Prioject Books ??

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So, My brother got me a photography book this year for christmas.
Michael Freeman's 101 Top Digital Photography Tips. (Great book i must say)
Its a great source of reading and learning. and makes me realise how important some things are in photography.

My question is...
Do any of you know of a book that would have projects to do on a few different categories.

Like say there is a chapter on slow shutter speeds, then at the end it gives you a mini project at the end of each chapter to do, to learn and understand what you have read.
I know some will say "take what you have read in the book and put it to practice to learn it"
but im thinking more of the lines of the book would have an example to try follow, to try get similiar results,

Yes some will say check out flicker for any category/Chapter for examples, but when on location or out and about i dont have internet,
so Books are great for in the feild and can be carried arround with ease.

In trying to get similiar results i would learn and understand why i didnt get it first time and eventually get it it close to what was been shown on page and explained.

Cheers
Danny

Prenderb

It sounds like you know what to do already!

Take your camera out somewhere, see a picture you'd like to take. Then, take that picture with a range of shutter speeds from 1/1000 say to something slower, like 1/2 or 1/1 - then you can compare your results to each other and see what happened when you changed it - this is easy if you have digital camera as the image will tell you what shutter speed, aperture, etc you used. For shutter speeds try moving and static objects.

Do the same with aperture, go from wide open (1/4.5 or whatever) to closed 1/22 or so. See what that does. Same with ISO.

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Ok maybe using slow shutter speed as an example wasnt the best idea i had,

Projects as in ,
1.Fast moving vehicle's, Trains, cars.

2. Proper way to catch water drops.

3. Shoot Cloud shapes while keeping the lanscape clear also.

4. Macro shots.

5.night shots/Star trails.

were an auther would explain a little of how to take certain shots. then i try copy.

and no doubt about it there will be things i would never have even thought about.

maybe im looking for for too much direction from a book.

kelly1

Why don't we help you out with a few ideas?

- Practice panning. Visit Mondello park and take some car/motorbike shots. Panning makes all the difference to a motor shot.

- Learn about perspective. Try shooting the same scene with different distances from the subject with varying focal lengths.

- Spend a day shooting in black and white looking for interesting tones and patterns.

- Spend a day shooting with a prime lens e.g 50mm.

- Ask strangers if you can take their photo. Builds confidence!

- Try some trick photoraphy like this

- Best of all, check out the Photo Challenge sub-forum!

Good luck!

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thanks kelly1,

sounds perfect for practise and learning with ideas i would NOT have thought of.