Doug Sahlin. Digital portrait photography for dummies.

Portrait photography is not rocket science. Photographers have been capturing portraits of people since cameras were invented. When you create a portrait of someone, your goal is to create a likeness of the person at his best. But how do you capture a portrait of someone at his best when he’s camera shy, for instance?

Another goal of portrait photography is to tell the viewer something about your subject. In addition to capturing a digital image that looks like the person, you’re also capturing the person’s essence. When someone looks at a portrait of a person she knows and says that the image captures the subject’s true essence, the photographer has done his job perfectly.

Capturing a person’s likeness and essence in the same photograph may sound like a daunting task. Buy it really isn’t if you take lots of pictures of people using the techniques in this book. In fact, when you practice portrait photography and start getting some great shots, portrait photography is an incredible amount of fun.


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Harold Davis. Creative Close-Ups. Digital Photography Tips & Techniques

This book is primarily about how to make creative close-ups. You’ll find all you need to know to create technically accomplished close-ups,along with the stories and exposure data behind the photos shown. I’ve focused on visualizing and making close-up photos, rather than on magnifi cation charts and ratios (which are usually not helpful for actual picture-taking in the field).
Taking close-up photos does not have to be complicated. I’ve tried to keep things simple.

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John Child,Mark Galer. Photographic lighting. Essential skills.

Lighting is the essential skill in photography. From the captured image of a fleeting moment
using existing light to the highly structured and preconceived advertising image using
introduced lighting. To understand and improve these skills this book deals with working
on location, primarily using the existing light source, and in the studio using artificial light
sources. The information, activities and assignments provide the essential techniques for creative
and competent photography. The study guides offer a comprehensive and highly structured
learning approach, giving both support and guidance in a logical and sequential manner. Basic
theoretical information is included with an emphasis on practical advice that will maximize the
opportunities for creative photography.

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Brian McLernon. Lighting. Digital Field Guide.

Light. You can’t make a photograph without it in some form or another. Although
light has the ability to give your photographs power and defi nition, do you consistently
consider the quality of light before pressing the shutter button? Sure, you’re
attracted to your subjects for who they are or to sunset and sunrise photos for the
colors of the sky, but what about the quality of the light that defi nes these situations?
Is there some other object or subject you could put into that light that would yield
another great photo? That is the road you will be traveling with this book.

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Laurie Excell. Composition: From Snapshots to Great Shots.

Taking your photography from snapshots to great shots begins with having a solid understanding of your camera and lenses so that you can intuitively move from one camera setting to another, capturing the moment as it unfolds.Although this is a book on composition, I start at the beginning,with the camera, and provide you with the building blocks to establish a strong foundation for making photographs rather than simply taking them. I cover the basic camera settings I use that enable me to capture peak of action or to chase the light as it dances across the landscape. The lens you use directly impacts your photographic style. Having a lens that complements your vision of the world is part of the process of making great shots, so I spend some time discussing lenses, to give you a better grasp of what lenses do and why you may need one type of lens over another. And, finally, I cover some essential accessories and filters that I carry in my bag to further enable me to make the images you see in this book.

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Elizabeth Allen, Sophie Triantaphillidou. The Manual of Photography

Although there are many textbooks, monographs and manuals that are available today dedicated to
what has now become imaging, The Manual of Photography stands out as a significant and unique
publication. It was first published in the very early days of photography in 1890 under the editorship of C.H. Bothamley at the request of the then Ilford Company as The Ilford Manual of Photography. Sophie Triantaphillidou and Elizabeth Allen are the joint editors of this edition and under their
guidance have ensured that the manual remains true to its traditions. In the 10 years since the last
revisions were made to the manual there have been many significant technological developments.
This edition remains absolutely up to date with explanations of the principles of modern imaging
techniques. Like their predecessors they have enlisted the help of their colleagues with specialist
knowledge that ensures that the explanations remain both accurate and authoritative.

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Matthew Bamberg. 101 QUICK AND EASY IDEAS TAKEN FROM THE MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Throughout much of the twentieth century, creating a photograph was both an exploratory
and an arduous process. From dealing with oversized cameras to using homemade darkrooms,
taking the photo from its initial composition to a processed print was truly a feat of perseverance.

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