Scott Kelby

Learn to take great photos with your iPhone the camera you always have with you! Imagine if someone took the same photographic techniques, principles, and tools used by high-end and professional photographers, but applied them to shooting with an iPhone. Imagine the type of images you d be able to create using those same ideas. Well, that s exactly what Scott Kelby did in the first edition of the bestselling The iPhone Photography Book, and now he s done it again in this fully updated second edition! The world s #1 best-selling photography techniques author is once again about to break all the rules as he shows you how to apply the same techniques today s top pro photographers use to make stunning images. You re going to learn exactly how to use these techniques to create images that people will just not believe you could actually take with a phone (but with the quality of the iPhone s camera, you absolutely can!). Scott leaves all the techno-speak behind and, instead, treats the whole book as if it were just you and he out on a shoot with your iPhones, using his trademark casual, plain-English writing style to help you unlock the power of your iPhone to make the type of pictures you never thought could be done with a phone. You ll learn: Which tools to use to make pro-quality portraits in any lighting situation. How to create stunning landscape shots that people will swear you took with an expensive DSLR or mirrorless camera. Proven posing techniques that flatter your subject and make anyone you photograph look their very best in every shot. How to organize and edit your photos like a pro! The pros top tips for making amazing shots of everything from flowers to product shots, from food photography to travel shots, and everything in between. Each page covers a single concept, a single tool, or a trick to take your iPhone photography from snapshots to shots that will make your friends and family say, 'Wait you took this?!'

Quickly learn how to master your iPhone's camera so you can capture great photos! Designed for photographers who haven't fully conquered their iPhone's camera and its capability to create amazing photos, this handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide, written by bestelling author Scott Kelby, helps you get the shot when you're out and about with your iPhone. Confirm that your iPhone camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist. Learn about the key components of exposure and how they work on your iPhone. Conquer the essential iPhone camera modes and settings you need to know. Understand iPhone lenses and focal length and how they affect the look of your image. Use the most effective composition tips for framing your photo. Follow techniques for getting great shots in typical scenarios (portrait, landscape, food, travel) with your iPhone. Scott Kelby is an award-winning photographer, author, and post-processing guru. He is Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine and host of the influential weekly photography talk show The Grid. He teaches online courses, live workshops, and seminars around the world.

Learn Portrait Retouching with Scott Kelby Each year, Scott Kelby, Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User magazine and the #1 best-selling Photoshop author, trains thousands of photographers on how to retouch portraits using Photoshop through his live seminars, online classes, DVDs, and workshops at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. Now you can learn the same techniques he uses in his own retouching workflow, in the only book written expressly for photographers who do their own retouching. As a pro photographer himself, Scott understands that photographers make their living shooting, not retouching. But, delivering fully retouched images is now expected by clients. That's why Scott put together this amazing resource for teaching photographers the quickest, easiest, and most effective ways to create professional-looking, retouched final images without spending hours on detailed techniques. LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT It's all here—the step-by-step methods for fixing, enhancing, and finishing your portraits in Photoshop. Using the techniques in this book, you'll create images that will absolutely wow your clients. You'll learn: How to soften skin and still retain detail and textureThe best tricks for beautifully enhancing eyes, eyebrows, and eyelashesHow to selectively sharpen portraits without complicated maskingHow to create gorgeous-looking lipsHow to remove blemishes fast and keep the most detailThe pros' tricks for body sculptingHow to make your subject's hair look fabulousHow to give your retouches that natural look that sets them apartPlus, you get Scott's complete 5-minute, 15-minute, and 30-minute start-to-finish workflows If you're ready to learn the "tricks of the trade"—the same ones that today's leading pro photographers use to retouch, tuck, tighten, and tone their images for that pro-retouched look—you're holding the book that will do exactly that. It will radically change the way you retouch your portraits from here on out, and give you the best-looking, most natural retouches you've ever done.

