Bob W wrote:
I snapped up a couple of interesting photo books today.
How To Read A Photograph, by Ian Jeffries. Jeffries has a good track record
writing about photography and I have 2 or 3 of his other books, and have
even read them. This new one is an overview of the canon of photography,
Speaking of books, which this group seems to do a lot, I recently
picked up Light, science and magic, which I'm really enjoying. Most
of the books on lighting that I've read are pretty much cookbooks, but
this one seems to do a much better job of explaining the principles.
Also, this
So I went looking at Alibris, and they had some copies of the
Jeffries
book, and oh, maybe I'll see if they have Hurn's thing too,
and there it
was, and shit, I've always wanted a copy of The Americans and
the next
thing I know I'm down $70 and I really shouldn't be on the
web at
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
To learn lightroom, I picked up Scott Kelby's book
which has a lot to recommend it, but reading another book of him would
drive me insane.
. I'd much prefer the style of
Light, Science and Magic where they explain the
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 07:19:01AM -0400, David J Brooks wrote:
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
To learn lightroom, I picked up Scott Kelby's book
which has a lot to recommend it, but reading another book of him would
drive me insane.
. I'd much
[...]
The Photograph: Composition and Colour Design, by Harald
Mante.
[...]
In fact, it gets 2 out 2 5-star reviews on Amazon, from Michael Freeman and
from the chap who translated it into English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photograph-Composition-Color-Design/dp/1933952261
5 stars from
I snapped up a couple of interesting photo books today.
How To Read A Photograph, by Ian Jeffries. Jeffries has a good track record
writing about photography and I have 2 or 3 of his other books, and have
even read them. This new one is an overview of the canon of photography,
with several
Speaking of books, which this group seems to do a lot, I recently
picked up Light, science and magic, which I'm really enjoying. Most
of the books on lighting that I've read are pretty much cookbooks, but
this one seems to do a much better job of explaining the principles.
Also, this weekend
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
I snapped up a couple of interesting photo books today.
How To Read A Photograph, by Ian Jeffries. Jeffries has a good track record
Thanks, I believe I gave it quick glance once, but I'm not sure; I'll
check it out when I have a
Thanks, Bob. I'll definitely check these out. Cheers, Christine
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From: Bob W p...@web-options.com
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:00 PM
Subject: Two books
I snapped up a couple of interesting photo books today
For people who like British landscape photography I'd like to
recommend the stunning Journey Through The British Isles by Harry
Cory Wright. His website is here: http://www.harrycorywright.com. It's
a large format book, beautifully printed, and is exactly what it says
on the cover. Classic work in
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