Capturing Drama in Nature Photography

by Jim Zuckerman

Book Overview

According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the state of Texas alone has more than one million nature photography enthusiasts. Designed to help photographers create exciting, professional-looking... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898799910
• ISBN13: 9780898799910
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Terrific book, well-written, good recommendations

This is a terrific book with good recommendations and illustrations, and alike Jim Zuckerman's courses, it is well organized and well written. Jim speaks in the first person with his classes and tells what he has done and in the necessary order. This is important because it makes directions work if followed precisely, I learned from experience. I'm very thankful that I purchased this book, and recommend it to others whether or not you capture in film or digitally.

Excellent, succinct

This little book is a great read. It makes a series of important points very succinctly (essentially one point on every double page spread) about how to capture the elusive `drama' in a photograph. The example photographs are very, very well chosen to illustrate the points. The explanations are well-written and clear. I made copious notes while reading the book and I refer to these notes before I go out on a shoot.

Will improve your creativity

This book is great for developing creativity in nature photography. The author isolates and illustrates different concepts of a photograph, such as perspective, color, light, etc. When focusing on these concepts while composing a shot, one can learn how to make the pictures dramatic like those of the pros. Zuckerman really makes the complicated concept of a "dramatic" photograph simple by breaking up the concepts to look for in a shot. great picrues too!

very cool book

As with most of Jim Zuckerman's books, this one was incredibly informative. The 12 chapters cover the areas in photography that are the most helpful in getting the best shots of nature and the outdoors. From perspective to motion to exposure to self-critique, Jim's knowledge of photography is second to none. I know of no one out there shooting who understands the mechanics of this medium more than him. And it shows in his photography, which is simply amazing. This is a must buy for any one serious about seeing and capturing nature better in their photographs.

Excellent Teaching Guide

I purchased this book and I have used many of the artistic techniques and ideas to improve my nature photography. I would advise any one who is serious in nature photography to use the ideas Jim outlined in this book. I can't see how anyone who actually studies this book to not be satisfied with the content. I also have looked at a lot of this authors work and I think he is one of the best nature photographers in the business. His work is outstanding.