No Rules street photography (Paperback)

~ Nitsa (Author)
Key Phrases: street photography

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Product Description

A pain-free, straightforward view of street photography like it has never been done before...(yet) Tips and techniques alongside lots of black and white as well as color pictures, to help you navigate your way through the streets for rules-free picture making. Book includes topics such as: photographing at night, taking pictures in the rain, what is street photography, alternatives, accidental work and more. Please keep in mind that the main purpose of this book is to be an inspiration for you to find your own unique style and expression while having fun photographing the streets of your town.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (January 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411610962
• ISBN-13: 978-1411610965
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,181,891 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a book on Street Photography, July 28, 2009

By	efftee - See all my reviews

Let me start by saying that Nitsa is a creative photographer who has some excellent street pictures to her name. But if you are expecting a book on the street photography ala Henri Cartier-Bresson, this is not the book for you. Based on her own brand of 'non-photography', which as elaborated in her blog, this is quite an interesting concept with some worthy nuggets in composition, artistic direction, etc. Sadly, these did not feature in the book. Neither did many of her photographs from her web site that I'd rate highly. Instead, the book propagates a 'no rules' method, if it can be called a method at all, is flawed because (1) one cannot make a photograph, good or bad, without exercising some basic 'rules' related to exposure and shutter speed, to say the least, and (2) the notion of 'no rules' is oxymoronic as that is a 'rule' unto itself.

Even if I'd give it the benefit of doubt - perhaps it's just not my cup of tea - No Rules Street Photography is just too lightweight, with no substantiation on the 'no rules' movement. At 108 pages, which could have easily been halved and still have space to spare, it's all garnish and no meat. Having read her blogs and seen her photographs, this book could have been a great title on alternative photography. I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of this book and I am quite dumbfounded by the far cry the finished product is from its potential.

Next, this book is near impossible to read. The choice of typefaces, sometimes with several on a single page, is painful on the eyes. I think a type foundry was a sponsor and the designer just had to showcase all its fonts - a wrong thing to do, in my opinion. The layout is 'grungy', which is alright as a style, but it is overdone to the extent of serving no form or function.

What makes it sadder than the fact that I could not salvage any redeeming quality from this title, is the author - Nitsa - is actually a talented photographer with much to offer. Tragically, none of which made it between the covers of No Rules Street Photography. Certainly not worth the asking price, not even half of it, if you ask me. I returned the book. Sorry.