This book stems from the private one-on-one photography classes Vail Fucci teaches to her students, taking them from total beginners who don’t know an f/stop from a bus stop to being comfortable manual mode shooters within just a few hours. How to Get Off the Green Auto Setting is not intended to be a definitive text on all things digital photography. Rather, it aims to provide the reader with practical lessons for everyday photography situations, instead of overwhelming a beginner with every possible complex thing the camera can do. How to Get Off the Green Auto Setting is perfect for you if you are a parent looking to capture shots of your child’s sporting events, a budding social media maven looking to take Instagram or Facebook by storm, a grandparent looking to take beautiful shots of your newborn grandchild, a blogger trying to take compelling images to drive more traffic to your website, a small business owner looking to showcase your products or location, a tourist about to embark on an exciting trip or safari, or anyone else who wants to get more out of their DSLR.

You'll learn the basics of digital photography, how to best use the preset modes on your camera, how and when to use shutter priority mode and aperture priority mode, and will even graduate to using the manual settings. The concepts covered in this book apply to all DSLR camera makes and models and the author gives particular attention to Canon DSLRs and Nikon DSLRs. Links to Vail Fucci’s online video tutorials are integrated into the book to make learning the art of photography even easier. With the aid of How to Get Off the Green Auto Setting you will be able to use your digital SLR as it was intended: as a magnificent photographic tool.