Since Lightroom first launched, Scott Kelby’s The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world’s #1 top-selling Lightroom book (it has been translated into dozens of different languages), and in this latest version Scott is sharing all his latest techniques, insights, and invaluable tips using his award-winning, step-by-step, plain-English style that makes learning Lightroom easy and fun. Scott doesn’t just show you which sliders do what (every Lightroom book does that, right?). Instead, he shares his own personal settings, his time-tested techniques, and his proven step-by-step method of learning Lightroom, so you can begin using it like a pro from the start. Each year, he trains thousands of Lightroom users at his live seminars and through his blog at LightroomKillerTips.com, and he has learned first-hand what really works and what doesn’t. He tells you flat-out which techniques work best, which ones to avoid, and why. You’ll learn: His now famous SLIM (Simplified Lightroom Image Management) system that will teach you, step by step, how to organize your images, back them up, and be able to find them quickly and easily. Scott’s SLIM system is used by photographers all over the world and is taught at colleges and universities, because it’s so simple, straightforward, and it works. How to make your images look like the pros and how to take advantage of the new RAW camera, creative, and B&W profiles—you’ll finally “get” the whole image-editing thing, and you’ll know exactly what to do, in what order, and why. How to use Lightroom along with Photoshop, and how to make the two work together absolutely seamlessly. You’ll be surprised at what you’ll be able to do, even if you’ve never used Photoshop before. The last chapter really sets this book apart because this is where Scott answers his #1 most-asked Lightroom question, which is “Exactly what order am I supposed to do things in?” You’ll see his entire start-to-finish Lightroom workflow and learn how to incorporate it into your own workflow. You can also download most of the same images used in the book to follow right along with. And, you’ll get a killer collection of custom Lightroom Develop and Print presets to give you some of the most sought-after looks and effects, all with just one click. This is the first and only book to bring the whole process together in such a clear, concise, and visual way. There is no faster, more straight-to-the-point, or more fun way to learn Lightroom than with this ground- and record-breaking book.

Scott Kelby and Terry White, both renowned tech experts and bestselling authors, have teamed up to create an entirely new concept for learning about your Tesla a guide one that's designed from the ground up to get you straight to whatever you need to know about your Tesla right now, provide quick answers, and get you back to enjoying your electric vehicle. Tesla cars have become the pinnacle of modern driving with their incredible power and depth of features, but sometimes the functions you need aren't immediately obvious. There will be times when you need to do something in your Tesla, but you're not sure where that feature is hidden or what the 'secret handshake' is to make it work. That's why this book was created to get you to the technique, the shortcut, or exactly the right setting, right now. How Do I Do That In My Tesla? covers Tesla's latest and greatest features, including its advanced driver assistance systems. Here's how the book works: When you need to know how to do a particular thing, you turn to the relevant chapter (Charging, Navigation, Autopilot, etc.), find the specific task you need to accomplish (each page covers just one topic), and Scott and Terry tell you exactly how to do it as if they were sitting right there in the car with you, using the same casual style as if they were guiding a friend. That way, you can quickly maximize your knowledge of your Tesla and get the most out of your car. This isn't a book of confusing jargon and complicated multi-step processes. This is a practical guide that tells you where a menu item is, which setting or feature to use, and exactly how and when to use it, so you're never "stuck" wondering how to do something in your Tesla again. This will be your 'go to' resource for learning everything you need to know about your Tesla, and you're going to love having this type of help right at your fingertips. Whether you're a new Tesla owner or a long-time driver looking to make the most of your vehicle, Scott and Terry's expertise will help you become a Tesla pro in no time!

