Review of 'Capturing Light -The heart of photography" Michael Freeman

Having had my copy of Michael Freeman's new book for just over a week I have been glued to it's pages. The book is in the same format as previous works such as "The photographer's Eye' also with publishers ILEX.

It just happens that my particular section of the course is on Light so this book is of particular value to me. Michael Freeman's work has a very strong practical bias with lots of tips and ways of working to achieve the results which are shown with numerous examples. There are some amazing photographs within and they can be very inspiring. The great thing is that the methods used to get them are right alongside so a 'learning photographer' such as myself has a good 'starting block' to kick off from.

One of the really valuable sections to me personally was the inspiring pages on Gray Light (which is usually the case here in Gloucestershire) and getting awesome pictures when the 'Golden Hour' of low warm light with long shadows is unavailable.

The book on the whole is a fabulous resource for any Photographer and my only negative criticisms (if they are negative?) are my personal frustration with not having the time and resources to go to the stunning locations available to the author and the pressure finally applied to purchase an Apple iPhone so I can use the Helios app. mentioned in the pages on Timing/Elevation with regards to the suns position in the sky. There is probably an android app. equivalent though if I search.


Capturing Light -The Heart of Photography
Michael Freeman 2013 ILEX