A Guide for Owners and Residents of Old Houses What are the best sources for researching the history of your home? How do you know if a particular old house is right for you? The original siding on your historic house is missing -- what can you do? How can you safely clean the exterior of your house? The answers to many questions such as these are given in this well-illustrated handbook for owners and residents of old homes. Caring for Your Old House offers comprehensive advice to old-house owners and residents on researching; repairing and maintaining an old residence to avoid the pitfalls of too many changes too soon. In this authoritative guidebook; the author demystifies the questions surrounding what is historically significant; what is an appropriate rehabilitation and when is restoration appropriate. Caring for Your Old House offers helpful advice on: * inspecting a house for possible purchase * what to expect when considering repairs to exterior and interior portions of the house * energy conservation methods * hiring architects and contractors * ongoing maintenance * and much more! This book is filled with checklists and tips including 10 money-saving ideas for consideration before beginning rehabilitation; a capsule history of the preservation movement; descriptions of key architectural styles and 14 ways to finance a rehabilitation. Also included is a glossary; a reading list; the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Rehabilitation and more than 150 illustrations and photographs.
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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful. THE book for those ready to take their camera off the Auto settings!By JSMost books about digital photography start at the beginning -- what to look for in a digital camera. Most books that teach you how to use the functions of a camera -- F stop. shutter speed. etc. -- are geared towards SLR cameras. But what if youre somewhere in the middle -- you already own a digital camera with manual settings but dont know your aperture from your white balance? Then this is the book for you.This was the only book I really found that shows. step-by-step. the who. what. where. when and why behind the functions of the digital camera. Easy to read (this is not one of those 400-page bibles.) with accurate photographs to guide you every step of the way and assignments at the end of each chapter to give you a hands-on learning experience. you will see improvement in your photographs right away. Once you grasp the freddom and control you actually have over your photographs you will want to take your camera everywhere and apply what youve learned.I highly recommend this book. even if you just read the highly informative captions that accompany every photograph in the book.(edited for typo)2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Best in classBy Paul T. StewartThis book is great. I have recommended it to many people since I first read it back in 2005. I was getting involved with photography again after more than 10 years away from it. I knew I needed to review the fundamentals and learn what the differences were between film. which is where I started as a kid. and digital photography. This book did not disappoint. it is concise. easy to read/understand and assumes the reader knows zip about photography.The best primer Ive ever seen and it doesnt matter whether you use a point shoot or plan to move up to a top of the line Nikon or Canon DSLR someday. the fundamentals are the same and the book covers the features and limitations of all kinds of gear.If there were six stars available for this I would have given it six.Paul StewartHendersonville. Tennessee17 of 17 people found the following review helpful. An Excellent Basic TextBy CDI am an advanced amature who holds a degree in photography and I was looking for a book to use as a basic text for an introduction to photography class that I wanted to teach. I looked at several dozen and I settled on The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography. This is an easy to read. reasonably organized book with exemplar photographs to assist in illustrating the authors topics. For my purposes I wanted a supplimental text that the student could use to help understand basic concepts (exposure. depth of field. shutter speed/motion relationships. with some discussion of the digital aspects of photography such as file types and white balancing)Any reviewer can find some error. missing information or other criticism of even the best books. When I read reviews. I am interested in the readers objective for reading the book. because this puts the review in perspective. From the perspective of introducing novice photographers and first time digital users to basic elements of photography. this is about the best I could find that matched my style of teaching.I found particularly useful the tips and personal assignments scattered throughout the book to encourage experimentation (a very useful learning tool). A small but useful glossery of photographic terms and questions first time digital camera buyers should ask are additional benefits of this book.My final input comes from my observations of my students. At breaks I found many of them reading the book and refering to the sections as they followed along in the class. I had enthusiastic reports from students that they found the chapters easy to read and they were also quick reading. I incude a text evaluaton question in my class evaluation and the overwelming response was that they found this book very helpful to learn concepts that they had never been introduced to. The book dovetails well with basic class instruction and field assignments.For the beginner. looking for an easy to follow. simple introduction to the concepts of basic photography. this is a good book. I am very happy I decided on The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography for my class.