Are you ready for an amazing new edition of the Photoshop book that breaks all the rules? Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine—and the #1 best-selling photography techniques author—once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful Adobe Photoshop techniques for photographers. This update to his award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers that has never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It's not a bunch of theory; it doesn't challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows you step by step the exact techniques used by today's cutting-edge photographers, and best of all, he shows you flat-out exactly which settings to use, when to use them, and why. That's why editions of this book are widely used as the official study guide in photography courses at colleges and universities around the world. The photographer's workflow in Photoshop has evolved greatly over time and, in the latest edition of this book, you'll learn how to leverage Photoshop's new AI-powered masking features and how to spend less time on boring production tasks, so you can spend more time being creative. Plus, you'll learn: The most useful retouching techniques for photographers, such as how to make “impossible” selections, like wind-blown hair (it's easy, once you know the secrets), and how to use layers like a pro.The sharpening techniques the pros really use.The pros' tricks for fixing the most common photo problems fast!How to seamlessly remove distracting things from your images.How to make the most of Camera Raw and when to work it into your workflow, even if you never shoot in RAW—it works great on JPEGs and TIFFs, too.The latest Photoshop special effects for photographers (there's a whole chapter just on these!).A host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick “insider” tricks to help you get twice the work done in half the time. You also get four online bonus chapters with even more content, along with the images used in the book, for download, so you can follow right along. If you're ready to learn all the “tricks of the trade”—the same ones that today's leading pros use to correct, edit, retouch, and sharpen their work—then you're holding the book that will do just that.

Learn all three aspects of what it takes to create stunning portraits lighting, shooting, and retouching! Scott Kelby, the world s #1 best-selling author of photography techniques books, has reinvented how lighting books are written by revealing the entire process from start to finish, all in this one book. In this fully revised and updated edition of his smash best-selling book Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It, you ll see everything from the complete lighting setup (and all the gear used), to the shoot (including all the camera settings and a contact sheet of the progression of the shoot), to the all-important part that most books don t dare include the post-processing and retouching in Lightroom and Photoshop. This book also breaks new ground in the visual way that Scott teaches you the lighting setups. There aren t any sketches or 3D models you see the actual lighting layout in photos taken during the live shoot. You ll see angles from above, to the side, and every other helpful perspective you may need, while also showing the exact distances between the light and the subject and the background. You name it you see it all. Plus, you get additional behind-the-scenes views so you can be confident that you ll absolutely nail the lighting every time. Throughout the book, Scott uses speedlights/flash for all of the lighting techniques. So whether you use flashes or studio strobes, the book will work for you. You ll learn: The step-by-step layouts for creating the most-requested and sought-after lighting looks How to get more out of one light than you ever thought you could (this is worth buying the book alone!) How to control and shape your light without breaking the bank The camera settings, gear, and power settings for every shot The retouching techniques the pros really use to make their subjects look their very best How to retouch hair, eyes, lips, skin, and lots of other little retouching tricks that make a really big difference How to create high-contrast portrait effects without buying expensive plug-ins A host of insider tricks, invaluable shortcuts, and jaw-dropping special effects to give you a real advantage over the competition

The simplest, easiest, and quickest ways to learn over 250 Photoshop tips, tricks, and techniques! Scott Kelby, the world s #1 best-selling photography technique books author, is back with a totally updated and revised new edition of his bestselling book How Do I Do That In Photoshop? The first edition of this bestselling book presented an entirely new concept in Photoshop books one that s designed from the ground up to get you straight to whatever it is you need to do in Photoshop right now, get your answer fast, and get you back to editing your images in Photoshop. Thanks to Adobe s incredibly popular Creative Cloud Photography plan, which includes Photoshop and Lightroom, photographers are extending the depth and power of Lightroom by jumping over to Photoshop to do all those things Lightroom just can t do (or Lightroom can do, but in Photoshop, it s faster and easier, or the results are just better). Because Photoshop has so much power and depth, sometimes the things you need are well kinda hidden or not really obvious. There will be a lot of times when you need to get something done in Photoshop, and you know Photoshop can do it (because Photoshop can do just about anything), but you have no idea where Adobe hid that feature, or what the secret handshake is to do that thing you need now so you can get back to working on your images. That s why this book was created: to quickly get you to the technique, the shortcut, the setting, or exactly the right thing you need to do right now. Here s how it works: When you need to know how to do a particular thing, you turn to the chapter where it would be found (Layers, Printing, Fixing Problems, Special Effects, etc.), find the thing you need to do (it s easy, each page covers just one single topic), and Scott tells you exactly how to do it just like he was sitting there beside you, using the same casual style as if he were telling a friend. That way, you get back to editing your images fast. This isn t a book of theory, full of confusing jargon and detailed multi-step concepts. This is a book on which button to click, which setting to use, and exactly how and when to use it, so you re never stuck in Photoshop again. This will be your go to book that sits within reach any time you re working in Photoshop, and you are going to love having this type of help right at your fingertips.

