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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bryan Peterson
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  497 reviews
Sales Rank: 110
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0817463003
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780817463007
ASIN: 0817463003
Publication Date: August 1, 2004
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Product Description
For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, heres 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.
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 ****** - 5 stars is just not enough. January 8, 2009
OK, I love this book.
After having used a compact camera for a few years and doing my best to understand all these shutter speeds, apertures and ISO, I decided I bought "Understanding Exposure" and two weeks later I was able to purchase a dSLR and actually understand it. As soon as other books by Petrson were published I ordered them as well.
I'm not saying this is a book for everyone - even some reviews here will tell you that professionals are not particularly happy about it, but then, if you're a professional, you should understand exposure.
What I'm saying is, if you want to decide whether you want to be serious about photography, get the book. If you want to switch from a compact camera to a dSLR, get it. If you already have a dSLR but you feel you want to understand it better, get it.
Peterson is clear, encouraging and friendly. The explanations are fully illustrated and you will finally get the difference between f/2.8 and f/32. You will see when to use 1/500s and when to use 1/60s. You will understand what the ISO thing is all about.
I have read it a few times and I still read it sometimes to learn everything.
Best photography book I've ever seen.
Not a picture book as some think at first glance January 1, 2009
This is an excellent book for beginners as well as advanced photographers. When I first got the book I flipped through it and I was disappointed in thinking it was mostly a picture book on how the photographer got the picture. I decided to go ahead and give it a chance. As I read it, I understood why the pictures are there and also learned how to create excellent pictures. It's one of those books you read several times as you get better and better with photography. It's great for those learning and great for those trying to improve. I thought it was easy to understand and have referred back to it many times.
One of, if not the best out there... December 31, 2008
This is the best book on the subject of understanding exposure for a digital camera. The author breaks it down into a few basic components that are universally applicable. When you're done with this book, you will have an understanding on how your light meter and digital sensor work and how to compensate for their inherent characteristics. The digital sensor reacts to light differently than film and you have to know what it wants to do in order to get the exposure you want. This book logically builds on what the sensor wants to do and then walks you through a number of examples that you will encounter and how to handle them. As a photographer, I can't think of any info that has helped me more. I always recommended this book to people wanting to learn about digital photography. If you truly understand how your camera interprets light, then the rest (composition, the moment, etc...) is up to you.
 Decent, But..... December 30, 2008
Bryan has obviously written a good book explaining the fundamentals of exposure and spent more time explaining the holy trinity of photography (ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed) and how varying them impacts the photograph. The book is also full of educative pictures. This is the biggest strength of this book.
Bryan does not come across as a great teacher like John Shaw comes across. The book also falls short (for me personally) on the metering techniques. There is very little space devoted for Spot, Matrix/Evaluative or Center Weighted Metering in the book and the pros and cons of each method. It also does not cover in detail the pros and cons of using an external meter.
Overall a good read but I don't recommend it very highly.
Purist goodness December 27, 2008
This book is a total opposite of the highly rated Scott Kelby's Digital Photography books. I read them all and I got to tell, you Mr. Peterson's style trumps the Kelby's. Why? Kelby's books adopted "American" approach to teaching while Mr. Peterson's style is more of a purist "European" style. Which one is better? It's up to you of course. While Mr. Peterson teaches you how to think, Mr. Kelby chokes you up with examples with little or no explanation why. When you are out in the field, which one do you think will serve you better?... That's what I thought! I only wish it contained a short general optics crash course. That would make it perfect. Anyway this is a great book you will not regret reading.
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