The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos - by Marc Silber (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

# 1 Best Seller in Photography Lighting ─ The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos

Learn the secrets to composition: There's a common misconception that composition is mysterious and that only certain people have that natural gift for the techniques involved. The truth is that composition involves a set of skills that you can master. Just as you can use cookbook recipes to make your favorite meal―you don't have to be a famous French chef―you also can take amazing photos by just following a recipe!

Easy-to-follow photography composition recipes: Marc Silber has spent years studying the works of masters and interviewing some of the biggest names in photography. Now he can provide you with simple and easy-to-follow recipes for creating photographs that you and others will love! The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos puts at your fingertips ideas for improving your skills by giving you easy-to-follow "recipes" that will improve your photography right now! Take your photography to the next level: Composition is one of the biggest keys to creating photos that others will love. No matter what kind of camera or smartphone you're using, you can take your photography to the next level and beyond by learning composition tools and secrets known to the masters of the art.

Carry The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos in your camera bag: The book is compact in size and easy to carry with you, so you can flip to the look you want and follow the recipe for creating an image that inspires you. Use it when you're out photographing to get new ideas and inspiration. You'll be able to rapidly up you photography game by learning the skills in Picture Perfect Processes.

Key benefits of owning The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos include:

• Taking better photographs today by learning the keys to composition
• Having quick and easy to follow "recipes" for composition at your fingertips
• Learning the secrets of composition from the masters of classical art and photography

From the Back Cover

CRACKING THE COMPOSITION CODE No matter what kind of camera or smartphone you're using, you can take your photography to the next level by learning composition tools and secrets known to the masters of the art. There's a common misconception that composition is an ambiguous talent and only certain people have a natural gi? for it, but the truth is that composition involves a set of skills that you can master. Just as you can use cookbook recipes to make your favorite meal?you also can create amazing photos by following a composition recipe! With decades of experience, renowned author and photographer Marc Silber details the ins-and-outs of composition. Taking from both schools of thought (there are no rules to art vs. those who live by the book), Silber will help you find the best ways to tell your visual story. As he explains, "Like cooking a three-course meal, you need to know your tools and have recipes that you can follow and take inspiration from." Marc Silber has spent years studying the works of masters and interviewing some of the biggest names in photography. Now he can provide you with simple and easy-to-follow techniques for creating photographs that you and others will love! Never before has there been such a collection with clear descriptions and examples that demonstrate the secrets behind world-class photographs. "This is a complete must-have, a veritable cornucopia of wisdom gained over decades of experience." --Gray Levett, Editor, Nikon Owner magazine WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS BOOK: - How to take better photographs today by learning the essential tools to composition - Quick and easy to follow "recipes" for composition at your fingertips - The secrets of composition from the masters of classical art and photography - Various tips and strategies for using photos to tell a visual story, and examples to making these tools your own

Review Quotes

"Once again, with this book, The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos, Marc Silber proves to be a wonderful and worthwhile compendium of photographic knowledge, tips, tricks, survival skills, and historical perspective. This book is a go-to collection of lucid composition strategies and tools for any photographer who is striving and seeking to up their game in the fast pace endeavor known as digital photography." - Joe McNally, internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer

"The popularity and accessibility of photography are at an all-time high, but within the masses of image makers are those looking for a deeper understanding of the process of photography itself. There are those looking for the unique, the original and the knowledge required to craft remarkable moments. Marc Silber's The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos details and describes the compositional building blocks of successful photographs. Great photography requires commitment, education, practice and even luck. Silber's book is a roadmap to the starting line." - Daniel Milnor, photographer