The simplest, easiest, and quickest ways to learn over 250 Lightroom tips, tricks, and techniques! Lightroom has become the photographer s best tool because it just has so much power and so much depth, but because it has so much power and depth, sometimes the things you need are well kinda hidden or not really obvious. There will be a lot of times when you need to get something done in Lightroom, but you have no idea where Adobe hid that feature, or what the secret handshake is to do that thing you need now so you can get back to working on your images. That s why this book was created: to get you to the technique, the shortcut, or exactly the right setting, right now. How Do I Do That In Lightroom? (3rd Edition) is a fully updated version of the bestselling first and second editions, and it covers all of Lightroom's newest and best tools, such as its powerful masking features. Here's how the book works: When you need to know how to do a particular thing, you turn to the chapter where it would be found (Organizing, Importing, Developing, Printing, etc.), find the thing you need to do (it s easy each page covers just one single topic), and Scott tells you exactly how to do it just like he was sitting there beside you, using the same casual style as if he were telling a friend. That way, you get back to editing your images fast.

Since Lightroom first launched 15 years ago, Scott Kelby's The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world's #1 top-selling Lightroom book (it has been translated into dozens of different languages), and in this latest version, Scott did his biggest update ever, sharing all his newest techniques, insights, and invaluable tips using his award-winning, plain-English style that makes learning Lightroom easy and fun. Scott doesn't just show you which sliders do what (every Lightroom book does that, right?). Instead, he shares his own personal settings, his time-tested techniques, and his proven step-by-step method of learning Lightroom, so you can begin using it like a pro from the start. Each year, he trains thousands of Lightroom users at his live seminars, online conferences, and through his blog at LightroomKillerTips.com, and he has learned firsthand what really works and what doesn't. He tells you flat-out which techniques work best, which ones to avoid, and why. You'll learn: His famous SLIM (Simplified Lightroom Image Management) system that will teach you, step by step, how to organize your images, back them up, and be able to find them quickly and easily. Scott's SLIM system is taught at colleges and universities around the world, because it's so simple, straightforward, and it works.How to make your images look like the pros, and how to take advantage of the camera, creative, and B&W profiles—you'll finally "get" the whole image editing thing, and you'll know exactly what to do, which sliders to move (and which to avoid) in what order, and why.How to unlock the power of Lightroom's Masking tools and how to "paint with light" to take your images to another level.How to use Lightroom along with Photoshop, and how to make the two work together absolutely seamlessly. You'll be surprised at what you'll be able to do, even if you've never used Photoshop before.How to expand Lightroom's power to your phone or tablet, so you can organize and edit your images from anywhere.How to share your images in print and in gorgeous coffee table books, or online, including how to do online client proofing or share images with a group.Download most of the same images used in the book to follow right along with.You'll get a killer collection of custom Lightroom Develop and Print presets to give you some of the most sought-after looks and effects, all with just one click. This is the first and only book to bring the whole process together in such a clear, concise, and visual way. There is no faster, more straight-to-the-point, or more fun way to learn Lightroom.

Learn how to take professional-quality photographs when you travel, using the same tricks today s top photographers use! Whether you're on a dedicated photo trip or a family vacation, you want to come home with a collection of great photos to show your friends, share online, and even make a large print for your home. Capturing great travel photographs can be tricky...but not if you know the secrets that Scott Kelby is here to share with you Here s how Scott describes this book s brilliant premise: If you and I were out shooting, and you asked me, Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, with the background out of focus?, I wouldn t stand there and give you a photography lecture. In real life, I d just say, Put on your zoom lens, set your f-stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away. That s what this book is all about: you and I out shooting where I answer questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I ve learned just like I would with a friend without all the technical explanations and techie photo speak. This isn t a book of theory full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts. This is a book on which button to push, which setting to use, and when to use it. With 200 of the most closely guarded tricks of the trade for travel photographers, this book gets you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colourful, more professional-looking travel photos every time. Each page covers a single concept that makes your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you ll learn another pro setting, tool, or trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. If you re tired of taking shots that look okay, and if you re tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, Why don t my shots look like that? then this is the book for you.

