| The Creative Photography Handbook: A Sourcebook of Over 70 Techniques and Ideas | 
 enlarge | Author: Lee Frost
Publisher: David & Charles PLC
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1559
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
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Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0715315374
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780715315378
ASIN: 0715315374
Publication Date: March 30, 2006
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 what I wish I had 20 years ago December 11, 2006
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
Some photography authors have brought out 20 books over 20 years. The piblishers rave as if to say that's a good thing. I think it's bad. They either can't get their ideas across well or are milking the photography market to death.
This author isn't one of them. Lee Frost gives enough here to keep you busy for a lifetime. What a lot of authors would have devoted books to, Lee covers in a chapter. Warning, this book is intense. I re read the first two chapters three times before putting the book down for a day, there was just so many ideas coming out from those two chapters that I felt swamped.
This man is your friend. He has written a book that is so jammed packed with ideas and techniques that you will be swimming to keep up. If I had this book 20 years ago I could have done so much better.
In the forward he states how he'd buy mags and books to learn new things and was mostly disappointed, so decided to put together the kind of book he wished he had found when starting out. Oh yes Lee you did just that.
Excellent book, one that every photographer should have and for a lot of people, the only one they will need.
Forget the authors who bring out the same re vamped rubbish every year, and read this book, after your camera, it's the best investment you'll make.
Advanced information and consider this book essential! September 10, 2004
44 out of 46 found this review helpful
Its easy to go through a lot of photography books these days that specialise in only a certain type of photography, especially digital and 35mm. Though this particular book does not seek to point out the pros and cons but instead concentrates upon the generation of high-standard photos. Lee Frost is an excellent writer with regards to providing examples as well as describing how to achieve certain results, to boost this he is an outstanding photographer, though he can relate to the amateur by explaining specifically how he achieved the final piece. He goes into a lot of detail about filter types and what situations they best work in, as well as the pros and cons of certain camera and lense types. The book is divided into two sections. The first concentrates upon the practical aspects of photography, such as focusing in difficult conditions as well as scene composure etc. The second section looks at different types of photography, such as portraits and landscapes and goes into details about the best kinds of films to use as well as shutter speeds etc. One way or the other this is a book filled with ideas, with many details that I have since found invaluable. There probably is not a better book than this for going into high detail about a broad range of subjects.
The next phase after the snapshot September 2, 2004
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a definate must for anybody who is looking to get into amateur SLR photography. The book does not specialise in 35mm or digital photography but instead concentrates upon techniques and methods to produce high-standard photographs. There is a lot of information on equipment that can add significantly to your work as well as tips upon suitable mediums. As always the examples that Lee Frost utilises are highly useful in demonstrating his point.Excellent.
An Inspiration April 21, 2004
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
The author describes himself as someone who read many books, but with noone book really telling him what he really wanted to know aboutphotography. I am not as well read as he, but in my search of bookshopsand libraries I have come to understand what he means. He wrote this book(and others) based on what he was looking for many years ago, and havingread it I think he has achieved his goal; it is certainly the book I waslooking for. It is easy to read, yet covers every aspect of creativephotography from flash techniques, composition, exposure, and subjectmatter. The book is inspirational, and worth reading if only to admire thepictures that are used to illustrate each point that he makes.
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