Pretty Good, covers alot

Defiantely a good purchase if you are wanting to learn about photography, they really explain everything from a low level

Good Depth and SCope

I am of a generation that is used to reference books and I have a number of Martin's previous books on Photoshop and know that he is a pains taking author who tries his best to cover the ground thoroughly without being boring. Lightroom is not a difficult program to use and I have been using it from some time but when I upgraded to version 3 I thought that I would buy this book and am pleased that I did. As with any software, you tend to develop your own way of getting results out of it but, you may well miss out on better ways of working so reading a decent book on it may open up 'new to you' things and yes, I picked up a number of gems along the way.<br /><br />Although I personally don't need to have a step through on installing the product, things like an explanation of setting your"preferences" once installed, are useful. Lightroom is neither complex nor obscure to use but it has an amazing number of capabilities and it is often in the little"tweaks" or thorough explanations of particular features that you can get some extra bangs for your bucks. This is a well written and illustrated book, if you buy Lightroom, do buy a copy, it will pay you dividends and you will rightly, consider yourself smart for doing so !

Great, easy read

Fun book to read for anyone doing image analysis, especially related to women's image or advertising.

Scott Kelby's guide to Lightroom 3

An excellent & comprehensive guide to Adobe's latest Lightroom offering. Almost identical in style (and to a degree content) to the previous book (for Lightroom 2), it takes the reader through every element of Lightroom's capability, written in Scott Kelby's inimitable style - highly recommended!

Pages Falling Out !!

After only 1 month of very light use the pages close to the middle are falling out, not sure how it will survive after several years worth of use :-(<br />Very disappointed as it seems an excellent book, but be warned it's a very big and heavy book!<br /><br />Lightroom 3 by Martin is big but stayed together so far.<br /><br />Not sure if i can get it replaced as i have had it over 30 days :-(<br /><br />good luck<br />

Digi Photo Review

What a good book with lots of useful info in for anyone starting out in the world of digital photography.

A beautifully written portrait of a dark and troubled soul

Andrew Graham Dixon has written a very readable and clearly-argued account of an artist whose life and work have been the subject of more ill-informed speculation and gossip than most. He does a first class job of sketching the extraordinary intellectual and spiritual atmosphere of Milan at the time of Borromeo, Caravaggio's formative years. Throughout the book he is heavily indebted to Helen Langdon's work, a debt he generously acknowledges. Overall AGD's is the most accessible biography on the shelves. I cannot, however, share his view of the impact of homosexuality on Caravaggio's art. AGD reckons this has been overstated. I think it is obvious that the pictures of boys are erotically charged and clearly intended to be so. Langdon is much more convincing in her reading of these pictures and the times in which they were painted. With that one caveat, I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand this artist better, or at all.Very enjoyable, easy to read and highly informative.

Batpension.

As someone whom has a more visual then literary frame of mind, <br />I was very impressed by the artwork presented here, <br />and intrigued by an ageing Batman. <br />My only gripe is the political slant is very eighties, <br />and by being so, dates this somewhat. <br />Perhaps the political angle should have been made less prominent. <br />But anyway Batman is still my favourite North American comicbook hero.<br />Four stars for artwork originality.

i learned to love learning and playing with exposures!

As an enthusiast who wants to improve and move into more full manual control of my camera, I had been frustrated - until I picked up this book. It very usefully steps you through all the key components of creating exposure and also takes you beyond 'technically proper' exposures into 'creating' images. What I liked best was that it would demonstrate the point being made, and then explain to you how to demonstrate it to yourself (sitting there with camera in hand). Very inspiring and I feel much more confident!

A good read

Being relatively new to photography, I purchased this book to help me get better shots quickly. Although there are a few really good points and chapters, I found the book in general quite difficult to read and understand. The terminology and explaination is very technical and for someone just starting out its rather impossible to make sense of it all.<br /><br />Although it's a good read I wouldn't recommend this to anyone starting off and would probably leave this book for those more advanced photographers who care about Fibonacci composition.

One of the best collection of photographs I have ever seen

Sounds a bit gushy, but it is a marvel to look through. It is a lovely publication and it arrived quickly. It should be the coffee table book of the year - I am a professional photographer myself and this is a blistering introduction to Urbex and illustrates how beautiful photography can be. Anyone who is thinking about taking up photography could learn from this gem.

Photoghaphy rools in a pill

really good book,as expected full of quick and easy to apply tips - most of them very simple and good, very user friendly...recomended!

As Dean Allen wrote just short of ten years ago.

Users don't read,<br />users only scan,<br />users haven't got<br />no attention span.<br /><br />Careful, keep repeating it to yourself and you might start to believe it.

Absolutely indispensible

There are three things that you have to know about Scott Kelby: i) he is possibly the most knowledgeable person about Photoshop on the face of the planet; ii) he has a rare ability to explain complex processes clearly, backed up by illustrations which are large and actually helpful; and iii) the man is as mad as a hatter.<br />Once you accept the fact that parts of this book will wander into a world largely populated by Monty Python, you will find that this is the one book that you absolutely have to have, if you are going to use Photoshop CS5 both effectively and enjoyably.<br />Each step is described with such crystal clarity that even someone as technically inept as myself can quickly grasp both the principle and the practice of the various techniques to take your photographs from RAW to a final state that reflects exactly where you want to go with the image.<br />There are times when I get the feeling that Scott Kelby actually knows more about Photoshop than the Adobe wizards who created it in the first place.<br />If you are a CS5 user, the bottom line about this book is this: just buy it.<br />

The Cloud Book

<br />This book was the perfect accompliment for the weather station that I also bought as a present for my boyfriend. He was delighted with it.

the most amazing book I have ever read

I bought the book because I was curious. I read an article about it somewhere and wanted to read it ever since. It was never available from my local library so I bought one.<br />I am still going through my weeks and the changes are absolutely increadible. It's not just about unlocking your cretivity it about unlocking yourself. And I really can't wait to see my real self who is slowly hatching like a little chick.<br />I would recommend the book to anybody even if you don't consider yourself an artist

Has the WOW factor.

I love all 70 photographs. I love the text, easy for children to understand, but not childish. In fact just the book to get children, of all ages, interested in looking after animals and thus our planet.

Great present

I gave this to my mum who loves swimming and she loved it. Great present.

Drawing on the RIGHT side of the brain..!

This book is great. If you want to learn how to draw, this is the way to go. <br />The only disadvantage is that it requires a number of tools that you can either make yourself or buy from a website. How to make these tools is poorly explained, so it's easier to just buy from the website.<br />That said, your ability to draw will increase many times by reading this book.