For what I’ve seen, it seems some of you also have photography as a hobby. Some days ago I found a review for Understanding exposure
Easy to read and straight-forward, Understanding Exposure offers the basics of aperture, lighting and shutter speed, photography’s basic triumvirate, to beginning and intermediate photographers. The book is divided into these three topics, as well defining exposure, special techniques, and a discussion of film vs. digital. This is not a highly technical book and any technical points are well-written and easy to understand.
My question now is if any of you have this book and recommend it. Should I get it or it has nothing I can’t found reading photography blogs and forums?
I have this book, it is well written with attractive photo’s to illustrate all the points covered. It doesn’t cover anything that can’t be picked up on the web but it was still worth the purchase – for me.
Understanding Exposure is a great book, and definately worth reading for a beginning photographer. I read thorugh it a couple of times when I first started in photography, and it was well worth the time.
I’ve not got the book, but I’d recommend heading along to a few local photography meetings, if you can.
If not, try and find a more general photography book… almost all of them have an introduction section that covers these days.
I think you have to understand the histogram first. But by all means go out and take more photos. You’ll learn more on the field than in the comfort of your living room.