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Summary: An excellent photography book for everyone
Review: This is an great easy-to-read book for anyone who is interested in photography. It covers almost everything abouth photography, yet the book is compact. It is filled with great color pictures with useful comments. It also tells you how to take pictures in different subjects by using real examples of pro photographers.
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Summary: Best HOW TO Photography Book
Review: This book is great. Numerous topics, all with lots of useful info and practical advice, not just the technical stuff. This is the best book I have seen about outdoor, travel and people photography: the equipment, film, accessories and techniques. I also loved the interviews with ten National Geographic photographers.
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Summary: Clear, concise and packed with information.
Review: If you're already familiar with the 'rules' of photography - whether it have to do with equipment, technical function, lighting, etc, etc. - then this book may be a little too basic for you. However, if you're just getting started in the world of real photography, I can't recommend this enough. Here's why...
1. The content. Intermediate and advanced photography technique aside, I can't imagine what could be *missing* from this book. Now maybe in ten years I'll look back and see the error of my ways, but right now every page in this book delivers more and more relevant information. It's almost scary - you find yourself stopping only after a page or two, saying "boy, did I get all that?" The book talks about camera types, film types, aperture, film speed, lenses, flashes, and more. And it doesn't just give definitions - it makes you understand what it all means, and gives you a foundation for how it all works. It doesn't end there - they also cover lighting, exposure, metering, gear maintainence, and touch on black and white photography - which I'd imagine is a science unto itself. After that they dive into tips from professional photographers on how to shoot things like landscapes, people, architecture, evening shots, night shots, close ups, action shots, and more.
In other words, there's a whole lot packed into this little book.
2. The delivery. Content is great, but if you can't decypher what the authors are talking about, then what's the point? This book reads almost like a list - and oh how I love lists! Dont' get me wrong - it's in paragraph form. But sentences are clear, concise, void of extraneous information and designed to deliver the maximum amount of information in as few words as possible. It's like finding an excellent course outline from an introductory college photography class. I like that.
3. The fit and finish. Yep, as silly as it sounds, this book fits *perfectly* into my camera bag, is made of quality glossy paper and has endless high quality photographs. After the content and presentation, this is the icing on the cake.
Overall, this is a great book for those interested in getting into photography, and has so much information it's probably a worthwhile reference even for those who already know their stuff. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Worth Reading Again and Again
Review: Although Mr. "E.V "E.V" Didn't like it, I think it's great. Actually, if his photography is half as bad as his spelling and grammar, he's a hack.
It's a great book for anyone who enjoys photography. It caters to a wide range of levels. Beginners will be enlightened, while those who are or an intermediate or advanced level will find reinforcement and review. Even for professionals, a review of the basics never hurts.
The photos are great and the topics are covered very well. This is a book that can educate, inspire, and often awe. In my opinion, a book very much worth having.
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Summary: Not for photographers
Review: The book contains the really most basic and well known tips - nothing more, you better look in the internet and find far more informative websites. I gave it one star beacuse the amazing photos in the book which made by wonderful photographers. Buy a album insted or Michael Langford's guid if you are a beginner who wants to learn the basics.
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Summary: Great Pocket Reference!
Review: The authors present a great deal of practical information in a handy, easy to digest form. For a photographer with basic skills and understanding of the roles of aperature and exposure time, this book will open many new doors of creativity. Through the experiences of National Geographic staff photographers, we learn what techniques contribute to successful travel, candid, landscape and other photographic genre. The book contains useful chapters on equipment, film selection, film formats and digital photography. All around, the Handbook is an indispensable addition to anyone's photography library.
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Summary: My favorite photography book
Review: The title of the book is "Secrets to making great pictures" and it delivers on exactly that. It cuts through a lot of the fluff of other photography books and gives the beginning photographer the tools to start taking solid pictures immediately. It goes over the same old aperture/shutterspeed/filmspeed topics as other books early on and perhaps in slightly less detail than necessary to truly understand the concepts, but the meat of the book is devoted to understanding what to take pictures of. The hardest skill involved in photography is the 'seeing'. It's the ability to see beyond the normal and into the extraordinary. This book will help you see. In fact, it will tell you where to look with specific examples and suggestions as to how to improve your photos. Unlike other books on general photography (a category that this book falls into) that spend very little time discussing how to make a picture better, this book devotes pages to describing how to go about getting better perspectives and better scenes. If you want to take portraits, try this, this, and this. If you want to take landscapes, try this, this, and this. The book is very specific as to what kind of techniques would be appropriate in various scenarios. Perhaps a seasoned veteran photographer would not need to relearn these techniques, but for a budding photographer this kind of technique (as opposed to theory) approach to picture taking can jumpstart the hobby and get the photographer well along the road to actually 'seeing'. The included photos are fantastic, but one gripe is that several photos are spread over two pages so much of the middle portion of the photos is hidden in the book spine. I'm glad I bought this book. 5 stars.
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Summary: Very helpful book
Review: This is a great reference, especially for the wanna-be photographer (like me!). Alot of good, useable information on a variety of photo topics. It is one you can read over and over and still find something you can use. I especially like the tips/advice from the pros in the book.
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