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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Freeman
Publisher: Ilex
Category: Book
Buy Used: $68.08
Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 4777147
Format: Import
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1905814046
EAN: 9781905814046
ASIN: 1905814046
Publication Date: June 11, 2007
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 Worth twice the price! December 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best photography book I own. This book can be useful for any level photographer, but certainly is tailored to someone who has a good feel for the basics, and wishes to begin to understand how to compose great pictures. Explanations are detailed and thorough, illustrative pictures are well chosen. Buy this this book; you will not be disappointed.
 Requires a critical approach in reading December 21, 2008
Though a promising book on composition/design, it requires the reader to be careful and not take the author's views at face. The reader needs to keep a critical eye on what she reads. Examples:
On page 18, Freeman argues that "distorting" the image taken may be problematic due to ethical considerations (such as extending the sky or the background of the subject) because "the final image is not necessarily as it was seen." Interestingly enough, Ansel Adams would probably disagree, arguing that "printing" is an essential part of image-making procedure where the photographer is actually trying to produce what she *saw* ("visualization", see Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, "seen in the mind's eye before taking the photo" according to Wikipedia) that led her to take the shot in the first place.
Or on page 20, talking about a photograph of an abandoned Thai temple besides a larger tree, a large foreground, and an elongated sky, he suggests that if the image were to be cropped, the temple should be the subject because "there is nothing else," demonstrating a problematic limit in imagination as he misses the possible significance of other numerous subjects, such as the crop in the foreground, the elongated sky, the larger tree (which I would use as my primary subject), the panorama in the background behind the haze, and so on...
 Good content, poor writing style December 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good book for someone looking for a guide to composition theory in photography. It covers a lot of ground and actually teaches you compositional principles, however it's also really hampered by the mediocre writing style. The language just isn't very concise/clear, and at times you are wishing the author would get to the point instead of writing 10 convoluted sentences, which essentially say one thing. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be anything else close to this book available, so if you want to learn composition and design, this is probably your best bet at the moment despite the writing style.
Best Purchase I've ever made December 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is fantastic book. Let me tell you where I stand in photography and then you could make your mind regarding this book. I am an enthusiast photographer who will be taking next Spring a one year photography program after shooting for pleasure since 2002. I do a lot of traveling and portraits of family and pets. But now that I know all the nuts and bolts of digital cameras and Photoshop, I felt I wanted to improve my composition. You have no idea how many books are out there offering to teach you photographic composition! For my level of photographic expertise, this book has been a blessing. It is elegantly written and has diagrams and pictures to show you what he means. It is also a finely edited and published book, strong but beautiful. If you happen to be at my level, buying this book will be the best dollars you'll put into your photos.
Very Intelligent Book December 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Currently, I am reading this book and find it wonderful. So many insights into composition. The author uses lots of theories that I would have never known about unless I was an Art Major. This would make a great semester college class for a photography student. It's teaching me that there is so much more to photography composition beyond the Rule of Thirds. My goal this year was to study photography and this has been a perfect companion to my studies. I like how each aspect of composition is discussed in 1 or 2 pages. There is a brief description under each picture relating to the type of composition the author is discussing. I usually read the descriptions about the pictures first, then read the section discussing that type of composition. This gives me a better understanding of the design theory the author is discussing. A definate winner in my photography library.
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