Book Review: The Basic Book Of Digital Photography
Probably like the rest of you, I don’t really like spending my down time reading technical manuals of any sort. Well, maybe cookbooks if I’m looking for something new to make, but otherwise? Nope. So I’m not sure why I said yes when I got an email asking me if I’d like to review the new release of The Basic Book Of Digital Photography. Other than the fact that I might learn something new and that would be cool.
When I got the book in the mail I thought, crap this thing is huge. It’s about the size of Lonely Planet Mexico. I thought it would be a book that I might want to pack in my bag with me on a trip, but no. This is a manual to study and use at home or in the studio.
So I have to admit that I haven’t read this book cover to cover. But I do pick it up and refer to it quite often. And you know what? It always has the answer to my question.
This book thoroughly guides both newbie, as well as advanced film photographer who is moving into digital, through the basics of both digital “point & shoot” and single lens reflex (dSLR) cameras. It’s not a bible. It’s a guidebook to get you started. In that respect it’s a pretty good one. Besides talking about differences in cameras, the authors, Tom and Michele Grimm, give hands-on advice about basic equipment like tripods, lenses, and other accessories as well as exposure settings, white balance, sensors, memory cards, basic composition and printing techniques. They illustrate their information with photo examples, screenshots, and diagrams. In the back of the book is a nice glossary of photography terms to get you up to speed and a few pages of urls for finding more information on the web.
I’m finding it to be a handy resource.
Tom and Michele Grimm are a husband and wife photography team.
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