Understanding Exposure, Fourth Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera

Great book with some really good explanations breaks down principles and helps understanding.

Bryan Peterson is a photographer who not just knows his stuff, he also knows how to bring it across in an accessible and easy to follow writing style. Given the rapid advances in camera technology some of the advice may seem a bit outdated, but the basic messages remain true. Excellent value for money compared to other photography guide books, too.

Easy to understand and follow

Probably the best photography book you can buy. This is for a friend who has just got into photography since I wasn’t willing to part with my copy

This is one of the best books I've read on getting out of using 'auto' mode. I've read a couple of others but got bored reading them really quickly. This one had me hooked from the first page. The writing is pretty funny but to the point. Theres also not pages and pages of writing and its all really easy to understand. The pictures in the book are brilliant as well. If you're looking for a book introducing you to moving on from using auto mode, this one is it.

I gave this book 5 stars, my reason being is because it has taught me valuable information to advance my photography skills, though I have the information, I am yet to put it to practice to start working on the skills read i.e. use of the flash, choosing light meter readings etc. The book was very easy to read, no issues on my note 9 or tablet. I wouldn't hesitate to reccomend if you are new or wanting to improve upon your photography skills.

If you buy just one book to get to grips with photography and a shiny new DSLT or DSLR Camera - GET THIS ONE. I downloaded the sample and in no time was engrossed, understanding and what's more taking it in and retaining what I had read, along with the practice sections, it went in and has stayed there. So I bought the book. Bryan Petersen's way of explaining and guiding is GREAT. If you are just starting to learn or on the way with your photography and there are things you don't get - BUY IT. This book is not all about exposure, it covers a lot of area's like F Stops, ISO, Shutter speed, Creatively Correct Exposure and so much more, it is well worth every penny and the little effort that is asked for every so many pages. I do not usually write a review about books - but felt I had to, DON'T take my word for it - Download the sample from Kindle - you WILL have an epiphany.

I have not had chance to read it, but looks like a quality piece of write up and photos

Starts with the basics and explains the principles of photography clearly. Some of the similes are a bit forced, but it's very useful and instructive

Produto novo, lacrado.

I purchased this book as I've always been particularly interested with low-light level photography and astrophotography. I noticed almost immediately I could take better photographs or images by bumping down an ISO level with my newly purchased Nikon D5600. I then realized I needed to learn how to use manual mode for manually choosing aperture and shutter speed for optimizing my skills, and shortly later I purchased this recently written book. PROS 1) Includes at least one really good photo, if not two or three good photos at times, depicting each photo taking scenario described. 2) Many photography taking scenarios described, targeting mainly using Manual mode, as the book's main theme is about using Manual mode instead of Program (Automatic) mode. 3) I enjoy hearing those with experience, describing their personal recommendations based on sound reasoning. (eg. Author prefers using Center-weighted light metering, as it's a technique that has yet failed and has almost always worked. I, myself, was mainly using spot metering up until this recommendation within the book, but I still have a strong preference for spot metering due to my subjects usually causing difficult positions.) 4) Author uses one or two good digital cameras (eg. Mostly Nikon D800E images with a few Nikon D3X images.), and he does thoroughly explain each scenario within generic camera terminology. CONS 1) First chapter is extremely wordy! In other words, the author tends to go significantly astray, whether intending humor or reflecting needlessly upon a scenario. I do not mind one or two astray comments (or jokes) within the introduction or first chapter, or even throughout the book, but the first chapter was extremely taxing upon my free time for reading! Halfway through the book now and thankfully the (excessive) comments were kept to the first chapter! 2) Does not describe how the digital camera performs light metering, until halfway through the book. Light metering becomes extremely critical when taking any photos or images of black or dark colored subjects, such as the book describes black cats. (I just happen to have a black cat, and was using him for photography imaging practice alongside the book! Other less knowledgeable people might have significant issues if they're unaware of this while reading the beginning half of the book.) 3) The EBook version seems to be an EPUB file format with a size of ~10MB. Clearly after seeing the file size not disclosed by either the book publisher or the referred book vendor sites, the EPUB book format's included photo images are of very low resolution! Maybe this is because I purchased the book from Google Play, but I'm presuming all the EBook formats for this book are going to contain similar image resolution for all the formats, since the publisher is referring EBook purchases directly to the Amazon, IPad, Android specific book vendors. As I stated within this review, would be nice to have a PDF format containing much higher resolution images! (Added this #3 con and purchased the EPUB version on 2017.08.07.) TIP: As with all books containing color photographs, best to buy the book instead of an EBook version. As of yet, I do not think there is an EBook or PDF version for this book, and would only buy the PDF version if the PDF version contained all the color photographs within the print copy. Else, and somewhat self explanatory, the EBook version would be useless without any of the color photographs! On the flip, a college/university level book could likely describe all the photographs within the book, if a well explained description for each photograph were provided. It's how us older folks learned long ago, when photographs were rarely used within books or were too costly to publish!

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