Fine Art Nature Photography: Advanced Techniques and the Creative Process | Tony Sweet

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	Fine Art Nature Photography: Advanced Techniques and the Creative Process Tony Sweet Stackpole Books, 2002 - 107 pages average customer review:based on 17 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This book of nature photography instruction and inspiration features striking full-colour images and concise, informative text. It includes the author's stunning nature images from across the United States. The text offers specifications on equipment used, when and where the photographs were taken, details on why the image works, what the photographer was looking to accomplish, how the image was shot, and unique lighting or compositional challenges the image illustrates.

If you like Tony's photography you will love this book

Tony does in this book what I wish more photographers would do, he tells you in plain English his thought process on composition, and balance, why he took the shot and the technical aspects of the shot (ie, filters, and lens used and multiple exposures in the camera and the lab). I use Tony's techniques when I am composing my shots, and they have improved.

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This and his accompaying books in the series are superb. He not only provides an explanation of the technique he employed to create the image, but often also explains the composition or artistic "merit" of the photo. The title is indeed accurate: he does teach the "creative process". While most of the photos were created with film (vs. digital) the instruction is such that translation to the digital world is straightforward, and effective. As you read the text and study the photos, Mr Sweet encourages you to think of why, when and how you would apply the techniques to your own photography. I know that my own skills "jumped" a level after even the first
reading of this book.

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Fine Art Nature Photography: Advanced Technology and the Creative Process

This is a fabulous book! It has great ideas. The techniques used in each photo are described in easy to understand language. A beginner photographer using an SRL camera will easily be able to follow the instructions used for each technique. I also like the fact that there is not much written information so solely focused on each photo and how to produce the same image. Great book for the money!

Not very informative.

The shots are nice enough and Sweet certainly has his technique down pat. However, I really learned nothing from the book.

Perhaps I was expecting too much. I've been a serious photographer for nearly 40 years. Not to pat myself on the back, but I know the basics as well as anyone and was hoping for a bit of insight into Sweet's reasons for making certain shots.

All this book provides is an explanation of what equipment was used. If you're into using filters for every shot you might learn something here.

I think that the money would be better spent on one of John Shaw's books. "Focus on Nature" comes to mind as Shaw really explains his thinking behind each photo and doesn't just list the equipment that he used to make it.

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Pretty

Tony has done beautiful photography in nature, great for calendars, greeting cards. If that is what you want, Tony covers with many photograhphic treats.
I want more serious landscape photographic examples, so will look elsewhere for more profound content. It is a matter of taste and philosophy.

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