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Ever wondered how to shoot a herd of galloping wildebeest, frame the Eiffel Tower at sunset, or capture the sparkle of a fireworks display? This guide provides inside tips on getting the pictures you want. Learn how to upgrade images from simple shots of your travels to striking photographs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, 19 Jun 2002

By	The Handsome Stick - See all my reviews

Travel Photography is an innacurate title. This book is a fantastic guide to beginners and intermediate photographers with a focus given through examples of travel photography. To describe it as Travel Photography is a bit restrictive. It would benefit anyone whether you're trekking in Nepal or sitting in a chip shop in Battersea.
All aspects of photography from basic to quite advanced techniques are covered in a very readable and understandable form. There is no effort on the readers behalf to comprehend what is being explained. Chapter after chapter seem to fall into place.
All photographs are coupled with complete discriptions of how the images were made. Film type, apeture, shutter speed, filters etc.
By the end of the book (which I read cover to cover in three days) you have a thorough understanding of the tools and techniques of photography.
The book itself is well produced. Good quality prints, clean layout and easy to navigate. Its size also means it could fit into a decent sized camera bag as a constant reference.

If you buy one book on photography make it this one.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pocketable guide packed with useful information, 2 Aug 2001

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I bought this book after hearing good things about it on a photography mailing list. The type and illustrations are small, but this helps keep the size down. That way you're more likely to keep it lying around or even take it with you.

I particularly like the fact that the captions almost always give lens, shutter and aperture information. Also, while he suggests the kind of equipment he finds useful, Richard spends more time on how to get the best travel photos - getting to locations, dealing with people.

One thing I thought it was short of was specific information on what is taboo or frowned upon in various countries. With his experience, I was expecting to read this. Otherwise a very handy book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for reference and to build on a basic knowledge, 27 Jan 2005

By	Isabella Bardswell "bardsi" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I have read a few photography books in my time and I have also been on an expensive photography course. This book is the perfect accompaniment to the knowledge I already have as a reference guide and to reinforce the knowledge I already have. It also provides excellent tips and advice based on Richard I'Anson's considerable experience. I have learnt lots from this book and it is the first guide book I have ever read literally every word of. The book is well structured, well indexed and well written to it's easy to look things up quickly in the field. There are also masses of fantastic photographs that illustrate every technique and learning point in the book. Looking at a photograph illustrating the point being made by the text is absolutely the best way to understand and learn so this is really valuable.

If you know what an aperture is and have a basic understanding of how that affects the light hitting the film/pixels in your camera then I really can't recommend this book highly enough as it is pitched at someone who gets the basics. This avoids patronising and tedious basic explanations that fill half of many guidebooks.

If you don't know the basics of apertures and shutter speeds then I would recommend finding out from the many excellent websites out there and buying this book anyway.

Basically - I rate this book extremely highly and thoroughly recommend buying yourself a copy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The book for film SLR types
I'd always liked the pictures in lonely planet guides. This is the guy who took most of them. He keeps things simple, but covers a lot of ground. Read more

Published 6 months ago by gorilla

3.0 out of 5 stars Horrible font used in the book
my only major complaint about the book is the font used, I work a lot of late evening and night shifts and find the small, light grey font horrible for reading it really tires my... Read more

Published 9 months ago by M. Falconer

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs to pick an audience and go with it
For a book that specifically states in its opening pages that it is NOT aimed at people wishing to take professional photographs, but at travellers who want to improve their... Read more

Published 21 months ago by C. Dymock

3.0 out of 5 stars more for the beginer end of the market..
The early chapters on kit are quite out of date now, and to be honest a little irrelevant as most people looking to improve their pictures will have the kit already... Read more

Published on 21 Aug 2007 by C. Costello

2.0 out of 5 stars Too technical for the average traveller
For the keen photographer, I am sure this would be a useful book. It's nicely written and laid out, with lots of illustrative photographs of various exotic locales... Read more

Published on 30 Jun 2007 by BookWorm

4.0 out of 5 stars Good advice, but dating rapidly in some areas
For my taste there's rather too much at the start on selecting your camera, different types of film etc and digital comes a very poor second best. Read more

Published on 10 Jun 2007 by Mr. S. Crook

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book!
Presented everything I wanted to know to get started taking photos with my SLR in a straight forward and easy to read manner. Read more

Published on 29 Sep 2006 by Chris

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good travel photography book
Travel Photography: A Guide To Taking Better Pictures by Richard I'Anson (lonely planet)

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Published on 28 Aug 2006 by Kenneth Grahame Society

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on photography, but outdated on digital cameras
This book is absolutely fantastic on telling you about photography in general, from choosing and looking after your camera, through to detailed but easy to read information on... Read more

Published on 14 Oct 2004 by djwhisky

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple advice for the travelling photographer
An ideal book for the travelling photographer. It is light weight so you can take it with you anywhere you go and it does focus on travel photography and provides advice adapted... Read more

Published on 26 Jan 2004 by Bruno Girin

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