Rick Sammon's Field Guide to Digital Photography: Quick Lessons on Making Great Pictures

by Rick Sammon

An easy-to-carry, quick reference to Rick Sammon’s tips and tricks for the digital photographer on the go.
Inspired by Rick Sammon’s popular workshops given around the world, this indispensable handbook condenses the master photographer’s most important lessons into one easy-to-carry guide. Designed for outdoor and travel photographers of any skill level, this book will come in handy for a wide range of potential shooting situations. The Field Guide , illustrated with hundreds of Rick’s own photographs, offers great advice on how to get the best images with the resources at hand, and gives dozens of crucial lessons for the mobile digital photographer, each one crafted in Rick’s trademark nontechnical and intuitive manner. Readers will learn how to prevent bad exposures in less-than-ideal conditions and will discover how to fix images that may have unexpected flaws. This is the portable Rick Sammon all of his fans have been waiting for―small enough to fit in your camera bag.
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Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Art

288 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2009

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm reviewing this as a non-photographer who has never read any other photography books, so take it for what it's worth. He says in the beginning that it's basically a summary of his other books, with some updates (and I'm realizing that this book's being published in 2000 will mean that it needs updating and that no one will be interested in it at this point). Not knowing jack about the technicalities, it still seems to be a relevant source for tips. I will say that there are some parts that were too technical for me to understand, and other parts that taught things that I thought a 10-year-old would figure out on their own, like using a flash if the subject is backlit. The technical parts were few and far between, and so this book is still very useful for beginners, I think. Then you can read more in depth about what certain things mean, elsewhere (and also in the glossary). The written portions of the book are short captions (basically) anyway, the bulk of the material being made up of beautiful photos. So it's a good book to have handy in a spot where you might have time to read a few pages at a time without getting deep into a story or complex description, if you know what I mean.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this. Lots of great, easy to read and follow tips on shooting in all different situations. Wildlife-portraits-cities-light-dark lots! Especially good tips on daylight fill-in flash. Great photograph examples too. Just like having a friend with you to give you tips.

[Maurice Hons · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some nice to know stuff bout photography. Brief and also light read

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I checked this out from my library because it is what was available. In doing so, I knew some of the information about DSLR would feel outdated simply because the technology keeps growing. There are still many helpful tips. I really liked the format, though there were parts that still felt super technical to a newbie like me.

[Heather]

Supposed to be a quic and non-technical great guide to taking better digital pics.

[Josie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book and I am thinking about buying it.

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

For photography "tip" type books, I like The Digital Photography Books by Scott Kelby better.

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the adjectives apply. Digital. Field. Quick. Great.

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice collection of ideas & examples. Much of the text assumes some prior knowledge. That's fine by me.

[Sue Klasing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great illustrations and easy to understand instructions on how to achieve those results.