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Summary: GREAT Book!
Review: This is a wonderful book, especially for anyone who is new to photography or for anyone who wishes to confirm what they already know and/or polish their skills. Bryan Peterson explains in detail all the basics of aperture, shutter speed, film speed; the basics of metering in low light and contrasty situations, as well as giving recommendations on specific situations, eg, photographing fireworks, carnival rides, late afternoon sunsets, portraits, etc. His writing style is relaxed and easy to understand. I look forward to reading all of his books.
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Summary: Best advice I ever read
Review: Thank you Mr. Peterson. I never took my photography seriously until I read your book, and it changed everything. Your easy-to-understand techniques and beautifully crafted images are more than reason enough to purchase this book. For the potential buyer: If you're tired of taking snapshots and wondering why your photos always look overexposed or underexposed, buy this book. Bryan makes it easy to learn from your mistakes and shows you how to easily handle any lighting situation. Aside from my SLR equipment, this book is the best investment I've ever made.
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Summary: Valuable!
Review: There's more here than just where to set the aperture on your camera. Lots of good information on f/stop, shutter speed, and film types (I skipped the film stuff, as I have gone digital). Very useful for the photographer who wants to understand how these things affect photos. Lots of photographs with accompanying text explaining how these concepts affect each one.
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Summary: A Must Book For Any Photographer
Review: Being an amateur photographer shooting for my own pleasure and now wanting to shoot professionally, I ran across this book at a book store. I have read it a least a dozen times. Not only are the photographs excellent in quality, but Bryan takes the effort to show what happens at different exposures with A and B comparisons, especially low light and night exposures. His discussion on aperture, shutter speed, and film speed are excellent. Other similiar quality books offer the camera type used, lens used, film used, but they almost always leave out the aperture setting and shutter speed. Bryan does a good job of including this vital information. A must book for any photographer.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I read this book when I first picked up photography. I lent it to a friend and haven't seen it since. I am now buying a new copy because this is a book worth keeping around. It is full of good information, is very easy to understand, and give information on all the photos exhibited. Definitely worth the money.
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Summary: This book is written by a Master of Photography
Review: When I read this book, I automatically thought of those martial art movies where you see some tough guys beating everybody, until one day they run into a master and all of a sudden you realize those guys were tough but they can't touch the master. Through this book Bryan Peterson has demonstrated he is the master, I read so many photography books. Recently I came to like Lee Frost's books, but no photography book touches this one (Understanding Exposure). At some point it feels like there is a teacher standing in front of you and asking you things like... have you ever shot such and such scene and get such and such result when you were expecting such and such? ... Well!! this is what you were doing wrong and this is how to make it right. This book deserves 20 stars not 5. I honestly want to send a thank you card to Bryan Peterson and say THANK YOU for answing the unanswered questions I had for many years, your book have the exact answers!
Bryan! In case you read this review, how can one attend your seminars!? There is no web-site or phone # in the book to sign up for those.
No mater what your level is YOU MUST GET THIS BOOK.
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Summary: Excellent Book for Basic/Advanced Photographer!
Review: This book helped me understand so much. Excellent book and easy to understand. Highly recommend for beginning to intermediate photographers.
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Summary: A MUST BUY!
Review: Though published in 1990, this book is definitely a must buy for any photographer. The author takes a complex subject and explains it in a manner than can be understood by the non-professional. The information is useful regardless of the camera used, the topic photographed, or the experience of the photographer. Based on the concept of the "exposure triangle", Peterson devotes an in-depth and comprehensive chapter to aperture, shutter speed, and film speed. He provides practical examples immediately useable advice. If there is a single that you purchase on photography ... this is the book to get!
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Summary: Need to take a class.
Review: Pretty deep for one who knows nothing about photography. I am
just cracking the cover and well, the book just is not descriptive
and does not provide the 1-2-3 steps this rookie needs to get
this picture taking thing down.
Personally, I have yet to learn how to make pictures in the room
bright enough...lots of yellows going on....hhmmmm.
Hot tips welcome!
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Summary: Perfect for beginners!
Review: For someone just starting the seemingly daunting journey into photography, this book is for you... I mean, let's face it... not only are there a plethora of cameras, films, lenses, etc... to choose from most of us are just drawn to images... we respond to images. This book really helps you understand what exposure is... at the core. I read this book over and over again when I was still an amateur and now that I'm a professional, I find myself handing as a gift to my friends that want to improve their photographic skills... let's just say I've given this book as a gift at least a half dozen times.
I think Peterson has done a great job of 'simplifying' the art of exposure. This is a must read for those starting out!
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