Book recommendations for new Canon s95 user
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I have not read this book, but I have been recommended and it I will be buying it in the new year if it doesn't appear in my stocking this Christmas.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photographers-Eye-Composition-Design-Digital/dp/1905814046
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photographers-Eye-Composition-Design-Digital/dp/1905814046
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Without doubt a MUST read is Understanding Exposure 3rd edition by Bryan Peterson. This is almost the Bible with regards to photography.
To Dave, you will enjoy that book. It is a little more technical than some of his other publications but is a worthwhile addition to my library and contains some really interesting ideas. It IS NOT an ideal first read though.
Andy
To Dave, you will enjoy that book. It is a little more technical than some of his other publications but is a worthwhile addition to my library and contains some really interesting ideas. It IS NOT an ideal first read though.
Andy
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The Photographers Eye is an excellent book but I also would not recommend it for a total beginner.
Bryan Peterson book is well reccomended but I did not like the edition I had TBH.
Whilst not wanting to come across as a Michael Freeman fan boy have a look at this one
Digital SLR handbook
I know the intended recipient has a S95 but I have one as well and it has most of the SLR fratures that are described in the book.
HTH
David
Bryan Peterson book is well reccomended but I did not like the edition I had TBH.
Whilst not wanting to come across as a Michael Freeman fan boy have a look at this one
Digital SLR handbook
I know the intended recipient has a S95 but I have one as well and it has most of the SLR fratures that are described in the book.
HTH
David
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-1 for Understanding Exposure. Never have understood why it's so widely recommended - first book I read as a beginner, and didn't help me understand exposure one little bit. A lot of time discussing Bryan Peterson and mincing around exposure concepts, not much really explaining exposure. Histograms barely mentioned, digital cameras are treated as though they have only just come in... Do not recommend it for a digital photography beginner.
I found Ross Hoddinott's Digital Exposure Handbook the best technical guide for digital photography. John Hedgecoe's Complete Guide to Photography was fantastic for actually getting me taking photos, although not particularly about digital photography .
I found Ross Hoddinott's Digital Exposure Handbook the best technical guide for digital photography. John Hedgecoe's Complete Guide to Photography was fantastic for actually getting me taking photos, although not particularly about digital photography .
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Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure is a rubbish book. You will not understand exposure after reading it. It explains the author's somewhat quirky style of shooting film and the revisions for digital are feeble.
How you can possibly hope to understand exposure without knowing about the histogram or blinkies is crazy. He dismisses the histogram as the second most useless invention since white balance control - that's literally all he says about it
Then says shoot everything with the shade WB setting, after drivelling on about The Sky Brothers and Mr Green Jeans.
He's a cool old hippy who writes entertainingly and surely knows his stuff. Maybe he was smoking something.
How you can possibly hope to understand exposure without knowing about the histogram or blinkies is crazy. He dismisses the histogram as the second most useless invention since white balance control - that's literally all he says about it
Then says shoot everything with the shade WB setting, after drivelling on about The Sky Brothers and Mr Green Jeans. He's a cool old hippy who writes entertainingly and surely knows his stuff. Maybe he was smoking something.