Exposure. It’s essential to producing high-quality photographs, but mastering exposure is difficult. At last there’s a BetterPhoto guide to exposure, packed with BetterPhoto’s signature assignments, diagrams, tips, and illustrations. It’s like a full-scale photography course between the covers of the book–all taught the BetterPhoto way, just like photographers learn at the top photography-instruction site on the web. There’s plenty of information here on both digital and film photography, discussing how different file formats affect exposure, how to adjust digital files, color correction, combining digital exposures, and much more. The author’s stunning full-color photographs make this hardworking guide as inspiring as it is instructive.
A commercial photographer for 20 years, and self-professed PhotoGuru, Sean shoots assignments, writes books, teaches workshops, and is developing on a tv show on photography. He authored the successful book, The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure (January 2009 - Amphoto Random House). His second book, The Complete Guide to Nature Photography (Amphoto/ Random House), hits bookstores in December 2011.
A native Californian, he received a B.A. in Commercial photography from Brooks Institute in '91, began his business thereafter combining outdoor, on-location, and studio imagery. He specializes in adventure, lifestyle, nature, and travel; for ad, corporate, and editorial clients, and has had freelance and contracted assignments with over 250 publications and 150 companies worldwide including American Express, Backpacker, California Division of Tourism, Fuji Film, GEO Germany, Microsoft, National Geographic Adventure and Traveler, The NY Times, Nikon, The North Face, Outside, Random House, Sunset, Timex, and Via.
To date, he's captured over a million images, written numerous articles, and traveled the world capturing locations around Canada, Mexico, South America, Southeast Asia, the United Kingdom, and the US.
As an expert in the industry, Sean is often on the radio, on tv, or the web discussing various aspects of photography, new imaging software, cool new gear, and fun photo projects.
