I stumbled across Tony Northrup’s Channel early last year and immediately subscribed to his channel after watching one of his videos.
Through these videos, I discovered that he has also written a book titled, “How to Create: Stunning Digital Photography”.
The book caught my interest as he does offer excellent free tutorials and information on YouTube; I wanted to see what else was on offer within the book.
Basic Information
Website: http://www.northrup.org
eBook:
Paperback: $24.99
Number of Pages:
Puchase from: Amazon.com
Overview When you first get into photography, you set yourself on a long path ahead as there are various types of photography available to you. The beauty of this book is that it gives you an insight of all the popular forms of Photography. Within this one book, Tony Northrup not only helps you through the basics of taking a photo; such as exposure and composition, he also explores the various types of photography out there; such as landscapes, nature and macro.
Those are only a few topics to name that feature within this book.
Table of Contents
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Formats
The book comes in an eBook and Paperback format. The eBook is currently priced at (Insert Price), and the Paperback is priced a little more at (Insert Price).
For obvious reasons, the price increase is due to the cost to produce the book; however it’s important to know that you are still entitled to an eBook download with the paperback purchase.
For all the visual and auditory learners, they also include videos to go along with the written information within each chapter. This is true for both paperback and eBook.
With the power of new technology, it is now possible to embed videos into the eBook. I found this a fantastic way of visually reviewing what I had just read, as it is a lot easier to make sense of something once you see what is being described to you.
The videos are also available to you if you have the paperback version with the use of QR codes and URL’s.
Bonuses
• 3hrs of Video - As mentioned before, the eBook and paperback version both include access to 3hrs worth of video footage which compliments the written content to help readers visualize scenarios.
• Support – Purchasing this book also gives you access to Tony Northrups photography groups where he, and his co-author Chelsea, provide further support and advice along with other photographers within the community
• Free eBook Updates – The eBook occasionally updates with new information, and these updates are free. So you won’t be seeing a vol.2 to this book anytime soon, as the information would just be updated via eBook.
Review
I had the opportunity to review both the eBook and paperback versions of the book, and even though I am a man of the digital age, I somewhat preferred the paperback version. The layout was much more intuitive as any images that were being discussed within the paperback book was also laid out in front of you on the same page, whereas the eBook you would have thumbnails to hit on the left which would open up a slideshow to review the images.
However, on the other hand, at times I preferred the eBook as it was easier to reference the videos that were embedded with a simple press of a button, rather than being using a smart phone or laptop to review the videos.
Regardless of the format chosen to read this book, the information inside is great! There is information in here which can help photographers at all levels, as Tony does touch on many different topics.
Nitpicks
As briefly mentioned earlier, the eBook was a little less intuitive to navigate through.
When you’re scrolling through the eBook, you might hit a point where the paragraph asks you to reference a gallery, and then you may have to scroll back up to find the gallery.
As an example, I have taken a screenshot for “Figure 2-3”.
With the vast amounts of information and various types of photography out in this world, it would be impossible to cover all the topics within one book. However, Tony has managed to cover a large number of topics already and the book is still being updated with new information.
Tony also covers topics such as Weddings, HDR, and Macro, and by reading this book; you will not become an expert in these fields. There are workshops and other materials out there dedicated to these topics. However, the information provided definitely gives you a head start as Tony does explain things in an non-intimidating manner which makes the information a lot easier to digest.
At the price this book is being sold for against the amount of knowledge that is shared within it across a large number of topics, you cannot argue this book is beneficial to someone just starting out in photography.
I started my photography life just under 2yrs ago now, and I have picked up new information and new techniques throughout various chapters of this book!
If you choose to purchase this book, and you can’t decide between the paperback and eBook, I unfortunately cannot help you in this decision. All I can say is that I had the opportunity to review both paperback and eBook, and I preferred reading the paperback due to its layout, however I kept picking up my iPad and reading on my iPhone whilst I was on the go.
The book was a great read, with valuable information inside, all nicely organised and presented too you in a very easy to digest way from beginning to end. I would highly recommend this book to anyone starting out in photography.
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