Learning to See Creatively, Third Edition: Design, Color, and Composition in Photography

I have bought each of the three editions of this book over the years. Sadly with 1000 frame memory cards on modern cameras, inexperienced photographers don't have to worry so much about exposure. Even if you perfect the exposure with trial and error there is the question of composition. If you shoot 1000 frames and the composition is poor... This book in all it's versions opens your eyes to composition. A good guide to opening your eyes to composition options. The first edition taught me about compressed landscapes - a use of telephoto lenses for landscape shots that has become a favorite landscape technique. Even one good tidbit is worth the price of the book. My guess is there is something in here for even the experienced photographer. Paul

This is the first book that I ever purchased related to Photography. And it was a fruitful decision. It is well written, well composed, well explained and has lots of content in it. I've watched all of Bryan Peterson's videos on YouTube and I simply admire his works and his teaching techniques. And that made me purchase and give this book a try. He has covered almost everything that we (as learning photographers) need to know in order to compose our shots and put an emotion/story/theme in to it. It surely opens up your mind and help you see the same things in many perspectives, helping us to make a better composition. He also talks about the uses of different lenses and their purposes and how we can use them to their best potential with creativity. Overall I'm very pleased with this book and I highly recommend it to any photographer or photography learner how wants to enhance their skills and composition techniques. It can also be a very good gift if you are planning to give to someone! Thumbs Up!

It isn't all that different from Bryan's two prior editions but it is a good photo book on composition. If you are a photographer and haven't read the first two editions, this is a great place to start.

This is an excellent book for new photographers and for experienced photographers who are still teachable. While there is nothing earth shattering, the book is laced out in a way that challenges thinking and encourages vision.

The book is very simple read, understand and bring vet practical. Pictures shows how the author comes to the final composition and he explains along the way. It is geared more for the beginning photographer, however, I did reminded somethings that I had forgotten and I think it is helpful to me. One can finished the book in less than couple hours. But the general ideas and direction he gave is very universal and of value to improve ones pictures.

This author I am familiar with from my years when I took photos with film cameras. I find that his migration to digital has not weakened his wonderful approach at photography and using it more as an art medium than just a means of recording history. If you desire to take photos that will have folks talking about your subject than this is a must read. The author shows and reveals numerous methods and instructions for various situations to get the kind of photos that will wow those who see them. Must buy for those who want to create art in their photography.

The book is very vague and unnecessarily long, filled with empty words that are meaningless. Even the sample images are not visually pleasing and I would definitely not follow someone who post photos at this level on instagram or other sites, let alone paying to buy photo from them. I’m including some sample images in this book, if you want to make ugly photos like this, buy the book. Otherwise look elsewhere.

Being new to photography, I decided to learn as much as I could about the subject through reading. This is about my 7th book on various aspects of photography and is one I will definitely be rereading. The book has a host of pictures which showed the points being made in the book. This is an excellent way for me to learn.