good photography books?
I’m a beginner with digital photography; what are some books that were helpful to you?
Easiest way to find out is to go to amazon.com and read people’s reviews on the book. I’d tend to stick to reviews that have 20 or more ratings.
Tom Carter’s CHINA: Portrait of a People
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Basic Photography for Beginners, Edgar Donald Nisbet, Acceptable Book £12.79 |
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Perspective Drawing for Beginners (Dover Books on Art I £3.88 |
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DVD Home Moviemaking – A Beginner’s Guide £1.98 … |
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Collins Complete Photography Course £7.08 A practical, affordable and accessible home photography tutor. This inspiring project-based course book covers everything from basic composition to the latest digital darkroom techniques…. |
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The Digital Photography Book: The Step-by-step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros’!: 1 £6.01 Tackles the most important side of digital photography – how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks top digital pros use. This book shows which button to push, which setting to use, when to use them, and nearly two hundred photographic ‘tricks of the trade’. Each page covers just one trick, one concept that makes your photography better…. |
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book (Classroom in a Book (Adobe)) £23.93 … |
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The Really, Really, Really Easy Step-by-step Guide to Creating & Editing Digital Videos Using Your Computer (Paperback) $9.85 Today, nearly everyone wants to make videos and post them on the Internet—and here’s a book that explains in simple everyday terms how it’s done. Even the technically challenged will learn to shoot … |
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Nikon D5100 (Paperback) $14.84 Nikon's much-anticipated D5100 camera is here. This new model replaces the popular D5000 and creates a nice bridge between the more beginner-level D3100 and the high-end D7000.This book has one goal: to teach D5100 owners how to make great … |
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Canon Eos 7d for Dummies (Paperback) $19.59 Get the most out of the new Canon EOS 7D with this fun and friendly guide The new Canon EOS 7D comes equipped with a huge 18.0 megapixel sensor, many beginner-friendly features to aid in getting great pictures, and a video mode that allo… |
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From Uncertain to Blue (Hardcover) $35.47 “In the beginning, there was no real plan, just a road trip that became a journey.” In the years 1986 and 1987, Keith Carter and his wife, Patricia, visited one hundred small Texas towns with intriguing names like Diddy Waw Diddy, Elysian Fields, an… |
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The Nikon Creative Lighting System (Paperback) $22.95 Beginning at a basic level and then progressing to more advanced techniques, Hagen, a freelance photographer and photography instructor, explains a simple, step-by-step method for setting up and using the newest Nikon iTTL flash units, specifically the… |
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The Art of Off-camera Flash Photography (Paperback) $22.49 Photographers seeking to enhance the creativity of their shots will be well pleased with this guide from seasoned professional photographer Lou Jacobs Jr. Beginning with an overview of the gear required, the fundamental techniques involved, and th… |
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Betterphoto Basics The Absolute Beginner (Paperback) $14.8 Absolutely anyone can take better photos! If you can press a button, you can take great pictures. It’s as simple as that. In BetterPhoto Basics, Jim Miotke, founder of the popular online photography school BetterPhoto.com, sha… |
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Baby-gami $10.28 Origami meets the age-old art of swaddling in Baby-Gami and no longer does baby wrapping have to be an intimidating undertaking. Easy-to-follow instructions illustrated with step-by-step diagrams and unbearably cute photographs make it a cinch t… |
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The Complete Book of Home Crafts (Hardcover) $18.57 Ideal for beginners with a taste for adventure, The Complete Book of Home Crafts is a fantastic introduction to crafting for the home. With step-by-step instructions and a wealth of high-quality explanatory photographs, everyone will feel comf… |
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The Digital Photographer`s Guide to Light Modifiers (Paperback) $22.95 Focusing exclusively on light modifiers and making the most of the least equipment, this in-depth handbook is ideal for use by the beginner and advanced amateurs who wish to take their photography to the next level. Including diagrams and lig… |
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Photoshop Elements 7 for Dummies (Paperback) $18.07 Photoshop Elements lets you edit and enhance your digital photographs and images with professional quality tools. Whether you’re a professional photographer or a beginner, Photoshop Elements 7 For Dummies gives you the scoop on using this … |
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Insight Guide Travel Photography (Paperback) $16.05 Launched to celebrated the 40th anniversary of Insight Guides, this is an inspirational and practical guide for all travelers whether seasoned photographers or enthusiastic novices. This book starts with an inspiring introduction followed by a … |
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Fundamentals of Photography (Paperback) $16.41 The most comprehensive, accessible, and completely up-to-date guide available for today’s photographer: whether beginner or advanced, using a film camera or digital.Award-winning photographer Tom Ang provides a thorough, explicitly det… |
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Digital Photography Lighting for Dummies (Paperback) $19.59 Each book covers all the necessary information a beginner needs to know about a particular topic, providing an index for easy reference and using the series` signature set of symbols to clue the reader in to key topics, categorized under such titles as… |
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Rick Sammon`s Complete Guide to Digital Photography 2.0 $23.85 A lavishly illustrated, updated reference to digital photography and editing electronic images covers introductory digital photography for beginners, digital image and Photoshop techniques for experienced shooters, and an advanced bonus section on taki… |
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Digital SLR Settings & Shortcuts for Dum (Paperback) $19.3 Each book covers all the necessary information a beginner needs to know about a particular topic, providing an index for easy reference and using the series` signature set of symbols to clue the reader in to key topics, categorized under such titles as… |
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Nikon D300/ D300s for Dummies (Paperback) $19.59 This book targets beginning digital SLR users. Like previous For Dummies books on Nikon cameras, this book assumes no prior dSLR experience as it helps readers take control of their camera. Our goal is to familiarize the reader with the controls… |
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Digital Photography Exposure for Dummies (Paperback) $20.66 Each book covers all the necessary information a beginner needs to know about a particular topic, providing an index for easy reference and using the series` signature set of symbols to clue the reader in to key topics, categorized under such titles as… |
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Cosmos (Hardcover) $23.55 A landmark in popular science publishing, Cosmos is a majestic, giant format, account of the ultimate journey – a 13.7-billion-light-year- (or 130-billion-trillion kilometre-) voyage from our home planet to the edge of the universe and the beginning of… |
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Digital Photography for Dummies (Paperback) $14.79 An updated edition of the best-selling guide to digital photography for beginning users explains how to evaluate digital cameras, compose and capture scenes, adjust color balance, crop out unwanted elements, sharpen focus, apply special effects, and pr… |
