Scott Kelby - The Best of The Digital Photography Book Series: The Step-by-Step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros!

The step-by-step secrets for how to make your photos look like the pros!

Scott Kelby

Author of the top-selling digital photography book everThe Digital Photography Book, part 1

The Best of The Digital Photography Book Series

PUBLISHED BY

Peachpit Press

2016 Scott Kelby

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Composed in Myriad Pro (Adobe Systems Incorporated) and LCD (Esselte) by Kelby Media Group Inc.

The Best of The Digital Photography Book SeriesTeam

MANAGING EDITOR
Kim Doty

TECHNICAL EDITOR
Cindy Snyder

ART DIRECTOR
Jessica Maldonado

PHOTOGRAPHY
Scott Kelby

STUDIO AND PRODUCTION SHOTS
Brad Moore

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Photoshop, Elements, and Lightroom are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.
Nikon is a registered trademark of Nikon Corporation.
Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc.

Warning and Disclaimer

This book is designed to provide information about digital photography. Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty of fitness is implied.

The information is provided on an as-is basis. The author and Peachpit Press shall have neither the liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book or from the use of the discs, videos, or programs that may accompany it.

ISBN 13: 978-0-134-38512-9

ISBN 10: 0-134-38512-8

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This book is dedicated to my friend and colleague
Kleber Stephenson, for always being willing to come to our rescue;
for being all in in everything you do; and for
putting up with me, and my decisions, even when
you knew they werent always right.
You rock, dude!

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: I dont know how you do it, but each year you somehow get more beautiful, more compassionate, more generous, more fun, and you get me to fall even more madly in love with you than the year before (and so far, youve done this 26 years in a row)! They dont make words to express how I feel about you, and how thankful and blessed I am to have you as my wife, but since all I have here are wordsthank you for making me the luckiest man in the world.

To my wonderful, crazy, fun-filled, son Jordan: When I wrote the first version of this book, I wrote that you were the coolest little boy any dad could ever ask for. Now that youre off at college, youre not a little boy by any means, but you are definitely still the coolest! Although I know you dont read these acknowledgments, it means so much to me that I can write it, just to tell you how proud I am of you, how thrilled I am to be your dad, and what a great big brother youve become to your little sister. Your mom and I were truly blessed the day you were born (and we sure miss you back here at home).

To my beautiful daughter Kira: You are a little clone of your mom, and thats the best compliment I could ever give you. You have your moms sweet nature, her beautiful smile, and like her, you always have a song in your heart. Youre already starting to realize that your mom is someone incredibly special, and take it from Dad, youre in for a really fun, exciting, hug-filled, and adventure-filled life. Im so proud to be your dad.

To my big brother Jeff: A lot of younger brothers look up to their older brother because, well...theyre older. But I look up to you because youve been much more than a brother to me. Its like youve been my other dad in the way you always looked out for me, gave me wise and thoughtful council, and always put me firstjust like Dad put us first. 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 and lifelong friend.

To my in-house team at KelbyOne: You make coming into work an awful lot of fun for me, and each time I walk in the door, I can feel that infectious buzz of creativity you put out that makes me enjoy what we do so much. Im still amazed to this day at how we all come together to hit our often impossible deadlines, and as always, you do it with class, poise, and a can-do attitude that is truly inspiring. You guys rock!

To my Photo Assistant Brad Moore: Thanks so much for all your help, advice, patience, and production shots throughout the project. You rock! (And, your beard is really something to behold in person.)

To my Editor Kim Doty: I couldnt be any luckier than to have you editing my books and shepherding them along. This one has taken a lot more time and sweat than any of us expected, but you always kept your trademark attitude and a smile on your face. Both of those kept a smile on mine, and Im very grateful. Also, a big thanks to Cindy Snyder who tirelessly tech edits, checks, and rechecks everything I write to make sure it works (I keep telling her, Hey, this stuff actually works, but she still somehow feels compelled to make certain). Im delighted that you do what you do the way you do it. Thanks again, Cindy!

To Jessica Maldonado: I cant thank you enough for all your hard work on the cover, layout, and on the look of this and all my books. I love the way you design, and all the clever little things you add to everything you do. Youre incredibly talented, a joy to work with, and I feel very, very fortunate to have you on my team.

To my new Editor at Peachpit Press, Nikki McDonald: This is our first book together, and Im very excited to be working with you to create some books that really matter. I know you feel like you have some big shoes to fill, but dont worry, were going to do some great projects together, and then I will try to get you to get Peachpit to buy me some fancy gifts. Unfortunately, thats how it works, but at least you know now. ;-)