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Action Photography (Pro-Photo)

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This book is exactly what the title indicates, action photography. That's all. It includes short essays describing where each photo was taken and a list of exposure data. To sum it up, you need fast shutter speeds to freeze motion and slower speeds to blur. Amazing waste of time.

ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY is another Jonathan Hilton book in the Pro-Photo series. Like other Pro-Photo books, it is filled with excellent images of beautiful action photographs that will motivate both amateur and professional photographers. The examples Hilton includes not only demonstrate the action but also the emotions involved. Like other Pro-Photo books, the book is long on beauty but short on technical information, which for action photography is perhaps more important than other types of photography. It also was published before digital photography became popular, so while it will inspire any photographer, it will not give the technical information helpful in this digital age.

I don't know which book the other reviewer of this book was reading, but my copy has far more information than just "fast shutter speeds to freeze action, slow to blur".

This book has a lot of really good information. There are hundreds of examples, and clear information about composition is given. Special attention is also given to more complicated action situations such as low light situations, or those with difficult lighting.

One thing I love about this series is how each photo is accompanied by the details of how it was made, including location and event, photographer, camera, lens, film speed, exposure and lighting.