Feb 25 2009
Actually “Rick Sammon’s Top Ten Digital Photography Tips” are RIGHT on target. And Sammon’s form of teaching is usually RIGHT on target as well, which is why I praised him so highly in my last post.
But speaking at supersonic speeds to try to cram ten critical tips into five video minutes was a losing strategy for Rick. Even covering “only” five tips in that time would have been too much.
I know this stuff and I really appreciate Rick but Continue reading “10 Crappy Tips from Rick”
Feb 23 2009
If you are a successful photographer secure in you image making there’s no need to turn to “Rick Sammon’s Exploring the Light: Making the Very Best In-Camera Exposures.” If however, you need help with your process, your composition, your use of natural and strobe light, not to mention critical fundamentals regarding exposure, this book is a fantastic, easy and enlightening read.
“Exploring the Light” is also a perfect book to recommend to the would-be photographers or amateurs you encounter who need a good, helping hand, but that find that most basic photography how-to books fall short. The reason most basic photography books fall short is because they miss critical fundamentals or over-explain over-rated technical fine-points.
A respected photographic educator, Rick Sammon has written more than twenty books and scores of articles as well as Continue reading “Fantastic Book on In-Camera Digital Fundamentals”
