Comments about oreilly Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure:

It's a pretty good book, but not one that I would recommend.I find that I learn better by "doing", and as a newcomer to Lightroom, it would be great to have the images from the book available on disk, or at least available for download.This is a very expensive book [$] and for that price I feel that they should supply the book examples for you to practice with.There are many cheaper books out there with included disks that I would recommend before this one.

Comments about oreilly Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure:

This book is MUCH easier to use than the other Lightroom books I have (read). Especially for the beginner going using these kind of Programs. It tells you what you can do, with lots of examples, why you should do it (or not); the library and cataloguing is normally undertreated, here it is very good. In this book you learn more than just doing what the writer wants you to do, but learns you to understand the program.

Comments about oreilly Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure:

Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers by Mikkel Aaland.

This is a different style of book from what you normally find in project based books. While it has it's fair share of screen shots as you would expect, it's also beautifully illustrated with some amazing photography from a wide array of professional photographers.

The landscape of the photos is from a Tasmanian photo trek. Mikkel Aaland takes you on a fabulous journey through Lightroom as you experience not only his photographic skill but also his Lightroom workflow. This is one of the better Lightroom books available.

The beginning of the book introduces you to the 18 photographers and 5 Adobe Lightroom Developers that Mikkel on this trip. Everyday for 10 days they would shoot, then every night for those 10 days they would spend their evenings processing the days worth of shots thru Lightroom 2. The end result is this fabulous book.