KISS Guide to Photography (Keep It Simple Series)

Kiss the competition goodbye! The only guide you'll ever need to take photographs like a professional. Understand how cameras work and how to choose the right one for you. Discover how to use light sources and lenses, apertures and shutters as creative tools. Master the skills you need to create portraits, landscape, still-life, action, and travel photography. Learn how to develop your photographs in the darkroom or scan and retouch digital pictures. The Keep It Simple Series is the new standard in how-to books! Written by leading experts, each book includes full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, making these the first and only truly accessible guides for beginners. The KISS format is designed to help readers build confidence from the start, and learn gradually and thoroughly to the very last page. Much more than introductions to various subjects, these inspiring and innovative books are the ones that readers can trust!