Visual Poetry

This was recommended to me by a photographer whose work I follow and whom I met through the On Taking Pictures podcast. I know of Chris Orwig through his Lightroom tutorials on Lynda.com. I took his Lightroom course for Lightroom 1.0 and have stuck with that software and what I learned from Chris ever since.

I read this book over a couple of days in peace and tranquillity and Chris's words really hit home. A lot of it reads like cliché, but, in the peace and quiet, I'm reminded that clichés become so because they are essentially true. Follow your dreams, be creative above all, all that sort of thing. He writes in a style that is accessible and uses a lot of well-known quotations that illustrate his points. This works well. I only wish that the Kindle version had bigger images. I read it on my iPad and the images illustrating his points are thumbnails.

There is a wealth of follow-up material that I haven't checked out, but hope to when time permits. I can see that the assignments could make me a better photographer too.