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Its also a great quick reference when planning a shoot, its amazing what pearls of wisdom are to be found. latest T&S lenses) but the basic facts are all here.
Even tho' a portion of the book is dedicated to film, that's fine since it reinforces the fact that photography remains a technical art. Its much better than the "instant, how-to" books that regularly top the charts with their promises of instant nirvana via tricks, cheats and the rest.
I've read / purchased countless books on photography and from an all-round perpective, this is the best, bar none. architecture) you'll need to do supplemental research (e.g.
This handbook takes the reader thru the entire gamut of what photogs do, why and how they do it. Its not exhaustive and if you intend to work on a particular genre (e.g.
Its a fascinating book that really opened my eyes to photography and its myriad possibilities. Thoroughly recommended.
I bought this book thinking that it would teach me about technique, apeture, etc. Unfortunately, the book lacks detail and most of the book is made up of photographs and then the author's description of how he got that photograph. However, the author has some pretty good ideas for photographs, and thus I used some of his ideas for trying out some photographs of my own. I still was looking for something with more detail and instruction.
Schaefer. I had one of his book when I was just beginning but since lost it.
John Hedgecoe has dozens of books under his authorship. The problem is that he recycles the same pictures and text over and over again.
Lots of pretty pictures. Even books that should have different subject coverage, don't.It isn't a bad book but it is basic.
Most of his books (like "John Hedgecoe's New Introductory Photography Course ", "John Hedgecoe's Guide To 35mm Photography ", ETC). are mostly the same book with different titles.
Never missed it either.Better books on photography would be "Ansel Adams Guide, The Basic Techniques of Photograph" by John P. I'm no fan of Ansel Adams but this still a good book.
Topics are too technical and is really written for the Professional Photographer in mind. The book is printed in very light ink, very difficult to read, even in bright light.
I like the topics and the physical size of the book. First of all, I'm not a Professional Photographer, that's the reason why I purchased this book in the first place.
Pages are set up in a way where the printing is TOO small to read, even with reading glasses. Other than actual content, I purchased this book as a "Reference Book" so I like to refer to it in the field when my hands are holding 2 camera's and a tripod.
What I don't like about this book is, that to me it's structured in a way like reading an appliance instructions. Chapters are not clearly divided, it's like one big 'run on' sentence.
Maybe if the title was changed to, "Professional Photographers Handbook", then I wouldn't be writing the review.
I found this book to be the best book on all aspects of photography. If this one falls apart, I am going to punch holes in it and put it in a loose leaf binder. That is the one thing that dissappointed me.
It will show you how you can set up rooms with conflicting natural lighting, by mixing the lighting with flash or incandesent lighting. My first book was very poorly binded.Some of the pages came loose. It shows examples of very simple lighting setups and some very very complicated and interesting examples.
Its NOT the fault of the author. It shows you what equipment you will need. In addition it covers everything, and I do mean everything in photography.I am ordering another one because the first one I had literally came apart.
In all honesty let me say that I was rather rough with it. I miss my first one so very much.
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