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 enlarge | Author: Bryan Peterson
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  470 reviews
Sales Rank: 224
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0817463003
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780817463007
ASIN: 0817463003
Publication Date: August 1, 2004
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 The classic guide to exposure for beginners. August 23, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is a reasonably good introduction to exposure for the neophyte, unless you've had an introductory photography class or equivalent experience, because much of what is written in this book will be very basic and redundant. Note that Peterson is exclusively a color photographer, so any kind of discussion of black and white tonality and contrast is totally missing. The book covers the basics of aperture, shutter speed, and different lighting conditions (though it lacks specifics on how to shoot in these different lighting conditions), plus a little bit on multiple exposures and polarizing and neutral-density filters.
This book is better than the previous edition, and expands on some of the topics that were only briefly touched on in the first book. One in particular that sticks out in my mind is that he explains the "don't care" apertures of F8 and F11 that he uses often. The old book mentioned it in passing, but I don't recall an explanation on why those apertures were useful. There is a short section on just that in this book and suggestions on when to use them.
It is best used not as a guidebook on how to set the various exposure modes on your advanced SLR camera, nor how to set up a state-of-the-art studio with fancy lights. It discusses how to make *creative* exposures (not just technically correct ones) in natural lighting situations. I do wish the author had presented some clearer explanation on certain technical aspects, e.g., how to preset focus and how to get teh most out of a light meter, hence the 4 stars instead of 5. Otherwise, it's a book that helps you think about how to create a photograph, not how to use every feature of your camera.
Full color photos are used throughout, and are a great help in understanding the concepts that he talks about. Each picture has a caption with the information used to take the exposure. He shows you the same picture with different settings so you can see the effects the settings have on the exposure.
This is all about how to capture the image, not processing of the image after it is captured. There is brief mention of pushing or pulling film and the effects it can create, but in general, this is about how to get take a proper picture. If you are looking for a book on how to process the picture after you have taken it, this is not the book for you.
understanding exposure August 13, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Excellent! Written in a very easy to understand format. I am an amateur photographer with a new digital slr and a lot of questions, this book gives you a really good insight into photgraphy in a way that can be easily understood and put to use. I love it. X
Understanding Exposure August 10, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an outstanding book by Bryan Peterson. I consider it a must read item. It explains the art of photography in simple terms. I wish I had read it a lot sooner.
helpful August 2, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book gave me a good idea of how to use the combination of shutter speed and aperture. I highly recommend this book to people who would like to know how to use their camera's manual controls to take better pictures.
great jump start for learning basic photography July 30, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you want a basic guide to tell you about aperture, ISO, shutter speed, light metering and the like, then this is the right book for you. If you want a in-depth book about the physics of it all, then by all means buy the $100 book mentioned in one of the other reviews- it's a good one. But it's also $100. This one is much less!
This book helped me begin to understand what I was dealing with in my 35mm SLR. Things were broken down into no-nonsence explainations and written in everyday english. It has enough information to educate the everyday familly photographer into taking non-blurry photos, but plant enough basic skills as to provide an excellent base for further study if desired.
I would definatly recommend!
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