John Crippen

Animal Portraits with the Digital Photography of John Crippen: Learning Photography with Animals

This book has over 100 captivating photos with some of the information such as ISO, shutter speed, and aperture settings under each image. There will be a little dialog once in a while about a certain lens, filter, or technique, but most of the book is a chance to look at the images and decide what kind of composition you would like to experiment with on your on own. Incorporated in the collection is different lighting, color, and field of depth combinations so you can decide what kind of shots you'd like to play with. Above all else, if you enjoy animals and wild life, you'll probably love this book. It's geared towards people transitioning from a point and shoot to a DSLR camera, but is useful at all levels.