As cameras have become increasingly more automated, all the photographer has to do is point and shoot. For the creative photographer, though, this is often where the problems start. While point-and-shoot may seem effortless, it doesn't offer what they really need: true creative control over their image-making.

Creative Exposure Control hands control and power back to the photographer. Conveniently organized into three sections Understanding Exposure, Assessing Exposure, and Controlling Exposure it takes readers step by step from basic theory through such topics as metering systems and adjusting exposure in the camera as well as the processing stage. It's a refreshing, jargon-free guide that makes a somewhat complicated subject simple.

For anyone who has ever wrestled with the intricacies of Ansel Adams's famed Zone System or simply wondered how to take a meter reading, Creative Exposure Control shows readers how to get the shot they want every time.

Les Meehan is an acclaimed freelance photographer who works regularly for many well-known magazines.

ISBN: 0-8174-3727-4 Watson-Guptill / Amphoto Book (Paperback) 6 1/4 x 10 1/2 129 pages 300 color illustrations May 2001