The Magic of Digital Close-Up Photography (A Lark Photography Book) [Paperback]

Joseph R. Meehan (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Lark Photography Book | Publication Date: May 28, 2006

Explains every aspect of close-up digital photography, with information on cameras, accessories, lighting, tactical approaches for different subjects and ideas for computer image enhancement. This work includes explanations and a full-colour format.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (May 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579906524
• ISBN-13: 978-1579906528
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, very informative., May 30, 2006

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Mazongem (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Magic of Digital Close-Up Photography (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

I love this book. It is for both digital and SLR fans and what I like about it is that it's for intermediate and professional photographers as well. The writing style of Joseph R. Meehan is great. It is so interesting and fun to read. The techniques are very easy to understand. Gives some great insights on close photography, has lots of images as examples, and an overview at the end of each chapter of the most useful facts that makes everything easy to remember. Introduces you to photographers of different styles that give advice on their picture taking that you can learn from or relate to at the same time. This book is great to have.

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very solid book with VERY many typos, as though I bought a proof copy, September 21, 2006

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Stella K. Belikiewicz "Look Closely Press" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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I would definitely recommend this book if what you're looking for is a concise and informative guide to a wide array of techniques for shooting close ups with your D-SLR, your digicam, or even your scanner (the scanner chapter was particularly inspiring). Mr. Meehan's prose is a bit labored, but he does exactly what I was hoping he would do: he gives examples of different close up photos you might want to take (flowers or insects outside, jewelry in artificial light, model cars with a dedicated macro flash system, ETC.), and then gives a concise run-down of what you need to do and possibly purchase in order to make similar shots.

My only criticism of this book is that it contains an almost unbelievable number of typos, nearly one every three pages, as well as at least one totally incorrect image (an image of what is supposed to be a camera with a bellows extender attached actually shows something completely different). Still, if you can get past all the typos, it's a good basic primer in digital close up techniques, with a few ideas you may not even have thought to try.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly what I expected, January 13, 2008

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I ordered this book along with "Closeup Shooting" expecting to learn some techniques for macro photography with digital and film SLRs. I got a lot out of "Closeup Shooting" - but this one not so much. (Sorry, it's hard for me not to compare the two.)

This one is much more shallow in the areas I'm interested in than what I expected. A key reason for this is that so many of this book's 192 pages cover topics that I didn't expect given its title. For example, over 40 pages are devoted to creating images with scanners. The entire last chapter describes how to use copy stands. And as another reviewer pointed out, there are no exposure details provided with the example photos in the book. For me looking for tips on taking my cameras out into the world to make nice images these were all disappointments.

But it's not all bad. I did learn a few things from this book. The information on lighting, in particular, I found to be pretty good.

I'll keep this book, but if I had found it in a bookstore I never would have bought it. I blame Amazon as much as the author/publisher since there is no good description provided. Chalk it up to the perils of online shopping. I am very happy with "Closeup Shooting" though.