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The A-Z of Creative Photography: Over 70 Techniques Explained in Full

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If you don't know what an f stop is then this probably isn't the book for your looking for, however for beginner of intermediate photographers, who are looking for new ideas for creating new imagery this book is very inspirational. Essentially there are 70 techniques layed out alphabetically, with a few color and b/w examples for each one. Although the book has many technical ideas, much of the emphasis is placed on learning how to see photographically, and if you have a 35mm, a flash, and tripod, you can attempt nearly everything in the book. Each "technique" is arranged into sections: How it's done, what you need, and tips.The text is clear, insightfull, assumes a basic camera knowledge, and is even humorous at times. The ideas suggested are practical and inexpensive. Things you could do in your neighborhood or town. Very easy and fun to read, very nice images, and packed with creative suggestions. I have purchased a few similiar books but this one is the best so far.

When I purchased this book I was looking for something to give me some ideas of what to photograph. What I got was ideas plus explanations on how to take the photo. This book covers almost every type of photographic technique used and explains in full the way you can take the photograph yourself. It give tips, explanations and How-to's in an easy, non-boring, format to the reader. The book explains everything from infrared to macro to grainy-artictic photography. I have, and would again, recommed this book to anyone who wants to get into photography and learn some of the many techniques invovled, and areas there are to explore in creating a photograph that is pleasing to you and your sense of photographic style.

I purchased this book 3 years ago when I first became interested in photography and have thoroughly enjoyed it since. The layout of the how-to sections are easy to understand and even make enjoyable reading. The section on exposure is excellent-IMHO.
I really enjoyed the "shooting floodlite buildings" section. The shot of the Eiffel Tower at night was so inspiring, that I told myself if I ever get to Paris, I wanted to shoot a similar picture. Well this past September 2001, my wife and I went to France and thanks to Mr. Frost, who told me the time of day to shoot, the film to use and to shoot at f8 for 20 seconds, I finally got my shot and have had a few offers for it! I uploaded it to a website known for desktop pictures for PC's. Excellent for those who want to improve in making pictures.

For intermediate level amateur photographers, this book has exciting and well organized content. Explains techniques clearly, and gives aperture and shutter combinations for pictures displayed so that you can try the same. I loved it.

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The book is in full colour and well illustrated. All the concepts are explained really clearly including what equipment you need and exactly how to take the shot (e.g. where to take the meter reading from, etc.).

Because of it's A-Z organisation, it is very easy to refer back to the book when you have a question.

If you are serious about getting more out of your camera you need to buy this book!

The book was printed in 1998. Therefore, you will find about 30% cover in a dark room. I mean the real dark room. So you can not find the topic like what is the difference between Jpeg or Raw in this book?

However, the techniques, such as composition or Rule of Third, which does not depend whether you use manual or digital camera, are still very useful with good explaination and a lot of sample photos. The book came with FULL color. You, at least, can see the pictures of professional to get the idea how to take a good one. Overall, I gave it four stars.

I like how this book is laid out; very "project-centric". The projects are fun and the theory well defined. My only complaint is that the book must pre-date use of digital SLRs as it's purely film focused.

As a photography teacher I had one copy of this book and have used it periodically throughout the years for suggestions with assignments. Now I will be teaching an adv. photo class and have ordered one for each student as a kind of text book. This book give a 1-2 page detailed but to the point description of a technique without all the blah blah blah that other books can waste your time on. It tells you the film to use, the apertures, shutter speed, any extra equipement and shows you color photos all on 2 pages. It is an EXCELLENT reference book.

This book is excellent for the techniques and tips to better photographs. The Lighting/Exposure and Grain chapters are excellent. Reading is easy to undesrtand and photographs for illustrating the technique are very inspiring. I really recommend this book to those who are just begining to learn the art of photography.

This a great book for those who want to know far far they can take the photography. It shows the different techniques which make a difference between a dull and a stunning photo.

After reading it (it takes some thinking too, because it is written for standard SLR cameras, not digital ones) I have a lot more tools to make my photos more artistic and eye-catching