Thursday, 9 July 2009

A Few Good Books

I won't ramble on about the virtues of books. I'm sure we've all seen the movie of Fahrenheit 451.

Here are a few photography related books I can recommend:

The Digital Photography Book: The Step-by-step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros'!

The Digital Photography Book Volume 2: The Step-by-Step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros!

Scott Kelby just tells it like it is. As he says a few times in the books, there's no technical stuff just "if ya want to shoot that, try these settings...". He adds a bit of corny humour too, so it lightens the read. There is a Volume 3 coming out soon too:

The Digital Photography Book: v. 3

This book goes more into the technical aspects of photography without getting too bogged down in it:

Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera

In a way this may be considered more of a coffee table book, but there are many valuable tips. #1 tip for me is not to be shy to get down low to find an unusual angle. It's a much 'softer' book than the previous one, but then creativity is a soft-skill:

Learning to See Creatively

Of course there are libraries-full more books on the subject. The above are the one's I've read. Here are a few more popular ones that are on my list. (Hint hint, if you'd like to buy them for me... ;-)

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