Customer Reviews

A Short Course In Photography

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I am a teacher of photography and have looked at a number of different photographic text books and this is one of the best I have seen for beginners. One of the strongest aspects of this book is its copious illustrations and photographic examples that reinforce the concepts it is putting forth. While no book is perfect, I challenge any of the critics of the book here to come up with a better text that is as easy to read and as clearly laid out as this book.

I would agree that this book does not have a lot of information about how to use a digital camera - most of the digital information is about editing and printing photographs. I can see that would be a problem for someone wanting to learn just from this book about how to use their specific digital camera, but to be fair digital cameras can be so different from one make or model to the next and with the rate of change of all things digital it is very challenging to set anything down in a published text that will really be true for every digital camera. I do have to supplement the information in this book with information about that, but this book does an excellent job of explaining all the basic technical information about how a camera works which is completely applicable to all cameras, digital or otherwise.

This was the required book for a beginning photography class I'm taking at my local junior college. It's a good book for a beginning photographer and explains all of the basics of a camera and its parts, how to take photos and how to develop them. It has one chapter somewhat dedicated to digital photography so if you really want to learn more about the digital aspect you will need to check out some other titles. Ok, now students beware...if you were required to get this book for your class and will be taking the online quizzes you will need an Access Code. If you're lucky and your school is generous then they will provide one to you. If you're not so lucky, like me, then be prepared to pay an additional $33+ from Prentice Hall just to get the code so you can access the quizzes...complete ripoff in my opinion. I don't know, maybe I'm just old school, but didn't taking tests in school use to be FREE??? The "greedy" fee from the publisher for the access code is the only reason for the lower rating, besides that the book is good.

The book is very helpful for the novice photographer. It was an assigned book in a photography class I took for the summer. I thought it would be a ho-hum book but it was better than I thought. The book includes photo examples of exposures and setting which is very helpful. If you are just starting out this book should be just what you need. Even if you have been taking good pictures for sometime by pure luck you will be able to fine tune your skills with the help of this book.

It's well writtten and illustrated and goes through all the fine points related to film photography. A Keeper!

I was required to purchase this book for a Photography class that I'm taking at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. The book contains useful information on the basic concepts of photography but lacks information about digital photography. The book does dedicate a chapter to digital photography but I was hoping to get a little bit more.
Overall this is a great book for a beginner like myself but I would look elsewhere if you want to delve a little deeper than the surface of digital photography.

The Photography book that I received was on time, and was what I expected. I bought this new and it is relevant to my introductory photography class, and then some. The content in this book exceeds the amount of information needed for beginners B&W photo. If you are a digital photographer who has never learned analog, I would suggest that you get this item. You can develop your compositional skills as well as learn how to use other techniques to create amazing and memorable shots.

This was exactly what I was looking for. It's just like new. I needed it for school. It looked like it never had been used.

Great book. really insightful, it works for the purposes I need it to. The information in the book is useful and is never outdated. great for new photographers

I have not finished the text yet, since it was purchased for a class I am now taking. We are half way through the program and so far the chapters are very informative and easy to follow. Good explanations and photos to demonstrate what they are trying to say. If you are a novice, this is a good book to get.

I purchased this book for a b/w film class and it is very helpful! Great tips for digital photography too.