The Beginner’s Photography Guide: The Ultima

I am a novice
I have a camera. As a matter of fact, I have many cameras. My first expensive camera was a purchase I made in Australia…Sony NEX7. The advance from the Sony sales rep was to learn about photography and your camera, by taking pictures. So I did…in Australia, Fiji, South America, Europe…but I still did not learn as much as I did with this Kindle download. It is sad that I did not take full advantage of all the bells and whistles of that beautiful camera. I still have it but now I have my sites on another camera.This time I will be prepared.

Muy buena lectura para principiantes: orden de capítulos algo extraña
Por ser bilingüe, trato de leer información en ambos idiomas, pero alguna información en español no esta tan actualizada. Este libro es muy buena lectura para principiantes, y hasta para algunos fotógrafos veteranos. Lo único que me sorprendió es que editaron el capítulo sobre enfoque después de el de exposición: enfocar, manual o automáticamente debe ser lo primero. Recordemos que una foto fuera de foco, sea digital o en película fotográfica es casi imposible de corregir, mientras que una foto sobre expuesta o sub expuesta puede corregirse hasta cierto grado en el proceso de producción posterior. De todos modos, le doy 4 estrellas.

Book was great
Perfect starter book. Allowed me to get started quickly taking great photos.

This is OK
A lot of nice pictures to illustrate precisely what you need for DSLR photography – equipment and some basic concepts. Good read for a beginner.

Bought this book to help me with my camera. IT IS A LARGE BOOK full of information. TAKES you through camera settings and how to take various types of photos.It is a book I use now and again.I like to dip in and out of the book.THE Information given is very good. It is a standard book in that the information applies to most cameras available these days.

I’ve been a semi-pro photographer for many decades, going through film, medium and large format cameras, to the first digital cameras, through to today’s best Sony and Nikon DSLRs. So, I don’t consider myself a novice to the art and science of photography. But I do continue to look for good books on photography to recommend to friends (and, mostly, their kids) who want to do better than smartphone photographs.This book, and it’s follow-on volume, are two of the best books I’ve seen on the subject of digital photography. Focusing (sorry!) on the Beginner volume, there’s one of the best explanations of the differences between Auto, Program, Aperture, Shutter, and Manual modes in the first few chapters that I’ve seen in a book, and taking not too many words to convey the concepts accompanied by photos that show when and how. In fact, that’s a theme throughout the book: lots of photos illustrating the settings and controls, and the effect they have. For example, talking about exposure, there’s photos to show different exposure corrections, and a (no so beginner) discussion of stacking for effect. Throughout the tone is light and useful. I like the way each spread of two pages is on a subject, providing just enough information for a beginner to “get” the concept and implement it. The book moves to more interesting and technical subjects in the latter part, but it’s done well and should not scare anyone away (a problem with some other Beginner books I’ve reviewed).I’ve already recommended this book to several people and they have all said they learned a lot from reading through (and trying) what’s discussed. Instead of going with plain old Auto mode every time, they experiment with growing confidence, and become better photographers along the way. That’s what a Beginner book should do, and this one accomplishes it well. I’m impressed and wholeheartedly recommend this book both for beginner and Intermediate photographers.