Scott Kelby - The Digital Photography Book: The Step-by-step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros

Pros: Excellent how to guide on capturing great photos.
Cons: Focuses only on Nikon and Canon.

Ever since attending a lecture on how to take good photographs, I've been trying to improve this skill. In that seminar, it explained how to enhance my photos with the various scene settings, but I realized this was a ploy to get me to purchase a new ...

Pros: Simple straight forward how to book.
Cons: None

There is no technical jargon in this book. It is written as a friend showing you how to get their results.

Scott's writing style is a bit quirky and people seem to either love or hate his sense of humor. I have to say that I find it amusing.