Kevin Meredith

This is a great book full of imaginative ideas for shooting photographs. It's stuffed with both color and black and white photos of each of the 52 projects that make up the book. Along with the photographic examples, each project includes a list of what you'll need before tackling the assignment and a paragraph or two with instructions and advice. It's one of those books I'll be flipping through a lot (most especially when I feel in need of creative inspiration.)

Signed copy from my wonderfully bearded friend and brilliant photographer, LomoKev!

Though I've signed up for one and attempted to sign up for another, I haven't actually attended a photography class yet. It will happen one of these days. In the meantime, I'll focus on reading wonderful photography books like the two I've read in the last few weeks. These books are filled with great ideas for great picture taking; I probably could just skip the photography class and try out ideas from these books.

This book should really be subtitled "Tips and Tricks for Taking Better Pictures with your Lomo LCA." Hot Shots is filled with lots of hipster-friendly images and does give some good advice for a novice. I didn't find much that was useful in here.