Justin Van Leeuwen

Passionately written; the Tao of Photography, Jun 15 2009

I've read a lot of books about Photoshop, cameras, and lighting - all of which dealing with a very technical end of taking photos and tinkering with images. Within the Frame deals more with the Why, than the how.

Half-way through the read you begin to truly understand that you're not reading a book specifically about how to take a picture, you probably have a pretty good idea on how to do that already, really what DuChemin gets into is how HE takes photos - slow down, pre-visualize, meet people, experience cultures.

His photographic "theory" can be applied every day, if you want to change your frame of mind into a more zen: see the world as it really is, behind the… Read more