Learn Scott Kelby s 7-Point System for developing photos to perfection in Adobe Lightroom! Imagine how awesome it would be if you opened up an image in Lightroom, even a really messed up one, and you knew exactly what to do first, what to do next, and every step along the way to take that image from flat to fabulous. Well, that is precisely what this book is all about. You re learning a system the same one taught in colleges and universities around the world that was crafted by world-renowned Lightroom expert Scott Kelby, the world s #1 best-selling Lightroom book author. This is a new way of working and thinking about editing your images that will change the way you work in Lightroom forever, so you ll spend less time fixing your photos and more time finishing them, and doing the fun, creative things that make Lightroom the amazing tool that it is. Scott narrowed things down to just the seven major editing moves we need to master to enhance our images like a pro, so we re not learning Lightroom tools we re probably never going to need. Then, and perhaps most importantly, he determined exactly when and in which order to apply these seven techniques that make up this proven, time-tested Lightroom 7-Point System. But, the magic of this book isn t just listing the seven techniques and how they work. It s how they re used together, and it s the learning process you go through that makes this book so unique. This isn t a read about it book. This is a hands-on you do it book. You start each lesson with the RAW photo, right out of the camera (you can download Scott s images, so you can follow right along). Then, you re going to apply the 7-Point System in a very specific way, and you re going to do it over and over again, and again, and again, on a range of various photos, with different challenges and situations, until these seven points are absolutely second nature to you. You re going to do the full edit each time from beginning to end with nothing left out. Once you learn this system, there won t be an image on yourscreen that you won t be able to enhance, fix, edit, and finish like a pro!

Learn to take great photos with your iPhone-the camera you always have with you!Imagine if someone took the same photographic techniques, principles, and tools used by high-end and professional photographers, but applied them to shooting with an iPhone. Imagine the type of images you'd be able to create using those same ideas. Well, finally, somebody has. The world's #1 best-selling photography techniques author is about to break all the rules as he shows you how to apply the same techniques today's top pro photographers use to make stunning images. You're going to learn exactly how to use these techniques to create images that people will just not believe you could actually take with a phone (but with the quality of the iPhone's camera, you absolutely can!).Scott leaves all the techno-speak behind and, instead, treats the whole book as if it were just you and he out on a shoot with your iPhones, using his trademark casual, plain-English writing style to help you unlock the power of your iPhone to make the type of pictures you never thought could be done with a phone. You'll learn: Which tools to use to make pro-quality portraits in any lighting situation. How to create stunning landscape shots that people will swear you took with an expensive DSLR or mirrorless camera. Proven posing techniques that flatter your subject and make anyone you photograph look their very best in every shot. How to organize and edit your photos like a pro! The pros' top tips for making amazing shots of everything from flowers to product shots, from food photography to travel shots, and everything in between.Each page covers a single concept, a single tool, or a trick to take your iPhone photography from snapshots to shots that will make your friends and family say, "Wait...you took this?!" TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter 1: iPhone Camera EssentialsChapter 2: How to Compose Like a ProChapter 3: Photographing PeopleChapter 4: Posing PeopleChapter 5: Travel & Landscape PhotographyChapter 6: Other Cool Stuff to ShootChapter 7: iPhone Camera Tips and TricksChapter 8: Organizing Your Photo LibraryChapter 9: Editing Your ImagesChapter 10: Incredible Apps That Can Take Your Photos to the Next LevelChapter 11: Awesome iPhone AccessoriesChapter 12: Photo Recipes