A great book Understanding exposure

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Hi all

If you have just got your camera or are struggling to figure out how it works and what everthing means then this could be the book you need.

There are hundreds of books out there that will help you along the way but i am finding this one really easy to follow and understand, the auther gets you using your camera whilst reading the book so it all makes sence.

I bought it from here:

http://http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780817463007/Understanding-Exposure

It is only just over £10 and in my eyes is worth every penny.

Hope this will help alot of newbies and even the more experienced people on here like it is doing for me.

Spike
 
Cheers for the tip. Definatly a book I shall be purchasing :thumbs:
 
I keep hearing rave reviews but when I read just it 3 months into my photographic journey it told me very little I didn't know already. Don't get me wrong, it's good for the absolute basics, but IMO not much more than that.
 
I think Understanding Exposure is very, very over rated and I'll probably get flamed for saying it.

Instead of explaining things in clear english, Peterson waffles on about his brother blue sky and mr green jeans nonsense which just make things more confusing.

I'd recommend Scott Kelby's Digital Photography book (vol 1,2,3) instead.
 
Thanks for the tip, I've heard others mention it so I may well invest :thumbs:


jonny1973 said:
I'd recommend Scott Kelby's Digital Photgraphy book (vol 1,2,3) instead.
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I bought Volume 1 of this, and am slowly working my way thru it, it's a good read :cool:
 
jonny1973 said:
I think Understanding Exposure is very, very over rated and I'll probably get flamed for saying it.

Instead of explaining things in clear english, Peterson waffles on about his brother blue sky and mr green jeans nonsense which just make things more confusing.

I'd recommend Scott Kelby's Digital Photography book (vol 1,2,3) instead.
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Hey we all have opinions mate, you shouldnt get flamed for them lol. One mans potion is anothers poison (or however it goes:lol:)

Ill probably get Scott Kelby's books as well as with Understanding Exposure, ive heard a few good things about that too :thumbs:
 
Personally I would rather read it online for free than read it in a book and paid £10+. However its a great book for beginners.

The Scott Kelby book is another great read but again with the same reasons.
 
Think theres a few threads about Understanding Exposure and Creative Photography on here, both good books for beginners :thumbs: I have both in pdfs

Also theres lots of vids on you tube from Bryan Peterson,
 
I know its a book for aboslute beginners thats why I posted it in here, as alot of people who post in here ARE absolute beginers.

I just thought of those for whom had just bought the camera and needed to know what everything meant and this book does just that. There are probably better ones out there, like I said in my first post there are hundreds of books telling us all how to take pictures better but sometimes people will buy a book that someone has already read and liked and learned from.

Spike

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I have always recommended 2 good books from Amazon ..........

"Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson

"Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography" (Paperback) by Brenda Tharp

if you dont like UE that's ok, but if it gets a newcomer thinking, then it's done its job......:thumbs:

BTW - if you read Amazon reviews - Kelly Vol1 was good - if you get by the US humour(!) :lol: - but Vols 2&3 got slated !!
 
When you really understand exposure, you soon realise that Bryan Peterson doesn't - or at least his fanciful explanations and examples don't do him justice. And the whole shooting match can easily be explained in a couple of pages anyway; as it is in the tutorials section on here :shrug:

But it's very readable and popular with beginners so I'll just say that his only reference to digital is two pages at the back and he doesn't even mention the histogram :eek:
 
Its a good book for beginners, but I wouldnt use it as my sole source of information.
 
HoppyUK said:
But it's very readable and popular with beginners so I'll just say that his only reference to digital is two pages at the back and he doesn't even mention the histogram :eek:
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I think most of the book was written before digital and the digital bit added in a later revision as an after thought.
 
i was browsing in waterstones the other day and i generally like to look at photography books that show me ideas for composition and creativity. if i want to know about technicalities i will generally read / watch a tutorial on here or elsewhere on the web.

but there was one book which tickled me.... and it was called something like... Digital Photography for Seniors. It had a silver haired bloke on the cover smiling gleefully as he tweeked the buttons on the back of his camera. i didn't take it off the shelf to have a gander, but i wonder what was different about 'senior photography'?? Maybe... '...to avoid camera shake, always use a tripod for any shutter speed below 1/6000' (and i might get flamed for this!!)
 
leftcurl said:
.....but i wonder what was different about 'senior photography'?? Maybe... '...to avoid camera shake, always use a tripod for any shutter speed below 1/6000' (and i might get flamed for this!!)
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that made me laugh out loud at work..people looking, thanks for that =D
 
I found it very useful, actually use to take it out with me and try panning etc - yes it's basic but when you start and it's all a world of confusion his style worked well for me.
 
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