I've read a bunch of books about composition (Learning to See Creatively by Bryan Peterson, Photography And The Art Of Seeing by Freeman Patterson, and most recently The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman). I think Peterson's book is excellent, Patterson's is very good, and I thought Freeman's book sucked.
All of these books explain how to compose photos, but I often find that I don't see the point in many of the examples. That is, the example photo used to explain a concept is, IMHO, not always a good photo, so I often find myself wondering why a certain concept is a good thing to do in my photos.
I grabbed a couple books off my bookshelf and flipped through them. They were Charlie Waite's books The Making of Landscape Photographs and Seeing Landscapes: The Creative Process Behind Great Photographs. These books do a lot of explaining about a photo, what went into the process, what went right and wrong. They sometimes compare two versions of the same scene, and explain why the differences make a difference.
I find that I really enjoy this style of analysis and comparison. I enjoy learning the photographer's thought processes. I feel that I'm learning another level of composition.
Does anyone know of any other books which do such things?
