If You're Bored with your Camera Read This Book

by Demetrius Fordham

You know photography, don't you? Nice group pictures, tasteful landscapes, perhaps a filter from an app on your phone. Conventional, easy to manage, inoffensive, boring...right?

WRONG! In this book you'll find inspiring ideas and genuinely different techniques that you can use to capture anything, from artistic portraits, through to stunning street photography and unusual aboreals. This book will open your eyes, and your lens cap, to new ideas.

Topics
Put Down Your Camera
Forget the Rules
Creative Shooting Exercises
Go Back to Basics

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

Published September 5, 2017

Reviews

[Karel Baloun · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is hard to write a book review on photography, because I know so little about it. Yet, I can’t imagine a photography book that could more accurately do what its title says it will.

I felt meaningful, creative, professional advice on each meticulous page. I most enjoyed page 97, capture the intangible, where he challenges us to catch: “happiness, sadness, love, kindness, a secret, discovery, hope, a fleeting moment”, etc, …

I finished the book in about an hour, but I could see people spending hours mining the details, and revisiting topics with fresh eyes.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly lightweight book (pamphlet?) that skips through a number of ways to get your photography mojo back. I didn't find anything particularly new or exciting in here - although if this is your first such photography book maybe you'll get more out of it - and the Kindle format probably didn't do it justice either. I prefer the Kevin Meredith books which seem to be both more fun, and more genuinely excited with photography.

[Graham Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn’t quite bored with my camera, but I was looking for ideas. This book had plenty of them.
There are a few editing issues - references to the images on the left when they’re actually on the right; references to other parts of the book that seem to have been cut out in the editing process - but that doesn’t really matter. If you’re a photographer looking for inspiration, then this book is a good place to start.

[Tina Panik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of great ideas, tips, and projects to get that shutter clicking again! Even if you're not in a rut, the exercises will will help improve your technique.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful book for if you are looking for exercises to spark your creativity. There's some technical information but this isn't a manual explaining how to take photos (there are plenty of them out there is that's what you're looking for), but rather collection of ideas for getting out of your comfort zone when you're in a creative slump.

[Rosemary · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book with loads of fantastic photos and ideas to jump start your photographic creativity. An excellent way to start the new year!

[Arminzerella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Has some good ideas for how to inspire yourself and get creative with your camera.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing earth-shattering but a solid source of ideas to kick you out of a creative slump.

[Peter Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

An inspiring book offering ideas and challenges to reignite your photographic mojo.

[Sisi Belle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh,
Just a list of styles and prompts... for me it actually highlighted why I'm bored with photography.

This one just wasn't for me.

[Aashish Vasudevan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book singlehandedly reminded me that I have a camera that - even more shocking - I'm allowed to use whenever I want.