Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera
by Bryan Peterson
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Manufacturer: Amphoto Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780817463007
ISBN: 0817463003
Label: Amphoto Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Studio: Amphoto Books
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Summary: Outdated and lightweight
Comment: The book is written it a folksy, readable style with lots of anecdotes and will be pleasant reading for non-technical people. Unfortunately once you dig beneath the exterior there's nothing much there.
It covers the creative aspects of aperture and shutter speed, which you can find out online easily. Most explanations are better than Peterson's. It gives you some rules of thumb for manual metering, which are mildly useful but wildly out of date for digital photography; he never mentions exposing to the right, nor even histograms. Postprocessing, which changes the way you can think about exposure, barely gets a mention except to be dismissed as too much work. His explanation of how a camera meters and what kind of situations it handles will and poorly is very good though, and the reason I gave 3 stars rather than 2 or even 1.
If you shoot film then I would rate the book a little higher; but no-one comes to photography at this stage to shoot film and this is clearly a beginners book.
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Summary: A light has been switched on for me
Comment: I bought this book because I first saw it mentioned in a forum on one of the photography sites when I was trying to get some info on metering systems. When I checked it out on Amazon and saw all the great reviews I had to buy it.
I am very much just an amateur photographer, but I did already have a basic understanding of how shutter speed, aperture and ISO work together.
I was OK with using Aperture or Shutter priority modes, but I would never have tried manual mode because I just didn't know where to start with the `correct' aperture or shutter speed. And, daft as it may seem now, whenever I saw the term "meter for the highlights/shadows" etc. I thought I needed a light meter (which I don't have).
I've only read half of this book so far (have only had it for a couple of days) but I now realise that the camera not only does the metering, but provides the relevant information in the viewfinder which I previously just ignored.
The one thing which really "switched on the light" for me was that within the first few pages I learned that, in manual mode, the viewfinder information tells me when the combination of aperture and shutter speed is correct! I thought perhaps that Bryan has some fancy camera but, lo and behold my Nikon D40x does this too!
I can't wait to read the rest of the book, and put it all into practice.
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Summary: A great learning experience
Comment: With "Understanding Exposure", Bryan Peterson gives the amateur photographer an indispensable tool and learning guide. With the help of full color photos taken with different settings as well as clear and concise descriptions and explanations of technique mr Peterson gives the reader an easily understandable introduction to the world of exposure.
Because of the great detail in which the different photo situations and techniques are covered it is indeed very easy to go out and reproduce the photos from the book (well, that kind of photo anyway) yourself after reading.
This book gave me much more knowledge about photography than I would have expected it possible. It definitely helped me progress as a photographer.
Highly recommendable.
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Summary: THE best book on learning exposure
Comment: I've bought a number of books on various subjects relating to photography and post processing. None have given me the same enjoyment as Understanding Exposure. I bought this book a couple of years ago and I still use it.
This book explains in very simple terms everything you need to know about your camera's exposure and metering. He also gives great examples on how to meter scenes which you can try yourself.
Aperture, Shutter speed and ISO are all inter related and many have a problem grasping these photography basics but this book makes it easy to understand the relationship and helps you make the right decisions to get the best from your photography.
This book has had the single most influence on me enjoying my hobby (and now work)!
For a man that has been shooting images for less than two weeks (buy the book and you'll understand why) Bryan's experience and beautiful imagery is a joy to behold.
Outstanding book and if you want to learn photography this is THE book to buy first. If I could, I'd give it 10 out of 5
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Summary: a must have
Comment: A superb book that explains a relatively complex subject really well. I've been taking my photography more seriously of recent years and this book has been a major help in taking it to the next level.
A great reference to have and very inspiring.
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