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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 771 EAN: 9780817441814 Edition: Revised ISBN: 0817441816 Label: Amphoto Books Manufacturer: Amphoto Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: October 01, 2003 Publisher: Amphoto Books Studio: Amphoto Books Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color, and Composition in PhotographyThis is a terrific book. It covers the basics in depth and in an easy to understand manner. I teach a beginning photography class for the city and will be utilizing this book. Rating: - Incredible Read!I would recommend this book to anyone starting off in photography. Invaluable information, well presented, and easily referenced. Rating: - Changed my shootingBryan Peterson's book is excellent for beginners like myself. He walks you through basic prinicples of design and composition with many excellent examples. Most importantly he walks you through his thought process. Each picture has information about how he shot it and often why he shot it that way. The book also includes several useful excercises to help you develop your eye. Although it could be argued that the book doesn't cover all topics and is not as thorough as other books, it accompishes its ... Read More Rating: - Well worth the ReadA very good book of instruction and fabulous examples are given of creative picture taking. Rating: - A very good coachThe book is a must read and the author has an exceptional style in delivering the information in a very easy yet rich way. If you already have an SLR camera and want to truely master photography, regardless of what camera you have then you will get a lot of help from this book. The author has provided several effective exercises that help develope a "photographic eye" and makes you become comfortable using the different kinds of lenses. Plus the settings and lenses used under or next to ... Read More 
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