Picture Perfect Practice: A Self-Training Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Taking World-Class Photographs (Voices That Matter)

I am so fortunate to bought this amazing bookI hope everyone should read this book once in his photographic career

Very very good

Excellent book. Roberto teaches with whole heartedly.

Although most of the pictures in this book are from weddings, this isn't a wedding photography book. In fact, it's a super book that helps you see better. The author encourages you to look for "gifts" in the location that you can use in your photographs, such as geometry, balance, parallel lines, symmetry, colour elements, depth, shadows, silhouettes, reflections, patterns/repetitions, frames, paintings and artwork, contrasts, lens flare, and walls.I've taken notes for each of these 'gifts' that I continually refer to. For example, is there a reflective surface in the environment (such as a mirror, bevelled glass, chrome, dark panel, polished table)? Can you use it to capture two sides of one person, or two people (one normal, one reflected)? Remember you don't aways need to show the whole subject in the reflection -- you can reflect just a part of the subject with a narrow reflection. If there are two mirrors, can you make them face each other and get an infinite series or use them to show multiple angles? Can you reflect the subject in water (such as a stream or a puddle)?The focus on helping you see better makes this an excellent text for any photographer.

Saying this book is great doesn't help unless I admit who's saying it: I'm extremely self critical and am certain I don't have "innate creativity" yet I live photography. this book addresses that by explaining how "creativity" is the result of hard work and practice, and helps to redirect self criticism into something constructive. It also has the guts to show photos that failed and explain why.I'm getting the rest of the series.

Written in easy to read sections with a tonne of great info. I really do love this book - it has a tonne of post-it notes stuck on the pages now, so that I can remember tips (no way would I use a highlighter pen lol!). I'm looking forward to working my way through the suggested exercises.

A great book for helping you to open your mind to all the creative possibilities available in any given environment. Roberto is definitely passionate - I have purchased online courses on creative live and whilst his delivery method may not be for everyone (some think he is patronising) his intent is purely to push people to be the best they can be and he has a very sincere heart. The tasks are easy to do but help to cement the information that you have processed and it is a great way of getting you to practice on a regular basis. He is right in saying you shouldn't be practising on clients! Get it right before then and it will make you a much more confident photographer in the long run.

This is one of the best books ihaveti read I genuinely learned more from this than all my books I love to read and Roberto days at the beginning about his confidence of making you a better photographer at the end of the book it's 100% true you will view the world and your work with different eyes. My only complaint was it ended I loved this book really worth buying