Book of the month - Snap!
Photography - Foundation Course, Peter Cattrell, Bounty Books, ISBN 780753 713594
All of the truly great photographers Cartier Bresson, Man Ray, Karsh, Patrick Lichfield and yes... our own underrated Frank Attard, all had to start somewhere. Many began snapping family and friends with a box Brownie, others were thrown in at the deep end with a Leica and a newspaper assignment. This book starts somewhere between the Brownie and the Leica and should prove invaluable to any aspiring photographer.
Available from Allied Retail and Commercial Co. Ltd at the giveaway price of just Lm3.25 it delves into the history of photography and comes bang up to date with a dissertation on digital techniques... for good measure.
It also gives an introduction to developing prints and discusses how to acquire a professional attitude to taking pictures.
There are copious illustrations and colour prints, as you would expect in a book that deals with a visual art. There is a particularly good chapter on portrait photography.
You may not yet aspire to being another Cartier Bresson, but Peter Cattrell's book is an excellent introduction to the art.
Available from Allied Retail and Commercial Co. Ltd at the giveaway price of just Lm3.25 it delves into the history of photography and comes bang up to date with a dissertation on digital techniques... for good measure.
It also gives an introduction to developing prints and discusses how to acquire a professional attitude to taking pictures.
There are copious illustrations and colour prints, as you would expect in a book that deals with a visual art. There is a particularly good chapter on portrait photography.
You may not yet aspire to being another Cartier Bresson, but Peter Cattrell's book is an excellent introduction to the art.