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Take Better Photos with Your Phone By Peter de Ruiter
A book about camera phones? Don’t you just point and shoot? There are now camera phones out there with options for adjusting zoom, exposure, multiple exposure and more. The author of this book thoroughly explains the variety of phones, options, and even gives tips for photographing. This pocket size how-to book is a great tool for those who have a camera phone with options, but aren’t sure how to use them. This book may also be useful to the more advanced photographer who is unaware of the capabilities of today’s camera phones.
RATING Text: A Layout: A Photography: A User: All Photography Levels
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The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images By Angela Faris Belt
After learning the basics of photography (how to use your camera, correct exposure and how to make a good print), the next step is learning about what the author calls the Elements of photography. Angela Faris Belt compares the elements to the grammatical structure of every form of language. The four elements that are covered in the book include: the photographic frame and its borders; the quality of focus as determined by the aperture or lens; the shutter speeds and their effects in relation to time and motion; and the physical media used to create the image. This book is for the photographer who wants explicit instruction to consciously improve their artistic photography skills. A great addition to a Photo II (or above) class with an artistic emphasis.
RATING Text: A+ Layout: A Photography: A+ User: Intermediate to Advanced Photographers
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Photo Journalism: The Professionals’ Approach, 6th Ed. By Kenneth Kobré
The original version of this book was published in 1980 and although technology has changed (the skills needed from photographers and means in which information is given to the public), the goal of the book is the same - to emphasize the “JOURNALISM in photojournalism.” The book covers the differences in assignments - portraits, sports, etc. The book also covers technicalities like ethics, editing, and the camera bag. This book has many examples of quality photographs from famous photographers to famous events. It serves as either an excellent resource, how-to, coffee-table, or all of the above.
RATING Text: A+ Layout: A+ Photography: A+ User: All Photography Levels
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Exhibiting Photography: A Practical Guide to Choosing a Space, Displaying Your Work, and Everything in Between By Shirley Read
This book is based on workshops given by the author, Shirley Read, to provide others with the invaluable information of how to have successful photography exhibitions. She emphasizes the point that there are many ways of exhibiting and that this is not a step-by-step how to book. Despite this fact, the book does an excellent job of providing lists of what to keep in mind for why, when, and how to exhibit. The reasons for not exhibiting your work, for example, are detailed in clear, concise, and easy to understand explanations. This book would be an invaluable tool for the currently exhibiting photographer or the instructor of future photographers. The book includes handouts to give to students or use for yourself, including a model release, example vitae, how to give critical feedback to fellow photographers and more.
RATING Text: A++ Layout: A+ Photography: A User: Advanced Photographers
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The Complete Guide to Digital Photography, 4th Ed. By Michael Freeman
This is an all inclusive book about digital photography and is ideal for giving the beginner photographer, and the advanced photographer switching from film to digital, the information necessary to start taking quality digital images. The book is organized by different sections, including: digital cameras, computers, image editing tools, landscapes, people and more. Within each section there are subjects covered thorough text, captions and images. By having one topic on each two-page spread, the information is concise and visual in order to fit. This is not a concern, because there are so many subjects within each section. For example, the digital camera section includes pages on entry-level compacts, mid-range cameras, digital SLRs, accessories, and more. This layout makes it easy to find and understand exactly what the reader wants to know, like distortion filters, which is a two-page spread within the filters section.
RATING Text: A Layout: A++ Photography: A User: All Photography Levels
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Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Digital Photography By Ferrell McCollough
Some advanced photographers might remember the darkroom process of combining multiple negatives of different exposures, but of the same subject, to create an image with an amazing value range in both the dark and light areas of the image. This book covers that same goal, only with the use of modern digital photography equipment. It covers the process that the photographer takes at the scene and then the post production process using an image editing program for creating High Dynamic Range (HDR) images. The processes are illustrated with the multiple images used to create the final image and text that unfortunately includes too many typographical errors. Despite the downfall of having poor text editing, one of the most impressive aspects of this book is the featured artist portfolios at the end of the chapters. These photographers are masters of the HDR process and the book shows their remarkable images.
RATING Text: B Layout: A Photography: A++ User: All Photography Levels
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Understanding Shutter Speed: Creative Action and Low-Light Photography Beyond 1/125 Second By Bryan Peterson
This book is written by the same author of Understanding Exposure. There are so many books out there that try to cover everything about photography, possibly narrowing down to only digital photography, for example. It is exciting to see a book that spends time exploring the possibilities of just one tool in the field. The book starts out by talking about shutter speed facts and myths. It is then separated into the potential images of fast and slow speeds. The author spends time on exposure and composition as well. Although the amount of images demonstrating the techniques is somewhat disappointing, the quality of images mostly makes up for it.
RATING Text: A Layout: A Photography: A User: Beginning to Intermediate
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The Complete Guide to Professional Wedding Photography: Creating a More Profitable and Fulfilling Business By Damien Lovegrove
This wedding photography book more than illustrates incredible images created by the well-known British+ photographer, Damien Lovegood. It details the many parts of a successful business: planning, photographic style and techniques, lighting, people skills, selling, marketing, business strategy, post-production, and presentation. This book provides the tips and how-to instructions for both the new and experienced photographer looking to create a prosperous business.
RATING Text: A+ Layout: A+ Photography: A++ User: All Photography Levels
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