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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)

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  • EAN: 9780817463007
  • Manufacturer: Amphoto Books

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  • ISBN13: 9780817463007
  • Condition: New
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  • 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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  • Summary: Um.....no
  • Comment: If your brand new to serious photography and want good, solid, quick tips on shooting better THIS WEEKEND go for "The Digital Photography 1,2,and 3 books. Good info quickly given..(a bit of crappy humor mixed in but oh well)..If you want a wordy graphic novel about exposure then here you go.
    I'm the odd man out here I guess but this book, "A must read" I'm told...did me no good!
    This guy has some great video's...watch those and save some time.
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  • Summary: great to get started!
  • Comment: I am new to photography and needed something to get me started. This book was great. Peterson gives great easy to remember tips and techniques. I have read much of this information online but it was never explained in the manner that he explains it in. He uses helpful analogies that really make the concepts easy to grasp. I would highly recommend this book for any beginner/intermediate photographer.
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  • Summary: Wish I had read it years ago!
  • Comment: This is a great book. I wish I had read this years ago. The author took complex information and explained it in a way that is much easier to understand. Some sections take a little more concentration and applied learning to really achieve a full understanding. The average person should be able to take this book and gain a great deal of knowledge. I highly recommend this book.
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  • Summary: Must Read for Beginners!
  • Comment: I'm currently enrolled in my first basic (digital) photography class at my local art institution. After my first class I realized that photography is much more scientific than I thought! I decided to get this book hoping that it facilitate my learning. It totally did! Peterson's writing style is consistent, clear and easy to read without comprimising his obvious expertise. He writes as if he is teaching you verbally in a real class. The ordering of the material feels a natural flow. Not to mention the fabulous examples he provides with his own images. (I especially love how he provides the actual metadata for EVERY image which is very helpful for future reference). Great book...highly recommend!
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  • Summary: Go a little deeper in Exposure....and enjoy the author's evident Love for image making.
  • Comment: So, you know you use a larger aperture for a shorter depth of field. And you know large apertures have small numbers. But would you like to know why that is? Do you already know? If, indeed, you know these basic principles but not 'why' they exist, then you remind me of me, and I think you'll like this book. The photos are great, the book dimensions show them off well, and the descriptions are fantastic. It's not a dry, dull technical book...not does it overdo the, um, humor (ahem, Scott Kelby....). But it makes exposure make sense of a deeper level. Of course, if you don't an know aperture from a hand grenade, you'll probably like this, too. But, you don't have to be 'that clueless' to get something from this book. For me, it's reinforcing things I already know and helping me understand them a little more...and inviting me to really use my knowledge. The author evidently loves to shoot, and that enthusiasm is infectious. Don't worry that's it's too easy or too hard for you; just read it. I think it's been around forever...and books that stay in print that long tend to do so for a reason. (Recommended for film and digital, I will add that I am reading the revised edition, 2004, and am delighted that there is more information on digital than I expected. I do remain curious about the upcoming August 2010 edition, though.)

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