Rick Sammon's Field Guide to Digital Photography: Quick Lessons on Making Great Pictures [Paperback]

Rick Sammon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 2009

An easy-to-carry, quick reference to Rick Sammon’s tips and tricks for the digital photographer on the go.

Inspired by Rick Sammon’s popular workshops given around the world, this indispensable handbook condenses the master photographer’s most important lessons into one easy-to-carry guide. Designed for outdoor and travel photographers of any skill level, this book will come in handy for a wide range of potential shooting situations. The Field Guide, illustrated with hundreds of Rick’s own photographs, offers great advice on how to get the best images with the resources at hand, and gives dozens of crucial lessons for the mobile digital photographer, each one crafted in Rick’s trademark nontechnical and intuitive manner. Readers will learn how to prevent bad exposures in less-than-ideal conditions and will discover how to fix images that may have unexpected flaws. This is the portable Rick Sammon all of his fans have been waiting for—small enough to fit in your camera bag.
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About the Author

Rick Sammon is the author of the Complete Guide to Digital Photography 2.0, Exploring the Light, and other books. He travels widely on photography assignments and to give his popular workshops and seminars. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Original edition (May 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393331245
• ISBN-13: 978-0393331240
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,016,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rick Sammon has published 31 books, incluidng Rick Sammon's Digital Photography Secrets, Face to Face, Exploring the Light and Rick Sammon's Pocket Guide to Travel Photography.

Rick writes for PCPhoto, Outdoor Photographer and Layers magazine.

Rick hosts photography and Photoshop shows on kelbytraining.com .
Rick gives more than a dozen photography workshops (including private workshops) and presentations around the world each year. He also presents at Photoshop World, which Rick says is a 'blast.'

Rick is also the author of the Canon Digital Rebel XT lessons on the Canon Digital Learning Center. He is also a Canon Explorer of Light.

When asked about his photo specialty, Rick says, 'My specialty is not specializing.'

See www.ricksammon.com for more information.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Photos but..., August 5, 2009

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Shelly Sullivan "photo artist" (Boynton Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rick Sammon's Field Guide to Digital Photography: Quick Lessons on Making Great Pictures (Paperback)

Rick takes great photos but I expected more HOW TOs & specific examples than appeared in the book. The more detail info the more I like it and am able to learn by it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A real disappointment!, October 16, 2009

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C. J. Boyle (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rick Sammon's Field Guide to Digital Photography: Quick Lessons on Making Great Pictures (Paperback)

I expected a lot from this book... I own several of Rick Sammon's photography books and have learned a lot reading them and referring back to them. But this one was a huge disappointment to me. I expected meat, but what I got was fluff. While the photos are generally beautiful and well-executed, and there are a few (too few!) concrete tips to try yourself, much of the book was like reading a long magazine article. I would have liked information such as "I shot this picture using such and such a lens, set at aperture X and exposure Y, because..." I suggest this is more a beginner's book designed to inspire rather than one for anyone who is looking for real ways to improve their photographic techniques and skills.

5.0 out of 5 stars Digital. Field. Quick. Great., August 30, 2011

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Debnance at Readerbuzz (Alvin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rick Sammon's Field Guide to Digital Photography: Quick Lessons on Making Great Pictures (Paperback)

All the adjectives in the title are applicable to the book: Digital. Field. Quick. Great. Especially great.

I checked this out from the library initially and then bought my own copy.