Photographing Oregon with Professional Results [Paperback]

Bryan F Peterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1984

Offers professional tips on how to photograph over 150 key locations. This book is a must for the casual "snap shooter" as well as the serious amateur.

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About the Author

Peterson is a professional photographer and internationally known instructor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Graphic Arts Books (July 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912856904
• ISBN-13: 978-0912856902
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,585,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bryan Peterson is a professional photographer, internationally known instructor, and founder of www.PPSOP.com, The Perfect PIcture School of Photography. He is also the best-selling author of Understanding Exposure, Learning to See Creatively,Understanding Shutter Speed, Understanding Close-Up Photography, Understanding Digital Photography, Beyond Portraiture, and, most recently, Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide. His easy-to-understand writing and teaching style breaks down the complex and often confusing aspects of photography, translating them into what his students routinely describe as "aha" moments. In addition, he has been a commercial photographer for over 30 years, shooting annual reports for many Fortune 500 companies, and his trademark use of color and strong, graphic composition have garnered him many photographic awards, including the New York Art Director's Gold Award and honors from Communication Arts and Print magazine. He currently splits his time between Chicago and France.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite Oregon specific, March 19, 2003

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Michael Johnson (Livonia, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photographing Oregon with Professional Results (Paperback)

I am planning a trip to the Oregon coast this summer and greatly anticipated the arrival of this book. It seemed a perfect fit for my needs. My initial reaction to the book is disappointing.

The book is organized by photographic subject such as waterallfs, shorelines, valleys, sunset, etc. It gives advice o the lens selection, camera placement, and exposure for photographing each subject. At the end of each topic is a list of Oregon specific locations for photographing these subjects.

I can find plenty of books on how to photograph waterfalls or sunsets. What I was hoping for was advice on specific beaches or locations in Oregon. This book will not give you that. Look for places on the web for "Photograph America" and "Phototraveler" for location specific advice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite Oregon specific, April 27, 2005

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J. Glidewell (Dayton, OH) - See all my reviews
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Sorry to borrow the same title as Michael Johnson, but I could easily say "ditto". To say it in my own words, I think if you changed a few of the photos and some references, this book could easily be called "Photographing Washington" or "Photographing California". In fact, if you replaced the references of oceans to lakes, you could almost call it "Photographing Michigan".

The point being is that the book has chapters dedicated to different aspects of photography (oceans, waterfalls, forests, etc.) and then lists some very general references to places in Oregon to find these, like "Whalehead Beach", or some state parks. But these could just as easily be anywhere - California, Washington, etc. There is no specific information like "take this trail in the spring in the morning for the best waterfall shot".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview, April 17, 2004

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Damian P. Gadal (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photographing Oregon with Professional Results (Paperback)

This book gives you a good overview for getting professional results for photographing the Oregon scenery. Though the book was written before the digital camera boom there is still much that can been gleaned from a couple of readings of the material.