Acquire Complete Guide To Digital Photography Penned By Ian Farrell Manuscript

great book for beginners, Would have preferred it with less emphasis on post

editing Nice introductory book While I loved the book, I feel as though it didn't deserve a full five because it covered a minimal amount of cameras and stuck to one kind more than others Nikon.
Also, in the photoshoping chapter, it assumed you had either a Mac or Apple computer, I feel as though it should have mentioned Dell,

The book itself was wonderful for a beginning photographer to learn the basics or at least have a great start to figure it out on their own camera.
Good introduction to photographic techniques enhanced by excellent assignments at the end of each section encouraging the reader to put the theory into practice.
This is an excellent book,
It covers all the topics that I was looking for photography techniques, camera hardware and image manipulation, The writing style is good and very informative,

If you are new to photography and are looking for a book that covers all you will need to know, then this is the book for you.
The book is pretty decent, but I have a couple of complaints, The socalled "exposure triangle" is not, in my opinion, properly explained, and basically, instead of a proper explanation, among the first thing a person learns after opening the book is how to make a pinhole camera.
Seriously A guy just bought a DSLR and you're asking him to drill a hole through the lens cap I know these can be bought formaybe more, and that one would be an idiot to try this without having a replacement cap, but geez, a pinhole camera The only thing a novice needs to know, and properly master, is the exposure triangle, nothing more.
Things like what happens at a wider aperture like f/,purple fringing, spherical aberration, vignetting, etc, and what the "sweet spot" of a lens is, and how to avoid diffraction, Perhaps a couple of lens comparisons, just to understand the difference in quality between a kit lens and a professional one, The Sunnyrule, which might come in handy, and a quick mention of the zone system, perhaps later on in the book.
But no, almost none of this is mentioned, and for a mention of purple fringing one must wait until the second half of the book.
The book itself can be divided into two parts: one about using the camera, and the other about postprocessing techniques, The first part is OK but nothing exceptional see complaint above, and the second part has, so far, not been very useful to me, as I don't use Photoshop or Lightroom and tend to keep my edits down to a minimum.
I think I'd rather recommend Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure to a novice, his pages on diffraction have been especially useful, though as of this writing I've only skimmed through it, I confess it's slightly longwinded, but explains things rather well.
Also, for lens reviews and comparisons, watch Christopher Frost's videos on Youtube, and don't forget to follow Bryan Peterson on Instagram, he is such a great instructor.
I borrowed this from the library and I kind of wanted to pinch it because it's that good, I won't though! k A Complete Guide to Digital Photography Fully revised and updated edition of the definitive guide to digital photography.
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