New Book - "Photographing Models and Miniatures"

[Jager]

Thought this might be of interest.



From Model Collector Magazine :

Photographing Models and Miniatures, provides a practical guide to documenting your collection whatever its theme may be. Penned by Model Collector contributor Paul Brent Adams, this will help you achieve great results using the simplest of techniques. Published in paperback format, the book is priced at £14.99 and can be ordered from all good bookstores by quoting ISBN 978-1-4456-6254-1 or directly from the publisher’s website at www.amberley-books.com

[LUW]

Bought it!
But from Amazon BR.

[Tom]

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

[grinbergs]

Cool, this must be looked into closer. Looking forward to hearing your reviews.

[LUW]

At least for me, it was a pre-sale - the book will only be released in September 1st. And since Amazon BR offered free shipping, I'll only be getting it by October probably.

[dcast]

Now there's an interesting and very useful book, gotta look into getting it

[David MG]

Looked on Amazon UK for this book and the one revue was 2 stars! I paste it here:-

"I'm so sorry. I was really looking forward to this book and so wanted to like it because - as the synopsis says - "Most photography books are written by professional photographers, who love complexity, arcane language, and lots of expensive equipment. But this one is different - believing the best results come form simplicity". Well, as someone who's taken thousands of pictures of my own and other people's models and miniatures I entirely accept the sentiment and the book is certainly different but the printed result completely destroys the concept - the pictures throughout the book are so naive and amateur (I suppose the book's cover should have given me a clue) and there is really nothing in the text that is new or helpful to the amateur model photographer. (Paul obviously has a surfeit of tea leaves in his house.) The book is sweet (damning with faint praise, I guess) and I applaud the author for putting his ideas and practices on paper (as I've so often wanted to do on so many subjects) but I so wish he had had more to 'show and tell'. I do hope he sells lots of copies."

[GBOAC002]

If it's not available in physical form until 1 September how has this reviewer formed their opinion? And what about that last sentence...?

[David MG]

If it's not available in physical form until 1 September how has this reviewer formed their opinion? And what about that last sentence...?

According to Amazon they have 5 used and 16 new in stock.

[GBOAC002]

Perhaps it's the copies for overseas which are 1 Sept release.

[LUW]

Really? Crap!
I'll have to cancel my order then.

[Featherless_Biped]

(I suppose the book's cover should have given me a clue)

Disregarding the unusual selection of a ragged model for a cover shot, the single-source lighting and the out-of-focus foreground do not suggest any refinements to mere snapshot photography. He does, however, match the direction of the soft lighting on the model with the lighting in the background – a common oversight.

RT