Review of American Waters, Alex Kirkbride
Sunday, May 25, 2008 @ 15:53
Alex Kirkbride is a noted and gifted underwater photographer who spent three years travelling and diving all over the United States. His resulting one hundred and ninety-two page hardback book is the result of that amazing 100,000 mile journey. It also makes for a stunning visual record of the fascinating world contained under our seas and other bodies of water.
If you are thinking about buying this book to learn something about the specialized techniques required of underwater photography, then be aware this is not an instructional book. However, if you just want to see some amazing and awe-inspiring underwater photographs, then you definitely want to pay Amazon.com a visit today and order this book.
Each photo contained in Kirkbride's book is accompanied with an extended and very detailed caption which includes the subject's whereabouts and his journey to get there. You will get a really good feel for the sea life teeming in our vast oceans and other waterways, and you will come away with a real appreciation for the author's skill and perseverance in getting some of these photos. Some of them truly involved significant physical challenges.
In addition to the stunning photographic images contained within its pages, American Waters is a well-written and entertaining book. It will teach you about an area of photography which, not only demands extraordinary technical skill with a camera, but also the ability to shoot a subject that is not a part of our everyday natural environment. We can definitely recommend this book to photographers and non-photographers alike.
