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| The Art of Photographing Nature | 
| Author: Martha Hill
Creator: Art Wolfe
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 122520
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0517880342
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.93
EAN: 9780517880340
ASIN: 0517880342
Publication Date: July 7, 1993
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Condition: Very light wear outside. The pages are clean.
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Product Description
The first how-to book by Art Wolfe, America's most renowned nature photographer, written in collaboration with the former photography editor of Audubon magazine. Together, they help everyone from novice to experienced amateur to see like a photography professional. Full-color photographs.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Art Wolfe is a master July 28, 2008
As an advanced amateur photographer I got quite a bit of useful information from Art Wolfe's commentary. The comparison of photographs was particularly beneficial. The commentary by Martha Hill was not useful to me (hence 4 stars). She either agreed with Art Wolfe or she talked about a picture being publishable or not.
 The theory and tips on composition are great! April 28, 2008
I havent finish reading this book, but I have read more than half of it.I have to say its one of the best I've read on how to photograph anything outdoors. It covers from some basic things such as how to expose and use lenses and it has a lot of information and very well explained on how to compose to create different intentions your pictures could have. Along the book Art and Martha Hill explain what they feel and see in every picture they look and they tell how such a message was created through the picture and some tips to achieve it. If you are looking for a book made by Art Wolfe (like I was) this is not it, most of the comments are Marthas (around 70%) but they are about arts work and he doesnt need to say much so the result is very good at the end anyway.
I highly recommend it for people who are looking to improve their composition skills and people who like photographing outdoors.
The best for learning nature composition! February 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm new to photography, and bought a bunch of books on technique, composition and landscape photography. This book turned out to be most useful one on improving composition. By showing different versions of the same photo and through excellent commentary, the authors do a great job of explaining various choices a photographer faces in the field, and why one photo works better than the others.
If you're a novice and going to buy a single book on composition, it should be this one! (assuming that you know how to use your camera, i.e. what aperture, exposure, etc means).
The other books I bought turned out to be pretty useless compared to this one (J. Shaw's Lanscape Photography, Nature Photography Field Guide, Patterson's Photography and the Art of Seeing).
The book is very direct. It tells you what works and why. Coming from a former Audubon editor, it's very very well written. The pictures are top notch. Big congratulations to both authors!
Worth Reading and Re-Reading July 13, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Art of Photographing Nature is a unique photography book. Not only do you get a master photographer (Art Wolfe) dissecting his own work, his commentary is supplemented by Martha Hill. Ms. Hill was formerly the editor of Audubon Magazine and brings an entirely different perspective to the analysis. The hundreds of photos not only show off Mr. Wolfe's considerable ability but also provide fertile ground for the discussion of what make one shot more desirable than another.
This is not a book that will satisfy those desiring a step-by-step guide to nature photography. It's more of a free form discussion that is illuminating but will provide as much food for thought as it does hard information. In fact, the two don't always see the same picture the same way and that in itself is interesting though, again, it could frustrate someone looking for one right answer. As long as you can accept the book for what it is, I highly recommend it. In fact, this is one book that you shouldn't read just once. Come back to it every so often and you'll find that it opens your eyes to new possibilities again and again.
Excellent Photograpy, Disappointing Editing September 17, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I purchased my copy of this book in 1997 and have read it more than once. Art Wolfe's photography is outstanding and the inclusion of two or more takes, with explanatory verbiage, on the images is of great value in understanding how he got the shots and what goes into making the best shots.
Martha Hill also provides interesting insight for the photographer on the inner workings of a publication or at least the photo editing function. This can be useful to those determined to sell their work for publication.
Both Art's & Martha's explanations on why they like a certain image in a comparative spread are illuminating and they occasionally disagree as to which image is best. This is, of course, perfectly acceptable as the individual perspective that each brings to the table, Art's artistic perspective, and Martha's publication-oriented perspective, as well as their personal tastes all come into play in determining what is the "best" image.
An otherwise good effort is marred by poor text editing. This book, or at least the version that I have - last date 1993 - could have benefited from a text editor. There are many instances in which the technical information - lens length, aperture, f stop or shutter speed - provided in the image caption and that provided in the text disagree. The first of these occurs on pages 6 & 7. The image caption notes that the shutter speed for the Adelie penguins was 1/250, but the text indicates 1/500. (I provided this citation so that you can see if the version of the book you are looking at has been updated. Hopefully, any newer printings would have rectified this issue.)
The frequent inconsistency of the technical information relating to how an image was captured should have been caught in the editorial process. In addition, if one of the purposes of the book is to be instructive, although not in a text book fashion, it fails, at least partially, in this mission due to the inconsistent technical information.
All in all, this was a good book with many tips for the budding nature photographer. Even experienced photographers who do not have nature experience can learn from Art's discussions.
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