Review: A Nice Refresher, a Good Reference and a Beginner's Guide
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2012
I took a photography class in college years ago with an SLR and learned a quite a few things that I had since forgotten.  After buying a digital SLR a few months ago, I found myself slowly retracing the learning curve until I recently downloaded "How to Take Better Photos: Your Guide To Taking Better Pictures From Any Camera."  This book not only reminded me to have a mental focus and think through the composition before actually capturing the image, but it also explained the interrelationship between the settings on my camera.  The author also steps through dozens of different settings (i.e. ISO, aperture and shutter speed) and subjects while highlighting the best approaches to each subject and providing an example photograph showing the results of using the recommended approach.  Not only am I able to apply this to my digital SLR, but also to my phone's camera where I've tended to just grab snapshots.  With the bullet-pointed approach to a full array of subjects, this book makes a great reference for a beginner or someone with some experience who is getting reacquainted with photography.  I'm going to start carrying my Kindle in my camera bag so I'll have this book handy.