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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)

by Bryan Peterson

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Editorial Reviews

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.

Customer Reviews

Loved this book, 2009-11-18
by Spodeworld

I found this to be quite an inspiring book. Not only does the author relay to the novice how best to approach exposure, which resides at the heart of hearts of photography, but he does so in a conversational, highly engaging style. You not only get so much from the book, but you also don't tire of reading it. Very, very well done.

This book is amazing!, 2009-11-16
by Tara C. Gerber (O'Fallon, IL United States)

My girlfriend is a novice freelance photographer. She loves the book, considers it her photography bible. She says she loves the way he breaks everything down and makes the content easy to understand. Pictures are great. Excellent learning tool.

Excellent book for the new DSLR owner, 2009-11-15
by A. Baggett (Mississippi)

This may be the best book there is explaining how to capture great images with your DSLR using the manual settings. Included in the different sections of the book are multiple photos of the same subject, with the camera settings tweaked in different ways so the reader can see first hand what can be accomplished.

Met expectations, 2009-11-14
by Rachel R

The book came in a reasonable amount of time and was in good condition. Would do business again.

Good, 2009-11-09
by Jackal (Singapore)

Good pointers and pictures that are instructive. Book covers a little bit of everything, but you will take away some points.

I just bought my first DSLR camera. I bought ten photography books on amazon. I'm evaluating these books from the perspective of a semi-advanced amateur. (On things I've learnt is that book by the same author tends to be very similar. So make sure you vary your authors when buying more than one book. Rather than saying this author is good, let me buy more from him/her.)