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Title: Kodak Guide to 35mm Photography: Techniques for Better Pictures by Eastman Kodak Company ISBN: 087985801X Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56
Rating: 5
Summary: A perfect, picturesque reference!
Comment: After recently making a significant investment in an older SLR Nikon, I quickly realized that I knew nothing about picture taking. With vacation rounding the corner, I knew that I needed more reference material than came with the camera to learn some basic photography terms and techniques so that I could capture the memories of our vacation. The "Kodak Guide to 35 Mm Photography: Techniques for Better Pictures" was the best reference material I could have chosen.
The material is well organized making it easy for readers to reference without confusion. Basic material such as f-stops, shutter speed, and depth of field are clearly explained for any beginner to understand covering both manual and automatic cameras without confusing readers of either the manual or auto. variety. Accompanying the written reference material are illustrated photos which provide an excellent visual reference.
One of the best parts about this book is that you don't have to memorize it (or even read it) cover to cover before you start to see a dramatic improvement in your photographs. Having only begun to master the basics, I see a dramatic improvement with each roll of film that I shoot. This book allows me to reference problems I may encounter while shooting (ie - overexposure) and how to correct those problems. I have found that while not a "pocket guide", this book is trim enough to bring along in the camera bag at any time.
I am confident that this is the book I will reference for some time as a beginning photographer and also the book I will turn to as I begin to develop more creativity in my photography.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books to learn or imporove your photography
Comment: The Kodak guide to 35mm Photography is probably one of the best basic books on photography on the market. Although I photograph free lance for Today's Photographer Magazine and American Image Press, I consider myself an advanced amateur. I wish that I had had this book in my hands when I started photographing. It would have saved me countless dollars of development expense and time on photographs that were not at all what I wanted.
The book covers all the basics of photography: exposure, shutter speeds, apertures, light metering, composition, depth of field, etc. It covers the subjects in a very easy to understand writing style. And when it comes to pictures, the book is literally filled with pictures, excellent pictures, showing the effect of various changes to camera settings. After reading the book (or any chapter in the book) you will better understand what you need to do to take those beautiful and moving pictures that elude the basic "snapshot" photographer.
For a new photographer this is the place to start. After you understand the concepts in this book and have a good handle on them then it would make sense to move up to a good book on the zone system or learn developing or something similar. I've not encountered any other basic book that is as filled with good information and so many, many excellent pictures as examples of the concepts.
Rating: 1
Summary: Virtually useless book
Comment: This book is so generic in its advice that it is all but useless. It tries to be all things to all cameras, and therefore says nothing specific about anything. Add to this the way it tries to tout Kodak film, and you realize Kodak should be paying people to read this book. But they still wouldn't know how to work their cameras.
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Title: National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Secrets to Making Great Pictures by Peter K. Burian, Robert Caputo, National Geographic Society (U.S.) ISBN: 0792274989 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson ISBN: 0817437126 Publisher: Amphoto Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: 101 Essential Tips on Photography (101 Essential Tips) by Michael John Langford, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown ISBN: 0789401746 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.00 |
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Title: How to Take Good Pictures: A Photo Guide by Kodak by Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company ISBN: 034539710X Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: National Geographic Photography Field Guide: People and Portraits by National Geographic Society ISBN: 0792264991 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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