More than 100 vivid, graphic comparison pictures illustrate every point in this classic and can help any photographer maximize the creative impact of his or her exposure decisions. Peterson stresses the importance of metering the subject for a starting exposure and then explains how to use various exposure meters and different kinds of lighting. The book contains lessons on each element of the triangle and how it relates to the other two in terms of depth of field, freezing and blurring action, and shooting in low light or at night. A section on special techniques explores such options as deliberate under-and over-exposures, how to produce double exposures, bracketing, shooting the moon, and the use of filters. Understanding Exposure demonstrates that there are always creative choices about how to expose a picture - and that the decision is up to the photographer, not the camera.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Definetly a Great Book for Learners.
Comment: If you're new to digital photography or you think that you don't know the basics about exposure, which is very important for good pictures, you should definitely buy this book. I learned a lot about its theory. However it doesn't only tell about the theory itself but also gives practical tips and tricks, which help you understand how some wonderful pictures are taken. There are some exercises Bryan Peterson suggests doing and I found them very useful. Even if you are not able to do everything he says at the time of reading, there are pictures which show the results. So you can take it with you and read on the bus.

It almost tells about everything but if you need a night or low light photography book it only tells about it a few pages. So if I feel I need more information about it, I would buy a different book.

I'm very glad to buy it and it'll be always a good reference for me.

If you're advanced photographer, you should already know about exposure and you should already take most of your pictures with correct exposures. So this is not a book for you.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: I bought this book only based on its good reviews and I was not disappointed. It is written in simple, easy to understand language, it is illustrated with amazing pictures and it is full of good tips. Buy it !

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Photography Exposed!
Comment: I cannot believe how much I have learnt from this fantastic book. Although I've had it for quite a while, on a spur of the moment I picked it off my bookshelf yesterday and literally couldn't put it down again until I had finished it today!

With my camera by my side as I read within moments I was out testing the suggestions for manual mode, something I had never dared try before. Over the course of the evening I captured some of my best ever portraits of my children and was honestly astounded by how easy it was.

Bryan is obviously a very talented photographer and teacher and his photos and explanations are testament to this.

If you crave information on exposure and really want to try working on manual and feeling like a real pro this is one book not to miss. I know I'll certainly be returning to it time and time again.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow - exposure made easy
Comment: I bought this book after reading the reviews...and was rewarded !

I was afraid that it would be too technical but it is indeed explained in an easy to read AND understanding way (I'm not an English native speaker).
The many photographic examples make it easy to 'see' too.
As an avid amateur I have been experimenting and it's indeed literally a small price to pay to get nicer photo's in the end.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A light has been switched on for me
Comment: I bought this book because I first saw it mentioned in a forum on one of the photography sites when I was trying to get some info on metering systems. When I checked it out on Amazon and saw all the great reviews I had to buy it.

I am very much just an amateur photographer, but I did already have a basic understanding of how shutter speed, aperture and ISO work together.

I was OK with using Aperture or Shutter priority modes, but I would never have tried manual mode because I just didn't know where to start with the `correct' aperture or shutter speed. And, daft as it may seem now, whenever I saw the term "meter for the highlights/shadows" etc. I thought I needed a light meter (which I don't have).

I've only read half of this book so far (have only had it for a couple of days) but I now realise that the camera not only does the metering, but provides the relevant information in the viewfinder which I previously just ignored.

The one thing which really "switched on the light" for me was that within the first few pages I learned that, in manual mode, the viewfinder information tells me when the combination of aperture and shutter speed is correct! I thought perhaps that Bryan has some fancy camera but, lo and behold my Nikon D40x does this too!

I can't wait to read the rest of the book, and put it all into practice.

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