Photography (9th Edition),   ISBN:9780131752016

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I purchased this book for myself to help me study for the Certified Professional Photographers exam. The book was a VITAL tool for studying for the exam. I can truly say I would not have passed the exam on the first time if I had not used this book to study. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get into photography as a career. GREAT, AMAZING book. LOVE IT.

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its the abc for anyone trying to get good at it... it will take step by step and give u all the tools, but creativity and passion is on U!!

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I got this book to prepare for the certification test.
I thought that that after 5 years of self study (from various authors) I had a good grasp of photography. I was wrong. The first 3-5 chapters told gave me a better foundation of photography. A lot of authors soft pedal the facts that this book is solid on. And for those of you that need images to prove a concept, there are plenty of them. This is a timeless reference that will give the reader an all around background on photography. If I remember correctly another reviewer suggested that for the price, skip this and get Bryan Peterson's understanding exposure. Well I have it and some concepts he glosses over. Once again if you want to increase you knowledge of photography get this book it is a great reference. The only draw back is the information on film which is a dying industry. But for exposure, aperture, lens, color etc. this is a great book.

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I bought the 8th edition for under $20 after the 9th came out for six times that price. I wasn't willing to pay the current asking price, and I'm not convinced it's really worth it. Other books exist that cover this material entirely adequately for all but the PPA certification candidate, e.g. John Hedgecoe's manual of photography, which I bought almost 30 years ago and has been updated consistently. However, I'm pursuing the PPA certification and so thought I might as well have the "official" book.

All that said, it's good and complete on the technical stuff should you need that.

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This was just what I needed for my class! Great price and arrived in the condition it said it was in.