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I am a big fan of Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of Eat Pray Love. It is not photography-specific, it is art-specific. This book has changed my life by making me a lot braver with art and creativity. Perhaps this is the one I recommend most to people outside photography as well.
One of my favorite street photography books, The Americans is a collection of images that show how vastly diverse American society in the 1950s was. To some degree, the photos in The Americans are as relevant now as it was 70 years ago. In a sentence, this seminal photo book is both thought-provoking and moving.
Identifying a recent shift in the dominance of photography, Strauss looks at the power of the medium in the age of Photoshop, smartphones, and the internet, asking important questions about how we look and what we trust.
In the first ekphrasis title on photography, Strauss challenges the aura of believability and highlights the potential dangers around this status. He examines how images produced on cameras gradually gained an inordinate power to influence public opinion, prompt action, comfort and assuage, and direct or even create desire. How and why do we believe technical images the way we do?
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Explore stunning new images from the Open Edition collection. There's no better way to bring powerful photography into your home or office space. All LIK Fine art Open Editions are signed and unnumbered.
During the pandemic, I taught online mindful photography workshops and ran a photography challenge to introduce others to the benefits of mindful photography. Participants were really enthusiastic, so I knew I needed to share the concepts more widely! Hence this book.
Refocus takes readers on a 30-day journey to explore the intersection of mindfulness and photography, with practical tips, ideas, and prompts to guide them into greater awareness of the multitude of interesting and beautiful subjects that exist within the present moment.
Through this full color workbook you will:
This book contains 30 photography prompts spanning elements of composition to conceptual photography challenges. After each prompt, there are two pages to tape in your favorite images from the challenge and to reflect on the experience. When you complete the book, you'll have a beautiful record of your mindful photography journey!
People often ask me for recommendations about how to improve their photography skills. I've assembled a short list of some of my personal favorites that would be particularly helpful to new photographers.
Our list of how-to books on photography will ensure you learn exactly how to use your gear. It includes how to use camera settings and technical knowledge properly. Also, you can learn a little bit about the history of photography along the way.
You can find everything in this book that you would need to get into photography. There are chapters on portrait photography. You can learn how to use a flash for pro results. And it even gives you a head start on wedding and sports photography.
If you like to go deep into the fine details of the craft, then Complete Digital Photography is for you. Written by photographer Ben Long, it teaches you all the basics of photography. This book shows you everything from the mechanics of a camera to post-processing.
Learning to See is for you if you want insider information from a seasoned professional. David Molnar is a professional at the top of the photography industry. His client list includes Pepsi, Sony, and Google. And his photos have appeared in People Magazine and the New York Times.
But apart from the technical aspects, it also teaches you how to edit and organize your images. It teaches you how to print, finish, and present your photographs. This is one of the best books on photography to help you jump start your professional work.
It represents and explores the more artistic and conceptual sides of photography. And it helps you develop your artistic voice as a photographer. It features 200 color and black and white photos accompanied by easily readable text.
Creative Black and White is one of the best black and white photography books ever published. Black and white photography poses unique challenges. It makes the point that contrast, lighting, and composition are crucial without color.
Renowned photographer Harold Davis explains these elements in this book. He demonstrates the basic rules of black and white photography. But more than that, he also shows you when and how to break them.
This book provides all the photo knowledge you need to trot the globe. Of course, it includes the usual lessons on architecture and urban photography. But it also includes tips on taking portraits of strangers and nighttime landscapes.
The book was published in 2016 to massive fanfare. Years later, it remains one of the authoritative books on Instagram and influencer photography. Song teaches you the basics of taking pictures for Instagram. But she also shows you how to gain followers and become Insta-famous.
His shots remain some of the most famous examples of wartime. But he was more than just a war photographer. This collection shows the true breadth of his photography work. His documentary work is powerful and poignant. And you also find intimate and engaging portraits.
Are you ready to take your bird-in-flight (BIF) photography to the next level? Are you tired of constantly feeling frustrated as you examine soft photos on your LCD? Do you want to learn the secrets the pros use to consistently capture award-winning bird-in-flight imagery?
I personally have iPad edition SDP e-book. I'm also Deaf so when I found out the SDP books are now available with captions. I realize this doesn't apply to iPad version of SDP? I really like the stuffs the Northrup has been presenting via YouTube and the writing of the SDP! So, I hope I can find a resolution to this? It would be pointless to purchase this SDP book twice: via this website plus the copy I already have on my iPad. Help?
What a find! The Northrup's effort behind this is incredible, not just the writing part (which I know about, having penned a couple of 300+ technical books) but the supplementary videos, where the rule of thumb is that every minute takes an hour of production time.
It's not for Team Cheap (though I got the book for a song as digital download), but I'm beginning to think that I'm the only one that pursues photography with a consistent bottom-feeder, outdated-equipment, minimal-outlay strategy.
I got the book a very long time now, back in 2014 I think. I learnt a lot from the book, and Tony is an excellent teacher and his How to, Tutorials and both of their Podcasts are amazing. I always keep the book close to me so I can confer whenever I need. You won't regret if you buy this book because the I one I got only 6 hours comparing this one for 20 hours. Overall, this book is a brilliant read for those are interest in photography. I also got two more others and do not regret at all.
I've never seen an ebook done so well before. This first off contains amazing information, just as a standard book, and is a "must have" just on that alone. When you couple the digital integration and the updates that come out, this literally sets the bar for all digital publications. Hands down, if you have only one book about photography, this is it. Read it on an ipad and it will change your life.
I taught myself most of what I know about digital photography which means, I didn't know what I didn't know, so I decided to start with the basics and ordered Stunning Digital Photography. As soon as the paperback book arrived, I went straight to watching the videos, which are entertaining, readily understandable and cover a lot of ground quickly. Even though the videos are available with the ebook, I would not trade the paperback for the ebook.
This book is fantastically well-written. Well-organized and concise, it gives the beginner wheels to get rolling, with enough advanced content to grow into. I like that T&C remember to emphasize the art of photography, since it's easy to get lost in the technical side. The book is a real gem, in that it teaches you how to learn and how to think, instead of just what to do. This is where most books fail and why classroom learning succeeds when teaching the arts.
I also appreciate that it's written in a very personable way, with what appears to be some classic Tony humor thrown in. So many how-to and technical books will simply throw all the information at you, knowing full-well that non-experts don't know what to do with it. Tony and Chelsea give you a tempered amount of info and an OPINION to go with it. Sometimes it's nice to know about things AND whether they matter or not. Tony and Chelsea do an excellent job of showing you where the radio is, but reminding you to keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.
This book will leave you speechless with all of the amazing nuggets of knowledge it embeds within your memory in an easy to understand and use the method. I know there are a ton of photography books out there... and if you are new and just think this is just another book, you could not be more wrong... complete with easy to follow examples... videos... access to facebook community... trust me, this is a book you will never regret getting!
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