Photography (7th Edition)

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Summary: Get the 7th edition
Review: This is a great book for beginning photographers interested in learning photographic techniques. Every topic is easy to read and filled with great tips and illustrations. The book includes a chapter on digital photography. It also has many examples of beautiful artistic photos by famous photographers. If you only get one book about photography, this is the one. Make sure you get the latest edition though (7th edition, 2002)!

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Summary: great book
Review: this is a pretty good introduction to photography. the book covers just about everything, including digital photography. for the beginner or anyone who wants to learn how to make images, this book is a great choice.

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Summary: This book is my choice of the best text book available.
Review: This is my choice of the best text book available for all levels of photography. This sixth edition is well illustrated with examples from a variety of photographic disciplines.It provides excellent coverage of topics such as the zone system, history of photography, digital imaging, color, view camera, and seeing photographs.

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Summary: I've learned so much!!
Review: This is the textbook we use in my photo course and it's everything you need to know about photography. It is understandable and it gives you great ideas! Go buy it! Now!!!!

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Summary: The best reference book ever found.
Review: When in college, I took a photography course from a well known and respected photographer in the Bay Area. This was the textbook we were to purchase. I have since turned to photography full time. I look to this book for little things from time to time and I am glad it is there. It is like a little mentor. I recommend it to all people I speak with who say that they would like to know more about photography. It is a great book. One you will use over and over again. One that will not grow dust on its' cover.

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Summary: A must-have reference for anyone involved with photography.
Review: You would think since this book was considered curriculum while I attended College, one would be apt to think it boring, uninteresting. Although it is a reference book, it is a well thought and documented evalutaion of the art of photography. Anyone involved with the art, whether it be newbies or pros, will find this an extremely valuable text. Not only does it describe step-by-step the different techniques deployed and invented by photographers, it also explains the science behind the wonderful art. This is a must-own for anyone even remotely interested in the field of photography; a rule book that provides valuable information, as well, to spawn individual ideas and thoughts on photography.