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Understanding Exposure: How To Shoot Great Photographs With A Film Or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)


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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)

 
 
Average Rating:    out of 497 Reviews
Price: $25.95
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Manufacturer: Amphoto Books
EAN (European Article Number): 9780817463007
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Bryan Peterson
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Edition: Revised
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Reading Level: 160
 
 
Description: For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here’s the book to consult. More than seventy techniques, both popular and less-familiar approaches, are covered in detail, including advanced exposure, bounced flash and candlelight, infrared, multiple images, soft-focus effects, unusual vantage points, zooming, and other carefully chosen ways to enhance photographs. The A-Z format make sit easy for readers to find a specific technique, and each one is explained in jargon-free language. Top Tips for each technique help readers achieve superb results, even on the first attempt.
 
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Review Summary: Easy to follow - Great Book Date: 2008-12-22
 
Details: Based on the positive reviews, I purchased Bryan Petersons, Understanding Exposure and The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael Freeman at the same time.

While both are good, Understanding Exposure is much easier to follow. The later is more dry and text bookish; however, it goes deeper into how to develop good shooting skills, not just explaining how exposure works. I recommend both.

This book will take you through the basics of how aperture, shutter speed, and film speed work together. Apertures are split into groups, and explanations given for conditions that are best for each group.

It points out differences between fixed lens digital cameras and digital SLRs; Such as, why there's a difference in depth of field when I used an f/2.4 on a fixed lens and an f/2.4 on an SLR. Advantages and disadvantages for both, when it comes to aperture, were enlightening.

Tips are provided for most accurate light metering, filter use, and freezing or slowing motion, to name a few. Exercises are provided so you can experience for yourself what the author is describing.

Although this book doesn't "need" another five star review, I'm giving it one anyway, because I definitely thought it was money well spent.

 
Review Summary: must read Date: 2008-12-18
 
Details: The book is well written and easy to understand. Unless you are a very seasoned pro, I highly recomend it. It contains some invaluable tidbits of info. and is well worth the money. I loan my copy to anyone that ask me about a question about exposure.
 
Review Summary: Good book for beginners Date: 2008-12-10
 
Details: This was a very informational book for someone learning about ISO, aperature and shutter speed. I had a little knowledge on the subject, this book made things much clearer. Written in a way that was easy to understand and then apply to photography. Great for the beginner, but probably too basic for the more experienced photographer.
 
Review Summary: great book! Date: 2008-12-01
 
Details: This is a great book. Covers how to put together a perfect exposure very well. Are you tired of always struggling becuase there just wasn't enough light in that shot? You just had a bit too much blur then you wanted? You just don't understand how shutter speed, film speed and aperature work together and which one should be modified for this particular shot? Then read this book and have fun shooting in manual mode from now on and stop hoping that auto mode will get the picture right. :)
 
Review Summary: Good read, bad print quality Date: 2008-11-29
 
Details: This was a very informational book and I learned from it, but the photos are of horrible print quality due to a poor selection in publishing.
 
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