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

This book is the best I have read for composition in photography. Of course all the basic elements that others cover, with maybe a couple I have not seen before, but most I have seen before. However this author does a great job of showing what he did and how it works. Many with two photos showing first a simple snapshot, and then how compositional changes improved it. Inspirational, in that I want to get out and try to do better with the techniques presented.

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.

its a decent book and has some useful info, but imo not the best written book on composition

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 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!

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

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.

Te lleva de la mano con ejemplos fotográficos que contienen los detalles técnicos y creativo prácticos. Te despierta cierto apetito para ir a tomar o pensar fotografías, y te ayuda a resolver aspectos técnicos pensando en la fotografía.

The printed copy never arrived, so I bought the e-book instead. It’s a good and well-written book, but it’s mostly aimed at beginners. As someone who’s already past that stage, I still found a few useful ideas and reminders, but much of it repeats what I’ve seen in other photography books. Still, it’s a solid read for anyone building their creative foundation.

As always a combination of simple and entertaining language and lots of clear examples, makes this book very useful for amateur photografers

I bought this book in English, so I'm going to write this little review in the same language. This book by Bryan Peterson is just brilliant. Bryan has a not-so-common ability to explain complex concept in a simple and easy to grasp way. In short, he doesn't "run circles around the pot", he gets straight to the point, making not-so-obvious things seem, well, obvious! He does so in a humourous, striking and down-to-earth manner: what he says is engraved in your brain, and makes you say "how come I didn't think of that?!" He uses common sense, which is a scarce quality nowadays... Learn to focus and do not let futile things clutter your creative process! A must have. Kindle version? Puh-lease... no, get the paper version so you can admire the photo examples in colour! Happy shooting!

The book is damaged and doesnt look new