Learning to See Creatively was a bit a disappointment for me. It seems odd to say this since I am still really a beginner in terms of photography but there didn’t seem to be a whole lot there that I didn’t know already.

And for the most part, each concept was discussed rather superficially, then followed by a selection of photos that illustrated over and over again the very basic information that the author presented. For someone completely new to photography and composition, the second and thir Learning to See Creatively was a bit a disappointment for me. It seems odd to say this since I am still really a beginner in terms of photography but there didn’t seem to be a whole lot there that I didn’t know already. And for the most part, each concept was discussed rather superficially, then followed by a selection of photos that illustrated over and over again the very basic information that the author presented. For someone completely new to photography and composition, the second and third chapters would be the most valuable.

They cover “Elements of Design (Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Pattern and Color) and “Composition” (Filling the Frame, Rule of Thirds, Diagonals, Framing, Picture Within a Picture, etc.) All topics that should be in a composition book, even if they could and should have been covered in more depth. Having said that, there were a lot of topics that should have been here but were inexplicably left out the use and placement of negative space, body language and placement in portraits, just to name a few. Instead, the author focused his attention on a chapter about different kinds of lenses, (which I felt went on too long and should have been discussed later in the book in relation to the design concepts he discusses in chapters 2 and 3 rather than being the first thing discussed). He also chose to devote chapters to Digital Photography (including a section on why digital cameras just aren’t good enough and dictates of when it is and is not acceptable to use post processing) and a chapter on Career Considerations. Kadhalikka Neramillai Tamil Serial Title Song there. Now don’t get me wrong, there is a time and a place for information about careers in photography.

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But it seems to me that if you are reading a book about composition, it seems somewhat off topic especially when the composition sections were skimpy and incomplete. Learning to see creatively. Think about that. What a huge and bold title for a book.

Is seeing creatively something we can teach? And, if so, how? Bryan Peterson takes on this task. But he doesn't seize the reigns of teaching-to-see-creatively lightly. After all, this is the third edition; Peterson has been grappling with the ideas in this book since 1988. Peterson is no novice to photography, to creativity; his website reminds us that he has been a successful commercial photograph Learning to see creatively. Think about that.

What a huge and bold title for a book. Is seeing creatively something we can teach? And, if so, how? Bryan Peterson takes on this task. But he doesn't seize the reigns of teaching-to-see-creatively lightly. After all, this is the third edition; Peterson has been grappling with the ideas in this book since 1988. Peterson is no novice to photography, to creativity; his website reminds us that he has been a successful commercial photographer for over thirty-five years.

He has lots to share with those of us who have just come to this world. And he does so. Peterson shares his secrets of how to see creatively in three ways.

First, in a didactic, left-brained way, he provides the design, color, and composition rules for photography, some of which, one hopes, we have intuited for ourselves through our early successes and failures. Second, he shows lots of beautiful examples of his struggles to try out the rules. And, third, he offers exercises to build personal knowledge of those rules. Some books can be read in an hour; this book is a book I've lived with for several months. That, for me, is the mark of a good book: I don't just read the words, but I reread the words and try out the ideas.

It's the trying out of the ideas that is most important, I think, in a book like this. So I thought I'd share some of my results. For a true test, you'd really need to see some before pictures, but take my word for it, these are much improved.

What do you think? Does this sound like a book you should read? Before I finished this book, I had my camera in hand and was outside taking pictures. Though I am not inclined to be an abstract photographer, the tips in this book were very helpful and got my wheels turning. Peterson comes from his thirty-plus years of experience to address Expanding Your Vision, Elements of Design, Composition, The Magic of Light, and Photoshop.

His style is very rounded out, from traditional landscapes to modern abstract photographs. The books is full of beautiful images and Before I finished this book, I had my camera in hand and was outside taking pictures. Though I am not inclined to be an abstract photographer, the tips in this book were very helpful and got my wheels turning. Peterson comes from his thirty-plus years of experience to address Expanding Your Vision, Elements of Design, Composition, The Magic of Light, and Photoshop. His style is very rounded out, from traditional landscapes to modern abstract photographs.

The books is full of beautiful images and informative text. Though I have read through the book once, I know that I will refer back to it several times to study different images and his camera settings. Negatives: Being a secular photography book, there were a few images that I decided to cover up before my brothers would see the book (I actually was surprised that there were only 6-10). There were also some words that my family views as 'bad words.' I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. Peterson has been a full-time commercial photographer since 1981, shooting assignments all over the world for many of the Fortune 500 companies, including Kodak, UPS, and American Expiress.

He is also a contract stock photographer for Corbis and Getty. He has been a contributing editor at Outdoor Photographer Magazine and is currently a contributing editor at Popular Photography and Imagi Bryan F. Peterson has been a full-time commercial photographer since 1981, shooting assignments all over the world for many of the Fortune 500 companies, including Kodak, UPS, and American Expiress. He is also a contract stock photographer for Corbis and Getty. He has been a contributing editor at Outdoor Photographer Magazine and is currently a contributing editor at Popular Photography and Imaging Magazine.

Within the photographic community, he is most noted as the author/photographer of four best selling “how-to” photography books, Understanding Exposure, Understanding Shutter Speed, Learning to See Creatively and Beyond Portraits, with two new books due out in the spring of 2009, Understanding Close-up Photography and The Field Guide to Photography. He is also the founder and one of the instructors at the world’s number one on-line photography school,.