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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photography (Complete Idiot's Guide) by R. Dodge Woodson ISBN: 0-02-861092-X Publisher: MacMillan Distribution Pub. Date: November, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for the very green
Comment: This book is okay for those just starting to explore the camera. It's an almost-too-easy guide that is well-suited to complete novices, as the title suggests. It's actually ideal for younger people and those who've just bought their very first camera and want to start with the basic building blocks. For the rest of us it seems to miss out on the essential premise behind photography guides - how to compose and shoot a half-decent picture. I recommend John Hedgecoe's 'The Photographer's Handbook' - a much more comprehensive guide for multi-level photography skills.
Rating: 2
Summary: Some good information, but poorly organized
Comment: This book tries to cover many aspects of photography from equipment selection to photo technique/composition to technical jargon to home dark rooms. However, I found the organization quite poor, with topics such as exposure popping up in various places and other inconsistencies. Also, the author has a definite bias and preaches it strongly. For example, he basically states that you cannot get good pictures from a point and shoot camera, which is certainly not true in all cases.
Also, the information seems somewhat dated, as APS and digital are given zero coverage, and he discusses topics like manual film winding quite a bit.
On a positive note, the chapters on different photographic specialties (macro, portrait, landscape, art, etc.) were well done and informative.
If the writing and organization was tightened up, and new chapters on newer technologies were added, this would be a much better book.
Rating: 1
Summary: From the bookshelf to the basement in 2 weeks
Comment: This book covers all the basics, but nothing more. No in depth material at all and it's shocking how so many pages are filled with so little information. This is the first and last "Complete Idiot" book I will buy, and I guess the author was just trying to stay within the limited guidelines of the title. Also, I think any photography instructional book should have good photographs in it. The art direction, photos imparticular, are terrible. This book explains, in basic terms, how cameras work and what equipment you might want to buy, but not much else.
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Title: Photography for Dummies by Russell Hart ISBN: 0764550659 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 11 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Portrait Photography by Kathleen Tracy ISBN: 0028643682 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 06 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Digital Photography for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Julie Adair King ISBN: 0764516647 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 28 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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