Mastering the Basics of Photography |
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| Title: | Mastering the Basics of Photography |
| Author: | Susan McCartney |
| Publisher: | Allworth Press |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | January, 2001 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1581150547 / 9781581150544 |
| List Price: | $19.95 |
| Amazon Price: | $19.95 |
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Product Description
The perfect camera-bag companion for every serious novice photographer who shoots on location in the field, this clear, nontechnical book shows how to achieve desired effects every time. The basics of camera function are explained in language that's easy to understand, giving complete coverage of film, light, lens apertures, shutter speeds, exposure, metering, and focusing, with printing, storing, and showing of work also included. Fully explored are composition and training the photographer's eye to handle light and contrast, with many sample assignments offering fledgling photographers practice shots to sharpen skills. The full range of popular subjects includes adults, children, events, and travel; flowers, gardens, nature, and animals; landscapes, seascapes, sunsets, and sunrises; abstractions, graphics, impression, and closeups; buildings, interiors, and still lifes.
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Customer Reviews:
• Excellent Resource For Beginners!
20 June, 2004
Mastering the Basics of Photography truly helps the beginner from start to finish. From describing the different types of cameras, to film, exposure settings, filters and light metering -- it's a well-written guide! This book even has "Self-Assignments" - that way, you can actually put the "theory" into practice. It has great suggestions on how to go about completing each assignment and some additional tips in taking photographs! My only peeve about this book is the fact that there aren't any sample photographs in color; There are loads of photos that the author took (with exposure and other settings recorded) but they were all in black-and-white. And although the book did suggest that the color versions of her photos can be found on her website (provided in the book), it would have been nice to see photos in color (along with the black and white versions) printed on the book itself. I would greatly suggest starting off with this book!
- Amazon Customer Review
• The Best Book Of Its Kind!
01 June, 2004
I like taking pictures and my friends told me I should take a course to consider going professional. Well, I don't have time to take a class, so I bought this book. It makes everything so clear and it is fun! The self-assignments in the book really helped me and everyone says that my pictures have improved since I got this book. I am going to buy a couple more copies to give to other friends who are interested in photography.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Junk
11 June, 2004
I've read reviews that this book is perfect for beginners and I'm at a loss to understand why. Things are explained in high, low, fast, slow, and rarely gives an example of what specifically is meant. The writer makes references to things that a beginning photographer, such as myself, might have the vaguest clue about without an explanation, or explanations that aren't very clear. Bracketing is mentioned throughout the book but I'm still understand what the purpose is. I expected clear explanations of the basics - composition, lighting, chosing a shutter speed, and choosing an aperture. The book seems to cover each thing in little bits, then moves on. There's approximately 40 pages (of large text) explaining everything from the different types of cameras, different types of flashes, compostition, lighting, metering, the different ways to meter (as well as the different devices), film, aperture and shutter speeds, and the many sub categories - I excluded all the pages of photographs, and much of the tip boxes since they don't really add much to what's already written on the page. There was more information devoted to the different types of cameras then anything else. I find the book to be almost completely useless. It hardly expands on the manual that came with my camera.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Most Of It Is Still Relevent And That Part Is Excellent...
01 January, 2005
I agree that a true, totally green, beginner is not the target audience for this book. This is not "photography for dummies" nor "introduction to the basics", it is "mastering the basics". If you already take pictures, this book will help you take better pictures. The information about lighting, metering, composition, photographing people and other subjects are all relevent and informative. The self-assignments are great (in my opinion). The positive attitude of the author is welcome. I appreciated that author uses a functional but limited set of lenses; the equipment does not seem out of reach.
No one's work is best represented as 100 line/inch (or so) screen black-and-white. Even so, I thought the illustrations were all good, all educational, and some were excellent.
My only complaint about this book is that a new version is needed for digital cameras. There too many pages about selecting a film and using filters to match light source to the film; digital cameras don't use film, and can auto or manual white balance. I still have a Pentax K1000 so this section was a nostalgic look back at film photography for me, but I don't see what value the information about film could have for a beginner with a digital camera.
My advice: at this price, I believe this book is worth getting for its photographic guidance. If you're starting with a digital camera, you should also get a book that focusses on that. I particularly like Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition by Derrick Story. It's a very small, concise book crammed with information specifically about photography with digital cameras.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Nice Photography Book But.......
07 October, 2007
The book lacks color pictures. I was surprised that the book did not contain any color pictures. Most of us shoot in color not black and white. Fortunately, I understand most of the things that are explained in the book. Nice for the basics but lacks on color photos.
- Amazon Customer Review
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