Understanding exposure third edition. Although it could be called understanding your camera.

This is a moderately complete overhaul of the second edition. It covers all of the things covered in the second edition plus additionally Author Bryan Peterson covers HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography.

One of the sections I enjoyed the most is Peterson’s photographic triangle. aperture, shutter speed plus iso. All three are of equal importance in the photo hard I sometimes forget about the effects of different iso’s so this section brought that to life for me. some of the other subjects that were fascinating to me was his explanation of white balance plus how it’s over rated “It’s my view that, next to the histogram, the white balance is one of the most overrated controls on the digital camera”. Another section I liked was one entitled “The sky brothers” Here Peterson talks about difficult light plus contracts situations that meters have difficulty with. Peterson moves the light meeter to one area or another to receive a reading that’s not so effected by bad light or contrast including the always difficult images of snow.

Peterson also covers in detail all of the camera settings plus discussed the advantages of one setting over another, aperture priority versus shutter priority etc. One of the things they covers in detail is the usage of automatic settings plus how they can delay photographic creativity. Including Exposure Peterson covers all aspects of photography, lighting, DOF, sports settings, portrait settings, landscape, night plus low light photography. Paterson does a great job of describing who each of the settings work together plus effect each other.

Peterson encourages the reader to think outside of the box (or view finder) to comprehend plus use all of the creative features of the camera plus your imagination.

The book is a lovely mix of images plus descriptive writing that gives the reader the camera setting information but the thought method in deciding what settings to make use of.

Peterson’s writing style while describing the subject material plus the settings used on the camera bring the reader in to the idea behind the photo.

The appeal of this book is for the novice to intermediate photographer. I can’t think of any one subject about photography that Peterson doesn’t present plus explanation about.

attractive photography, nice writing style, detailed but concise explanations makes this one a keeper. in case you like the second edition you’ll find the third edition invaluable.

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