Customer Reviews

100 Ways to Take Better Photographs

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I'm a fairly skilled amature photographer, so I wasn't looking for a strict "how-to" book - which this book is definately NOT. However, it provides great suggestions, ideas, and inspiration. It was a great review of techniques - like using the camera's panarama program for a vertical shot - that I probably knew but haven't thought of in a while. Covering such a wide range of photography situations, from macro shots to panaramas, this book is a great overview of techniques for all kinds of situations. I highly recommend it, especially if you're doing a shoot that is, for you, a bit unusual.

This is book is technically ok, but it doesn't tell you anything you haven't learned if you have taken a photography course. So I guess if you have have never take a photography course in your life, it would be great book for you, but otherwise its only going to tell you tips that your instructor has probably already told you.

Small book with large ideas to take better pictures. Simple instructions, many examples make it an easy, very helpful read.

I agree with the previous reviewers, there is very little in this book for a pro photographer to learn. For the rest of us, it's a great book to go to periodically to remind oneself of a few simple ways to, well, "take better photographs". Even if you've heard of all these tips and tricks before, I find it very useful to glance over this book before, say, going to a vacation. It takes a lot of frustration away, when you don't have to think too much about how to make a great shot while being at a great spot, and leaves more time for you to actually enjoy the scenery.

I agree with a previous reviewer that if you've taken a photography course you've probably learned the 100. I knew most if not all of them and I've never taken a photography course but I've read a lot of books. However, the beauty of this book is it is a great reminder of things to consider when taking photos and it illustrates the points with beautiful photographs! It was a real pleasure to read. Each of the 100 ideas has a text explaining the situation and then how & what he did to get the photo. There is also more text talking about the idea in a more generic manner. It's a great book to have as a reference. I know everyone knows many of these points but it's easy to forget them and having a great reminder is nice.

I highly recommend this book.

The book is exactly what I had expected. Theprice was very reasonable and it came is a very reasonable time.

This book was so disappointing, after page 25 I realized the theme, that I was not learning anything. It was mindless coffee table scanning. It teaches you nothing. One buys a book for growth, yet with this book, all you have to do is skim the 100 titles and you get the point. He could have just typed them on one piece of paper! It was a waste my time/life reading as much as I did. No f stop info, shutter speed used. All he provided was mm distance from subjects! -I don't even want it in my house. How does one resell on Amazon?!?

100 ways are practical valid, suit me fine in photograph the teaching fulfillment usage.