The Ultimate Field Guide to Landscape Photography

by Robert Caputo

Ever wonder how landscape photographers manage to capture every detail in a panoramic shot of the Grand Canyon? Want to make a waterfall look like velvet? Or highlight the shafts of sunlight in your pictures of forests? All these answers and many more can be found in this definitive new guide to landscape photography—a must-have resource for amateur and experienced shutterbugs alike.

In clear, straightforward language, master photographer Robert Caputo reviews the basics of landscape photography for both film and digital camera users. Using concrete examples, he reveals recent directions in style and sheds light on the latest technology, advising how and when to use it. For additional guidance and inspiration, every picture shown in the book includes specific details on shutter speed, aperture settings, ISO settings, lenses, and types of cameras. Profiles of top landscape photographers provide more innovative tips for making your pictures unique. And a hefty chapter shares up-to-the-minute, information on new equipment and software for creating better digital images.

Filled with practical information and step-by-step instruction, this 160-page volume will easily fit in a camera bag for handy reference in the field. A glossary of useful web sites and professional resources completes this authoritative guide from National Geographic—the ultimate "professor" for anyone eager to learn how to take better landscape photos.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Reference

160 pages, Paperback

Published January 16, 2007

Reviews

[Adam Hegedus · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good read. Many practical advices and theoretical guides are inside the book which still valid today. Some technical details on the other hand are very obsolete after a decade, plus the Hungarian translation uses many words which are not how it formed into the language nowadays.

[Sara Garland · Rating 4 out of 5]

The images are great, as one would expect from National Geographic. However, I felt that more detail about certain aspects of actually taking photos would have been helpful.

[Tomasz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dzisiaj już trochę przeterminowana, dużo o aparatach kloszowych, można znaleźć kilka inspiracji i pomysłów.

[CURTIS NUGENT · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book actually has little to do with landscape photography. Most of the book is aimed at beginners that are new to photography. There is a lot of which lens to use, difference in film and digita, how to store photos, etc. Pretty basic stuff but probably useful to new hobbyists.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice introduction to the topic, though each chapter could use more information but for a start its quite ok

[Bigemleo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of images, but also explanations about landscape photography. Never common, full of suggestions both for principiants both for expert users.

[Mel Raschke]

This book provided useful tips on not only handling the camera itself, but also how to look at one's surroundings and be able to convey the sensations at that time to others viewing the photos later.