What I See is Brooklyn’s collection of around 300 personal photographs – most shot by him but with some shots of Brooklyn taken by others -- offering a rare and intimate glimpse of the world through his eyes. This stylish and beautifully designed edition will be comprised of fan favorites as well as new and exclusive images from his personal archive. Didn’t plan this photo – Romeo and I were waiting to see our little sister’s ballet recital and we bought her flowers. I took this when we were waiting outside and I love it. He has no sense of the rules of thirds, or spacing in general. There was a picture of a bust that, and I am not joking, he managed to cut the head off of. He either needed to step in to the picture or step out in almost every picture.

The image in question is captioned “elephants in Kenya, so hard to photograph, but incredible to see” which by any means should never appear in a photography book. No matter what type of photographer you are, it shouldn't be too difficult to capture a decent picture of an elephant on safari so long as you know your camera and understand the golden exposure trio.

The aspect ratio of every picture was extremely weird. Most of the pictures were 16:9, which doesn't make sense for a picture ratio (I assume he chose that aspect ratio because it filled the screen of his laptop?). When you don't follow the rules of thirds and you have an aspect ratio like 16:9 it ends up being very jarring in a way that I am certain was not intentional. One key omission from the wedding guest list is Elton John, Brooklyn’s godfather, who is touring during the wedding. However, his husband David Furnish is expected to be there as his Brooklyn’s godmother Elizabeth Hurley. The caption next to a shadowy photo of an elephant reads: “Elephants in Kenya. so hard to photograph, but incredible to see.” Literally, I stumbled upon this book while I was at work. My working theory is that a customer left it on the floor, partially hidden view, just waiting for me to trip and nearly catch my death.

You've got the son of sports and fashion royalty marrying an American billionaire's daughter, who also happens to be a beautiful actress."

The Sydney Morning Herald

The basics, like lighting or focus, are often ignored in the book. Some of the most frustrating pictures are a result of this (the elephant picture, as an example). The fact that Penguin - a well-respected publishing company - would attach itself to such a diabolical collection of pictures is a disgrace to literature itself. I recently saw an article saying that Brooklyn's photography is better than Cole Sprouse's. First of all the two have completely different styles, second of all Cole is actually good.

This time, Brooklyn’s poetic caption reads, “I like this picture, it’s out of focus but you can tell a lot is going on”. The footballer, turned model, turned photographer clearly has no aptitude when it comes to words and yet somehow, his editor and publishers allowed this book to become a reality.

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Each chapter tells a different story through pictures by and of Brooklyn, and each will be accompanied by captions and passages of text. What I See documents many of Brooklyn’s travels around the world - California, New York, Greece, and Iceland among other destinations – as well as life behind the scenes at home with his family. About The Author