ART digital photography books

[Climbing Cracker]

tons and tons of books out there, which would OTAP reccommend?

 

[joy division]

like those terrible "Digital photography in 2006" books?


What do you want to learn...business...technique...history...?

 

[Climbing Cracker]

like those terrible "Digital photography in 2006" books?


What do you want to learn...business...technique...history...?

Technique. It's just a hobby.

 

[e.pie]

Technique. It's just a hobby.

camera techniques are the same regardless of digital or film

 

[joy division]

I'd honestly just use your camera and play around...but that's how I learned, I ain't too good at fancy book lernin...most of those beginner books are all bullshit anyway (things you can just learn yourself). I know of a lot of great advanced lighting + business books.

 

[Climbing Cracker]

camera techniques are the same regardless of digital or film

i thought so, but

and most of the stuff in my video class crosses over nicely.

 

[Climbing Cracker]

I'd honestly just use your camera and play around...but that's how I learned, I ain't too good at fancy book lernin...most of those beginner books are all bullshit anyway (things you can just learn yourself). I know of a lot of great advanced lighting + business books.

yeah yeah, that and reading through my owner's manual 500 times. I have a dozen books on photojournalism, but i thought maybe there was something else. but it looks doubtful

 

[joy division]

Just go to the library/book store and look through photographers books...get inspired by their work.

 

[keroberos]

go to BN they have a digital photograph section now, read through the books until you find it explained a way you like.

 

[Pants]

Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson is pretty good.

 

[Joetabasco]

The New Manual of Photography by John Hedgecoe... great easy read... covers all the basics and is relatively up to date.

 

[Tomash]

The Photography Bible by Daniel Lezano. Great for beginners.

 

[Toasty]

The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby is supposed to be good.

I haven't seen this one myself, but I've picked up a couple of Adobe-related books by Kelby and I like how they're usually just organized with straight tips on every page.