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Originally Posted by inkista
Exactly. The genius of the book is that it explains the exposure triangle in a nice, simple, ramping-up way that's terrific for folks who are first-timers to the exposure triangle. To most oldtimer photogs, the triangle is such second nature, that they'll (with the best of intentions) forcefeed/firehose a poor newbie quickly in a god-it's-so-simple manner that's not just highly confusing but also ever-so-slightly off-putting. Peterson doesn't insult his audience and he doesn't talk down. And he doesn't go off on misleading and potentially confusing tangents like, say, Ken Rockwell's sense of humor (or attempts at humor, depending on your tastes) leads him into making. For me, personally, Kelby's humor is similarly distracting and an annoyance. If I'm seriously trying to learn something, I just want the information--if I want humor, I'll read Terry Pratchett.  |
I agree with you on everything, and yeah, I think Understanding exposure is great just for that, explaining the basics to the newbies.
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Originally Posted by inkista
As you say, If you already know the exposure triangle, you don't need Understanding Exposure. But you could find his Learning to See Creatively equally good at explaining the basics of composition if you don't know them. These are basic beginner texts, not advanced ones. But that's what makes them so valuable--very few photography books bother to start from ground zero.
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Also agree with you. But I love Learning to see Creativaly because it got me so inspired after reading it.
I also read one of the Kelby's books on PS and didn't like it at all (I can't remember the name). It was a kind of book that tells you: To achieve this effect, click here and here..
What was (and still is) very helpfull for me when it comes to Photoshop are Ron Bigelow's tutorials on his website:
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm
Everything is explained from the begining, and I think there's lots of stuff even for the advanced PS users.