Comments on: Understanding Digital Photography: Techniques for Getting Great Pictures

By: Juanita J. Nesbitt

Juanita J. Nesbitt — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:10:54 +0000

If you’re interested in digital photography, this is definitely the book for you. It has all kinds of tips for not just getting a picture but getting a creative photograph. It talks about the differences between film and digital, too. I highly recommend reading this book!

Rating: 5 / 5

By: Dennis L. Oliver

Dennis L. Oliver — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:57:18 +0000

I enjoyed the book. Good for someone with a basic understanding of his or her camera and ready to take the first steps in improving their photographic skills
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Emile

Emile — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:36:08 +0000

I have bought all Bryan Peterson books, and am somehow sad there is no more to read, so much it's INVITING & USEFUL.

As not to remain on my hunger, i have already booked his Sept 06 book "Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography".

I find the content really revealing and the way Bryan puts it makes it so simple yet enticing to understand. Having read all his books and got used to one style of terminology ... i found my photography skills improving S T E A D I L Y..... towards getting it right in the view finder - as he says.

Rating: 5 / 5

By: A. E. Tavares Filho

A. E. Tavares Filho — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:17:00 +0000

This book is a good guide for digital fotography, easy and funny reading and full of rules of thumb to improve our skills.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: John Matlock

John Matlock — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:18:23 +0000

A pioneer of bad/good images adjacent to each other to illustrate his point, Mr. Peterson has written this generalized book on nearly every aspect of digital photography. This is not a book for the point and shoot folk, it clearly is aimed at the higher end advanced amateur or professional level. This includes chapters on things like aperture, shutter speed, and composition. He also clearly illusrates the advantages of the big 8+ pixel high end cameras with interchangable lenses.

Of course he has a lengthy chapter on Photoshop, but unlike many other writers, he does not consider Photoshop to be the end all of digital photography. He explains what Photoshop can do but his first priority is to get the best possible image in the camera before going to Photoshop. Much of his Photoshop emphasis is not on fixing images but on using Photoshop to create images that the camera can't see.

This is a book aimed at getting the most out of digital cameras regardless if the subject is nature, people, sports, interior, travel and more! Rating: 5 / 5