Book Recommendation: Understanding Exposure

[Abel]

Lisa and I were at a local book store and I came across this book and I thought I would share.

Level: Beginner

It seemed to be a great book for the starting photog because it really gave some good explainations on how to understand exposure. it even had a ton of side by side photos of the same subject shot using varying settings. Each photo listed the camera settings used such as shutter speed and aperture. this really helps you understand what different settings do in different situations and how it affects your depth of field etc.

Understanding Exposure
by Bryan Peterson

Book on Amazon.com Here fpr $15.98



This is one I definitely recommend...

[Sonny]

After hearing many recommendations, I will definatley go purchase this book.

[evil4blue]

I have this book, and I liked it very much. But a better exposure book is Perfect Exposure:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/158...lance&n=283155

This book is great because it teaches you to look at a scene with a film user's mentality, "Get it right the first time so you don't waste time, money, or film on bracketing." He shows lots of examples and teaches you to look for the best places to take your exposure readings in each example. I wish they made a pocket version because I would definitely keep it in my bag if they did.

The Peterson book has a lot of really nice photography, but I felt it was written for the house wife with a p&s camera (nothing wrong with that of course).

[jeffkohn]

I'm not disagreeing with Abel's recommendation, but want to point out that this book is aimed more at beginners who are just beginning to go beyond "Auto" exposure mode on their SLR. If you already understand the relationships between shutter, aperture, and ISO, as well as the concept of DOF and the impact of shutter speed on moving subjects, you might find the material pretty familiar. Although it does touch on exposure metering, it didn't go nearly as in-depth on things like spot- and center-weighted metering as I would have liked.

[jeffkohn]

Hey Evil, that looks like the book I was hoping for when I bought the Peterson book, I'll have to check it out.

[Abel]

Originally Posted by evil4blue

The Peterson book has a lot of really nice photography, but I felt it was written for the house wife with a p&s camera (nothing wrong with that of course).

Originally Posted by jeffkohn

but want to point out that this book is aimed more at beginners who are just beginning to go beyond "Auto" exposure mode on their SLR

Yeah i mentioned this book was for someone starting out in photography but i guess i should have made it clearer.. hehe. I think it is a perfect fit for someone just getting started in photography.

also i added "Level: Beginner" to the original post so hopefully this clears it up.