Photography recommended reading

[incisor]

What book(s) would you recommend to someone starting out?

i found one called "Digital Exposure Handbook" by Ross Hoddinott on special at a local bookshop and it has been a revelation to me.

things i was having some trouble getting my head around fell in to place after reading some of it.

haven't finished it yet but i have certainly got my $13 worth out of it imho.

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[dmdigital]

Thom Hogan's ebook guides are excellent for learning the camera and settings. Thom Hogan's Nikon Field Guide and Nikon Flash Guide (http://www.bythom.com) if you are using Nikon.

[gunny]

Scott Kelby has a three part boxed set entitled "Digital Photography" which I just purchased for around $40. For me it was worth the read - it simplifies the process somewhat with examples instead of just theory. Google it for a review.

[dullbird]

Dave I kid you not get a subscription to digital photography+design...

Its a really really well written magazine....I'm a subscriber

if you want I can send you a couple of issues to look at

[abaddonxi]

Depends on what you're looking for.

How to use your camera/composition/exposure?

Ansel Adams and Edward Weston both wrote books worth reading.
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Ansel Adams also wrote a series of books - The Camera, The Negative, The Print. All for film, but lots still relevant.

This looks interesting - Full Display | Moreton Bay Region Libraries - Record 1 of 1 (http://library.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ/3122795?QRY=SUBIB%3C%20IRN%286762100%29&QRYTEXT=Landscape%20photography%20--%20Handbooks%2C%20manuals%2C%20etc)

For exposure, look for Zone System, and Beyond the Zone System. Madly obsessive, but gives you a very good idea of how to work out what you want to see and don't want to see.



Magnum was the agency for most of the best photographers and photojournalists of the last century.

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Do go here -
Digital Photography Tutorials (http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/)

Don't go here -
Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials (http://www.digital-photography-school.com/digital-photography-composition-tips)

[WhiteD3]

Dave,

I did the colour level 1 course at the BCPA and found it great.

http://www.bcpa.com.au/BCPA_Pages/PT_Home.html

[WhiteD3]

Do go here -
Digital Photography Tutorials (http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/)




CiC's tutorials are great and it's got a very good forum as well.

[LSD_AUTOMOTIVE]

If you're looking at learning to shoot full manual then I'd suggest 'Understanding Exposure' by Bryan Peterson to help get the basics down. It has a stack of visual examples and is well written. It's a very popular and would probably be available at the local library.

[incisor]

ordered a copy of that, thanks

thanks for all the replies.. lots of useful info ......

[kenleyfred]

Not a book, but, I was looking at apps a few days ago and noticed that there were several available for the specific camera I'm looking at. Probably not as good as a book and some were $37 so not cheap. But if they are any good I would be keen as I will probably most times have my iPhone with me. It did look very thorough and camera specific would be handy for me.
Kenley

[Chucaro]

Dave, THIS SITE (http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/#) is excellent, amount the best and you do not have to invest in a book :)

Also, because you are a Nikon user THIS SITE (http://www.michaelschwarz.com/digital/) will give you very good links.

Now, the money for the books can be used towards a good tripod and head ;)

Cheers

[incisor]

been on the cic site since just after i ordered the camera.. is a very site.

the other i hadnt seen yet and has been book marked, thank you.

[Chucaro]

There are some books that I can recommend for thos interested in nature photography.

One which I have and is very good is
Photoshop for Nature Photographers - A Workshop in a Book by Ellen Anon & Tim Grey
John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide [Paperback]

For close up photography
Digital Photography Expert – Close-up Photography by Michael Freeman

John Shaw's Closeups in Nature (Practical Photography Books)

I have both book by John Shaw, he is among the top nature photographers and are very good books.

Cheers