundless generosity, kindness, positive attitude, and humility have been an inspiration to me my entire life, and Im just so honored to be your brother.
To my editor Kim Doty: I feel incredibly fortunate to have you as my editor on these books. In fact, I cant imagine doing them without you. You truly are a joy to work with.
To my book designer Jessica Maldonado: I love the way you design, and all the clever little things you add to everything you do. Our book team struck gold when we found you!
To my dear friend and business partner Jean A. Kendra: Thanks for putting up with me all these years, and for your support for all my crazy ideas. It really means a lot.
To Erik Kuna: Thanks for traveling all over with me to help get the extra shots I needed for this book. Your friendship, ideas, and counsel have made this book much better than it would have been.
To Jeanne Jilleba: Thank you for constantly putting my wheels back on the track. Im very grateful to have your help, your talent, and your immeasurable patience every day.
To Cindy Snyder: Thank you so much for working on my books and catching tons of little things others would have missed.
To Ted Waitt, my fantastic Editor for life at Rocky Nook: Where you go, I will follow, plus I cant part with you until I at least get dinner at Tonys again. #whodat!
To my publisher Scott Cowlin: Im so delighted I still get to work with you, and for your open mind and vision. Heres to doing new things with old friends.
To my mentors John Graden, Jack Lee, Dave Gales, Judy Farmer, and Douglas Poole: Thank you for your wisdom and whip-crackingthey have helped me immeasurably.
Most importantly, I want to thank God, and His Son Jesus Christ, for leading me to the woman of my dreams, for blessing us with such amazing children, for allowing me to make a living doing something I truly love, for always being there when I need Him, for blessing me with a wonderful, fulfilling, and happy life, and such a warm, loving family to share it with.
About the Author
Scott Kelby
Scott is President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for learning Lightroom, Photoshop, and photography. He is Editor, Publisher, and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine; Editor of Lightroom Magazine; host of The Grid, the influential, live, weekly talk show for photographers; and is founder of the annual Scott Kelbys Worldwide Photo Walk.
Scott is a photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 90 books, including Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It; The Adobe Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers; Photoshop for Lightroom Users; How Do I Do That In Lightroom?; The Flash Book; and his landmark, The Digital Photography Book series. The first book in this series, The Digital Photography Book, part 1, has become the #1 top-selling book ever on digital photography.
His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, including Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Taiwanese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese, among many others. He is a recipient of the prestigious ASP International Award, presented annually by the American Society of Photographers for... contributions in a special or significant way to the ideals of Professional Photography as an art and a science, and the HIPA award, presented for his contributions to photography education worldwide.