Product Description

A fascinating look at how this top photographer produces impact full, contemporary images. Practical commentary covers composition, lighting, colour and form & filters, as well as digital photography. Practical instruction is accompanied by 200 stunning colour images, encompassing a worldwide collection of landscape, architectural and travel subjects. Mackie helps readers to see subjects that others might miss, and to simplify images down to their basic elements, as well as exploring the use of strong colours and shapes, lighting and filters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105436 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Tom Mackie was born in Philadelphia and spent the first five years of his career as an industrial photographer in Iowa. He then began photographing landscapes in the western United States and since settling in the UK in 1985 has established an international reputation, and received numerous awards, for his remarkable landscape, travel and architectural photography. He lives near Norwich, England.

Customer Reviews

Aspirational
For anyone at Swavesey Camera Club on 22nd January this year, I abjectly apologise for so unforgivably monopolizing Tom Mackie, who was there to give a talk to the club, at every opportunity. I was so delighted to meet him after reviewing Tom Mackie's Landscape Photography Secrets and using it as inspiration for locations around Norfolk. Actually Tom sounded a little understandably miffed about people using his books for this purpose, rather than carefully reading them to learn how to take their own original and memorable photographs.

Which leads me on to Photos with Impact. At the beginning of his talk at Swavesey, Tom Mackie commented how difficult it must be for anyone starting out new right now as a photographer - and he doesn't envy them. But this book gives masses of generous advice on how to get ahead in the success stakes, and Tom is certainly right up there with the world's most successful landscape photographers, not just with photo libraries but cornering lucrative markets such as a range of Ikea prints.

The author explains what makes a photograph striking, the effective use of colour and what may be hidden in details, and the search for strong graphic elements in a shot. He advises never to be satisfied with the first attempt but to try different times of day, weather conditions, viewpoints and ranges. He covers the importance of the sky, human figures, lighting, forward planning, framing and composition. There are many useful suggestions such as the use of reflections, how to use lead-in lines, create mood, use filters - and even digitally manipulate (although at the time of writing, the author was still using film cameras) - for example to strengthen composition.

The entire book is packed with stunning example shots, all aspirational, though I would not have chosen the particular cover shot. My favourite is a church and the Dolomites, St Johann Italy, but I'm sure everyone will have their own.

It doesn't get better than this...
Excellent, one of the best photography books I've ever encountered. I don't think he even mentions digital photography in this book because it's not relevant. It is about taking photos not about what equipment you use. Strongly recommended.

excellent photography advice
Tom Mackie is one of my favourite photographers . This book is well up to his usual standard . It is packed with useful information about taking pictures . The book is worth the price for the pictures by themselves