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| Author: Ansel Adams
Creator: Robert Baker
Publisher: Bulfinch
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 24230
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0821221841
Dewey Decimal Number: 770.28
EAN: 9780821221846
ASIN: 0821221841
Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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| Customer Reviews:
 Photography in the pure sense March 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Adams' collection is a necessity for anyone who loves photography, either amateur or professional. We must understand the process of black and white photography in this intimate sense first and foremost.
A Must Read January 31, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've taken pictures for years - many of them very good. But after reading this book and understanding what happens after you click the shutter - the quality of my photographs has improved dramatically. Now I spend a little more time thinking about what I'm doing and knowing what I'm going to get before I click. An absolute must read for anyone that wants to move beyond recording life's moments to creating life's memories.
The Best November 10, 2006
Ansel Adams was one of the best photographers, and reading this book has been an honor and has really advanced my knowledge of how to use the camera.
Digital Photography - Ansel Adams February 23, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book provides invaluable insights into the world of photography as seen by Ansel Adams. It has also been updated to address the digital world as well. Definitely a must for beginners and those interested in educating themselves in the area of photography.
Formal Photography Lessons Start Here January 18, 2006
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Recently bought a DSLR, and really needed something to help me improve my knowledge on photography. Since lots of pros online recommend it, I got this book.
This book helped me understand the most important fundamentals of the camera. After reading other photography books, I learned a few things like smaller aperture causes a greater depth of field. All I got to do was set the aperture to the largest or smallest possible in my point-and-shoot aperture priority mode. It is because other books never taught me why apertures can affect the depth of field, and the explanations are largely insufficient for the reader to understand how to use the intermediate aperture settings (which ranges will become out of focus, for instance). It is not until this book that I got the "that's why it is like that" enlightenment.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand photography. Some people may find the book too academic, and the pictures here are black and white. But I learned more from this book compared to those that have very nice colorful photos. Some don't even have captions with the aperture, shutter, ISO, etc. used. But even if they do, without adequate explanation on why they chose those particular settings (never mind understanding them), it is really difficult for novices like me to improve our photography skills. This book solves that problem for me.
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