donaldjledet
Senior Member
would it be a good magazine to get to learn about photography?
My personal choice would be a book on photography. A lot of the magazines I see are either too elementary or for such a niche market that they don't really help that much. Even so, I just can't keep from buying one or two every month. I might recommend N-Photo out of the UK, and available at some newsstands. I also know someone who can't stand it, and won't bother to borrow mine.
Some publishers produce "how to" compendiums that present a lot of good information. Though they can be very pricey for their magazine type format (often $30 or more), I believe that they are a better value than monthly magazines.
You might check your local library for new and back issues of the most popular photography magazines. You can also look into "free" intro subscriptions to some pubs that are available online for tablets or computers.
Good luck!
WM
Popular Photography has some pretty pictures, occasionally an interesting camera review, and about every other month it will have an article that is worth reading. My wife got me a subscription as a surprise. It is a very quick read every month. I have gotten a couple of interesting ideas and skills from it. I would not resubscribe though.
I have picked up one occasionally at Books A Million and came to the very same conclusions. It is pretty useless, at least for someone at my level, compared to what it was back in the '70's. But I always thought Modern Photography was far better written and when it came to reviews, far more extensive and objective. There was also Peterson's Photgraphic, which I found to be pretty worthless even back then. I don't know if it is even still around, I have not seen it in quite a while.
Go to any Books A Million or other similar bookstore and look in the photography isle.
is there a way i can get there d7100 review online?