A few words about the format of...

Getting Serious About
Photography

A Self-Paced Workshop for Expanding
Your Photographic Skills and Vision

a how-to book by
Ernest H. Robl

Please note...

• This book consists primarily of text. It is not a picture book, though it does include 22 black and white illustrations (from color transparency originals). (Many examples of the author's photography are available on the author's Web site.)
• The book format is 8.5x11 inches (22x28 cm), with approximately 140 of these large-format pages. (Final revisions of the work were still in progress when this Web page was being prepared.)
• Most pages contain two columns of text with moderately small type.
• It is supplied as a shrink-wrapped package of loose-leaf pages (printed double-sided on heavy paper) with holes for widely available standard three-hole ringbinders. (A binder is not included in the base price.)
• This format was selected for the following reasons:
  • To provide good portability
  • To keep production costs reasonable
  • So that users can
    • add their own loose-leaf pages with notes and additional information
    • add their own divider tabs for various chapters, if desired
• Copies with holes for European-style four-ring binders are available and normally kept in stock. These copies actually have seven holes for ringbinders so that they can be used in both American and European binders.
• This book contains
  • A detailed table of contents
  • A preface explaining how the book came about
  • 20 chapters / sessions with
    • practical and technical information
    • special sections on specific photographic equipment
    • exercises for applying theory covered in the chapter
  • Appendices providing
    • a postscript
    • a glossary
    • a bibliography
    • a user comment form
  • A log form (which users can duplicate), intended to record technical and other details of photos made in trying out ideas presented in the book.

To view sample Content, click below...

Review copies are available to reviewers for magazines and newspapers. Please request review copies on your publication's letterhead. Be sure to specify which title you are requesting.

Ready to order?

Return to introductory page for
Getting Serious About Photography.

[Feedback] [Business] [Transportation] [Pictures] [Newsletters]
[Ernest H. Robl Home Page]