Customer Reviews

The Art of Garden Photography

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There are not many books available about garden photography and this one will be a welcome addition. It is filled with outstanding photos and practical advice. The author explains the usual dilemmas with film, cameras, composition, etc. but also includes very good information about labeling, storing and organizing your work (a link is included for a software program that I was not aware of - thank you!).

I bought this book mainly, however, for learning more about taking nature photos with a digital camera. While the author raves about the digital format and even confesses that he uses digital for most of his work now, there are only 2 photos in the entire book (out of hundreds) taken with a digital camera. This is a little disappointing and kind of puzzling. I would have liked to know more about the specifics for using digital photos for publication.

This is in every respect a masterpiece. Competence, didactic skill, glorious photographs and beautiful layout - you find it all in this book. My only quibble: A hardcover edition would have be more practical (pages open flat) and durable.

I wish I would have been able to look at this photography book in one of the local book stores before ordering it. The two photographs on the front cover are the best ones. That's probably the reason why I expected so much more. I judged the book by its cover. I wasn't impressed by the photographs and the printing wasn't as crisp as one would expect from a newer photography book. The information was the same as in most photography books I already own and therefore I didn't learn anything new.
I would not recommend this book. I returned it.

The information and the pictures in this book are first rate. I learned more than enough to justify the cost of the book. The pictures are very good at illustrating the qualities of good garden photography. My only question is the same as one of the other reviewers, why are there not more digital photographs? The author professes to shoot digital almost exclusively, but digital seems to be treated as as afterthought in the text and ignored in the photos. A revised edition addressing these shortfalls would earn a full 5 star review.

great pictures, I am not a photographer; I just like looking at the pictures to use them for other art projects.