Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #217 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Synopsis
More than 100 vivid, graphic comparison pictures illustrate every point in this classic and can help any photographer maximize the creative impact of his or her exposure decisions. Peterson stresses the importance of metering the subject for a starting exposure and then explains how to use various exposure meters and different kinds of lighting. The book contains lessons on each element of the triangle and how it relates to the other two in terms of depth of field, freezing and blurring action, and shooting in low light or at night. A section on special techniques explores such options as deliberate under-and over-exposures, how to produce double exposures, bracketing, shooting the moon, and the use of filters. Understanding Exposure demonstrates that there are always creative choices about how to expose a picture - and that the decision is up to the photographer, not the camera.

Customer Reviews

Wow - exposure made easy
I bought this book after reading the reviews...and was rewarded !

I was afraid that it would be too technical but it is indeed explained in an easy to read AND understanding way (I'm not an English native speaker).
The many photographic examples make it easy to 'see' too.
As an avid amateur I have been experimenting and it's indeed literally a small price to pay to get nicer photo's in the end.

A light has been switched on for me
I bought this book because I first saw it mentioned in a forum on one of the photography sites when I was trying to get some info on metering systems. When I checked it out on Amazon and saw all the great reviews I had to buy it.

I am very much just an amateur photographer, but I did already have a basic understanding of how shutter speed, aperture and ISO work together.

I was OK with using Aperture or Shutter priority modes, but I would never have tried manual mode because I just didn't know where to start with the `correct' aperture or shutter speed. And, daft as it may seem now, whenever I saw the term "meter for the highlights/shadows" etc. I thought I needed a light meter (which I don't have).

I've only read half of this book so far (have only had it for a couple of days) but I now realise that the camera not only does the metering, but provides the relevant information in the viewfinder which I previously just ignored.

The one thing which really "switched on the light" for me was that within the first few pages I learned that, in manual mode, the viewfinder information tells me when the combination of aperture and shutter speed is correct! I thought perhaps that Bryan has some fancy camera but, lo and behold my Nikon D40x does this too!

I can't wait to read the rest of the book, and put it all into practice.

A great learning experience
With "Understanding Exposure", Bryan Peterson gives the amateur photographer an indispensable tool and learning guide. With the help of full color photos taken with different settings as well as clear and concise descriptions and explanations of technique mr Peterson gives the reader an easily understandable introduction to the world of exposure.

Because of the great detail in which the different photo situations and techniques are covered it is indeed very easy to go out and reproduce the photos from the book (well, that kind of photo anyway) yourself after reading.

This book gave me much more knowledge about photography than I would have expected it possible. It definitely helped me progress as a photographer.

Highly recommendable.