All with the help of tips from pro photographers.
"An excellent roadmap to the joys of photography. Even experienced photographs will find it a vivid reminder of what first sparked their passion for photography."
You will master：
Using composition to take great photos with any camera
Adjusting exposure to control the brightness of your photos
Setting your shutter speed to freeze action or blur motion
Controlling your aperture to blur or focus the background
Setting your ISO for bright and dark environments
Finding beautiful natural light for landscapes and portraits
Using flash without the ugly effects
Troubleshooting blurry, dark, and bad pictures
Taking pictures at night, including fireworks, stars, and meteors
Photographing sunrises, sunsets, landscapes, cityscapes, flowers, forests, waterfalls, rivers, fireworks, and more
Take Your Best Shot starts with expansive sections on basic gear and camera functions, and then devotes entire chapters to photographing people, places, and things, offering insightful techniques for taking impressive photos. Includes illustrated step-by-step how-tos and diagrams that break down each shot so its as easy as 1, 2, 3.