The Adobe Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers (Paperback)

I ordered the Lightroom book to help me use the program. It is well written. Scott does a great job of walking you through the program. If you want to get the most from Lightroom, buy this book.
 
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I had enough free time on my hands this weekend to read completely through Scott Kelby's "The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book." On the whole, I thought that it was a very good book. It was well written and informative, and while I could have done without some of the weird humor, it was well worth the money and the time. Some things that Kelby presented in the book I knew, of course, but he offered a number of hints and tips that really were helpful and new to me. They will help me make better use of Lightroom. The book is a bit like Lightroom itself--pretty good for version 1. I did find a few errors. (He boldly states that Lightroom's controls treat RAW and JPEGs exactly the same--that there are absolutely no differences in the tools. Wrong! You get more white balance settings with RAW photos in Lightroom than you do with JPEGs. Also he contradicts himself from chapter-to-chapter on one or two things.) But mostly the book appears to be relatively error free. I especially enjoyed the sections on work flow for wedding and landscape photography. (These are located towards the end of the book.) I found his recommended work flow not all that different from what I already do. Still, he offered several suggestion that will make my work flow (and hopefully my photographs) even better. (Kelby pushed hard for integrating Photoshop CS3 with Lightroom, so, sigh, I guess I am going to have to order a copy as soon as it gets released.) Now it's time for me to get some of my portrait shots and a number of recent Yosemite Park shots together and try some of the new things I learned from the book. I can hardly wait!
 
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