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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital CameraSnagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here! Rating:  - Photography Exposed!I cannot believe how much I have learnt from this fantastic book. Although I've had it for quite a while, on a spur of the moment I picked it off my bookshelf yesterday and literally couldn't put it down again until I had finished it today! With my camera by my side as I read within moments I was out testing the suggestions for manual mode, something I had never dared try before. Over the course of the evening I captured some of my best ever portraits of my children and was honestly astounded by how easy it was. Bryan is obviously a very talented photographer and teacher and his photos and explanations are testament to this. If you crave information on exposure and really want to try working on manual and feeling like a real pro this is one book not to miss. I know I'll certainly be returning to it time and time again. Rating: - Wow - exposure made easyI bought this book after reading the reviews...and was rewarded ! I was afraid that it would be too technical but it is indeed explained in an easy to read AND understanding way (I'm not an English native speaker). The many photographic examples make it easy to 'see' too. As an avid amateur I have been experimenting and it's indeed literally a small price to pay to get nicer photo's in the end. Rating:  - Outdated and lightweightThe book is written it a folksy, readable style with lots of anecdotes and will be pleasant reading for non-technical people. Unfortunately once you dig beneath the exterior there's nothing much there. It covers the creative aspects of aperture and shutter speed, which you can find out online easily. Most explanations are better than Peterson's. It gives you some rules of thumb for manual metering, which are mildly useful but wildly out of date for digital photography; he never mentions exposing to the right, nor even histograms. Postprocessing, which changes the way you can think about exposure, barely gets a mention except to be dismissed as too much work. His explanation of how a camera meters and what kind of situations it handles will and poorly is very good though, and the reason I gave 3 stars rather than 2 or even 1. If you shoot film then I would rate the book a little higher; but no-one comes to photography at this stage to shoot film and this is clearly a beginners book. Rating: - A light has been switched on for meI bought this book because I first saw it mentioned in a forum on one of the photography sites when I was trying to get some info on metering systems. When I checked it out on Amazon and saw all the great reviews I had to buy it. I am very much just an amateur photographer, but I did already have a basic understanding of how shutter speed, aperture and ISO work together. I was OK with using Aperture or Shutter priority modes, but I would never have tried manual mode because I just didn't know where to start with the `correct' aperture or shutter speed. And, daft as it may seem now, whenever I saw the term "meter for the highlights/shadows" etc. I thought I needed a light meter (which I don't have). I've only read half of this book so far (have only had it for a couple of days) but I now realise that the camera not only does the metering, but provides the relevant information in the viewfinder which I previously just ignored. The one thing which really "switched on the light" for me was that within the first few pages I learned that, in manual mode, the viewfinder information tells me when the combination of aperture and shutter speed is correct! I thought perhaps that Bryan has some fancy camera but, lo and behold my Nikon D40x does this too! I can't wait to read the rest of the book, and put it all into practice. Rating: - A great learning experienceWith "Understanding Exposure", Bryan Peterson gives the amateur photographer an indispensable tool and learning guide. With the help of full color photos taken with different settings as well as clear and concise descriptions and explanations of technique mr Peterson gives the reader an easily understandable introduction to the world of exposure. Because of the great detail in which the different photo situations and techniques are covered it is indeed very easy to go out and reproduce the photos from the book (well, that kind of photo anyway) yourself after reading. This book gave me much more knowledge about photography than I would have expected it possible. It definitely helped me progress as a photographer. Highly recommendable. Go back to: Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera You might also be interested in the following great products:
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