In this review, we're going to take a look at one of many digital photography books on today's market, an independent e-book known as Trick Photography Book.
Trick Photography Book is an e-book offering digital photography training, in addition to helping people involved with film photography. The book states that 'teaches people how to take great photographs,' which includes novice photographers with little knowledge about photography.
Some previous reviewers even commented that the book teaches people how to create 'special effects photos' without the use of programs like Adobe Photoshop. The book also offers tips, tricks and shortcuts to 'shorten one's journey to becoming a pro-level photographer—by skipping the amateur stage where many burgeoning photographers get stumped.'
Many photography books for beginners walk readers through each stage, so they can absorb that information at their own pace. In Trick Photography Book, the photography tips for beginners are covered—and then surpassed. Alongside the basic photography tips and tricks, this book teaches the complexities of photography. This affords photographers of all skill levels a chance to learn newer shooting strategies and techniques.
Author Evan Sharboneau even claims that 'most photographers don't need to own higher end cameras and equipment to capture breathtaking photos with incredible effects.' He stresses within the book that the most important traits photographers should hold are 'creativity and innate skill.'
The Trick Photography Book contains 295 pages filled with information covering the basics and complexities of photography. This book also includes 9 hours of instructional video tutorials, which show photographers how to capture their subjects, in addition to 300 photographs by some of the most skilled photographers in the world.
This abundance of content more or less helps readers understand how the techniques and shortcuts explained in this book work, so they can eventually apply this knowledge to their own photography.
To give prospective readers an idea about this book's content, it covers subjects like using photographic tricks without Photoshop, using household items (lights, pens and other items) to create interesting visual effects and adjusting camera settings to achieve a visual output that's much more unique than most results.
Beginner photographers will enjoy the technical information offered in this book, particularly about how to actually operate their camera to produce results akin to skilled photographers. Seasoned photographers, on the other hand, will benefit the most from the unconventional tips, tricks and shortcuts, as this can give them a better and newer perspective on how to achieve better photo results.
Overall, Trick Photography Book is pretty much worth the purchase, particularly for
