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 enlarge | Author: Bryan Peterson
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  101 reviews
Sales Rank: 2706
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0817441816
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780817441814
ASIN: 0817441816
Publication Date: October 1, 2003
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 "An Introduction to" ...Learning to Seeing Creatively November 24, 2000
26 out of 45 found this review helpful
Maybe I should attribute some blame to myself first for assuming that this book would deliver some "creative" ideas and criticism for composing photographs. Although an amateur photographer (advanced with a focus on landscape) I feel that I already have a strong grasp of basic photographic composition concepts.In purchasing this book I was looking for the type of compositional analysis that critiques "good" photos with a view to making them "great" photos. In this book the author certainly does not stimulate anything (for me at least) beyond moving from taking "snap-shots" to taking a basic composed "photograph". A useful introductory book but certainly not what I could term useful for the advanced; amateur or professional.
 Great ! April 14, 2000
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
A Great book ! I'm travelling a lot. Always, I take my Leica M6 with me. I founded this book great ! Many different photographic areas are discussed (from landscapes to people, etc...) Full of very comprehensive pictures, it really shows you how to get, simply better pictures ! Lots of great examples showing how you can archive a lot more of your current work, just by simple things : kneeling down, "looking to the things just in a different way".... Superb and very useful !(PS : sorry, for my bad english, it's not my motherlanguage !)
A wonderful guide February 9, 2000
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I got a lot out of this book. Some of the instructions may seem basic, such as changing your perspective or trying a different lens, but the photos really showed why something works better than something else. My goal as a photographer is to move from being an intermediate amateur to an advanced amateur. This book is helping me.
 This book is more about using extreme lenses. November 12, 1999
67 out of 72 found this review helpful
Bryan Peterson's book has many beautiful images with most showing before and after shots. The before shot is usually taken with one lens and the improved after shot is taken with another lens. Unfortunately, many of these after shots are taken with expensive extreme lens from ultra-wide angles (20 mm) to super telephotos (300 mm+), to macros and extension tubes. In other words, lenses I don't have and can't afford. There are better books out there that really do tell you how to see creatively, regardless of the equipment you have, that will be much more beneficial in improving your compositions and seeing differently. Some by Freeman Patterson come immediately to mind. Unless, of course, you do have the gear. If so, then go for it.
A concise & packed with examples -- A Must Read for Amature September 23, 1999
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an incredibly well written and documented book which leads you through the various major points of your camera options, lens choices and composition. His ability to bring home simple points and their explanations were excellent. A MUST read. I LOVEDed Oregon pictures!
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