Understanding Exposure - Highly Recommended
Posted by Brett Veenstra
A Great Book on Various Photography Topics
On our recent photowalk in Northville, the book “Understanding Exposure” came up. I’ve recommended this book to people over and over again, so I figured I should post an easy way to find it on Amazon.
This book explains many things in an approachable way, doesn’t bury you in details, and gave me inspiration with the photos included as examples. It really broadened my horizons for both the terminology and a modern approach to photography topics.
I’ll put a full redux of the Photowalk up a little later here and on PhotoWalking.org.
The folks at Digital Photography School put up a more detailed review if you’re interested!
Book Review: Angels & Demons
Posted by Brett Veenstra
Suspense, Mystery, Action, Faith, Science, History, Corruption, Conspiracy. Dude, what’s not to like?!
This was probably the funnest book I’ve read that took so dumb long to read (6 months). The last 100 pages finally hooked me in for the sit down, but I really did think it was good before that.
There are several plot threads that culminate in climaxes at different points, and I particularly enjoyed the questions Dan Brown raised and points strung throughout.
Of particular note:
- Science and religion (more specifically Christianity) often are portrayed at being at war with each other
- Dan Brown I think makes a huge argument FOR faith, and specifically Christianity many times throughout the book - and I thought he was the enemy!
Fun read, check it out.
Book Review: Barbarian Way
Posted by Brett Veenstra
Just finished a great book lent to me by my friend KC: The Barbarian Way.
I connected with this book immediately. Particularly challenging and exciting was reading someone who was describing the kind of faith I had during my teen years. Wild, reckless, risk-taking, total Spirit-in-the-Wind, which seems so very scary to consider now. Hmmm…
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.NET Reading List
Posted by Brett Veenstra
On the nightstand
- Essential ASP.NET with Examples in C# (Onion)
- Framework Design Guidelines (Cwalina, Abrams)
- .NET Gotchas (Subramaniam)
- Programming .NET Components (Lowy)
On the bookshelf
- Must Read
- Short-lived
- Kindling
On the Wish List
- Business Objects in C#
- Business Objects in C# 2005