Books by Michael Freeman

First of all, I cannot believe how long it has been since I last posted to my web site. I certainly have been busy, but I guess not with adding images and news to my web site. I have a bunch of new images to post from Rome, Yosemite, Bandon, Pennsylvania and more. But first, I want to talk about Michael Freeman.Always on the lookout for good books on photography in general and composition in particular, I saw a couple of posts recommending The Photographer's Mind. After looking into Mr. Freeman, I found that he has been quite a successful photographer from the UK as well as being quite a prolific writer. His earlier book, The Photographer's Eye was also highly rated, so I ordered both.Let me say that I have not found two better books on knowledge, science and art of composition that Mr. Freeman's books. The first book, The Photographer's Eye, is a text book on composition. Like most very good technical books, Mr. Freeman can be a little tedious, but the book is outstanding in his presentation of concepts, ideas, examples and the various options that will confront a photographer in the capture of an image. Believe me, I have a number of books on composition and Mr. Freeman's book is miles ahead of the others.For those of you how have gone iPad and are totally frustrated with the poor quality of photographic books via Kindle, I am very happy to report that Mr. Freeman has developed an app versions of this book available here.The Photographer's Mind is the logical next step in a persons development as a photographer. After working through the elements of composition, Mr. Freeman leads us on a journey to creatively think about ones images, the why rather than the how. One very interesting and important chapter deals with the concept of "cliched scenes," an issue for those involved with nature photography. What makes an image "cliche" you might ask? It would be an inherently  attractive scene with a conventional viewpoint, an established point in a tourist trail, a strong stylistic technique well beyond its time, or a style way beyond its popularity. To read Mr. Freeman's thoughts on what one can do to address cliche scene's like the Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, you will need to read his book.But don't just stop with these two books. He also has one on The Complete Guide to Black & White Digital Photography, Perfect Exposure: The Professional's Guide to Capturing Perfect Digital Photographs, The Complete Guide to Light & Lighting in Digital Photography and several others.For those of you who want to find out more about Mr. Freeman, he has an active web site and bog at michaelfreemanphoto.com