The follow-up to A Letter to My Dog takes on cats; with celebrities writing letters of love and gratitude to their beloved pet felines. Alluring; elusive; mysteriousmdash;the cats in our lives are not always easy to get to know. But as with all pets; they have unique personalities and stories to tell. Alongside beautiful four-color photos of their cats; A Letter to My Cat collects personal letters from celebrities offering love and gratitude for all that their cats bring to their lives.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. B. Tharp "Artist"By Robert MartineauI had been away from serious photography for many years. About 1 year ago I had taken up painting; and needed some reference photos to use with the painting. I was so pleased with the photo results; that Ive rediscovered photography. Ive read several books; but the 2 that Im most pleased with are Creative Nature Outdoor Photography and Bryan Petersons Understanding Photography Field Guide. Both are excellent and Id recommend them to anyone who wants to understand what their camera is capable of doing. But most important; how to see a quality photo even before it is shot.When I read it is with a highlighter in hand. There is hardly a page in either book that I havent marked or written a note to myself inspired by what I had just read.The bonus of these books is the photographic examples the authors use. If you bought Creative Nature Outdoor Photography; just for the remarkable photos it would be worth the price.Maybe you know someone with an budding interest in photgraphy; consider these books as a gift to them. Theyll become much better and faster photographers than learning on their own.7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Solid introductory book on compositionBy Alan ShiThe original edition of "Creative Nature Outdoor Photography" is a great guide for beginners to learn to take better photographs. Despite its age; much of the content is still relevant to todays photographers. The updated edition of this book contains fresh images; and new material specifically about digital photography. While the selection of images and core of the text both continue to be very enjoyable; the new technical information presented is underwhelming and relatively poorly described. I think this book would have been a lot stronger if it maintained its focus on compositional/creative topics rather than occasionally diverge into technical subjects. Those looking for technical information would be better advised to look elsewhere.In terms of creative instruction; this book is similar to Petersons "Learning to See Creatively". These two books do overlap; although in many ways; they are complementary. Tharp covers core topics like lighting; design elements; and composition quite well (and this is what made the book so successful in the first edition). If youve never been exposed to these ideas; this book is a great introduction. The material is engaging and easy-to-read; and does not feel like a textbook (which many books on composition tend to feel like). However; if you are already familiar with these topics; the presentation may feel a bit shallow. On a few occasions; a topic will be described and stop just short of giving really practical advice or examples on how it might be used. It was disappointing to sometimes read a fairly vague passage and then have it qualified with something generic like "just keep trying and youll get it" (sic). Nevertheless; this is still among one of the better introductory instructional books on composition.Of the few sidebars (or otherwise minor sections) on technical topics; none were covered very well. Tharp discusses the histogram; and exposing to the right; as well as topics like HDR and some post-processing ideas; all of which had fairly weak coverage. The weakest topic by far was on depth of field; where the book tries to describe hyperfocal focusing; and basically butchers the topic. The text describes the DoF master application; but not the excellent website; where all of this is explained wonderfully.Despite its flaws; the real meat of this book continues to be relatively good. This book is best for beginning photographers. If you more advanced; and are looking for some deeper discussion of vision and expression through photography (something that Tharp hints at in a few places); then Id highly recommend you take a look at David duChemins excellent books instead.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very helpfulBy GlenI am a hard grader so. . . I found this to be not much different from her earlier book; however there are always gems hidden in every new addition which I enjoy mining. I found her comments about Photoshops plug-in for HDR to be worth the price of the book; its very helpful for post processing when shooting HDR. I also find that her camera and lens setting for each shot informative plus her results are pretty spectacular. It always helps a hobbyist like me to try harder to get something close to her shots and to that end she succeeded. Thanks Brenda.
