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mohamed alfari Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #1 · the Greatest Photography Books i want to improve my photography knowledge. i have read "understanding exposure" which was nice one and some others, so were really useless and waste of time. so can you recommend something that really helped you become a better photographer (not for beginners). in other words, the best book you read about photography. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 11, 2007 at 09:14 PM

john_edwards Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #2 · the Greatest Photography Books You would have to put "Light, Science & Magic" on the list at least if you do any product shooting. John Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 11, 2007 at 09:29 PM

beerguy Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #3 · the Greatest Photography Books "Photography and the art of seeing" by Freeman Patterson. I wouldn't call it "the greatest" but it deserves to be on the list as well. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 11, 2007 at 11:01 PM

widget_13 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #4 · the Greatest Photography Books ^ seconded. Freeman Patterson's books are always an excellent and inspirational read. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 11, 2007 at 11:50 PM

runamuck Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #5 · the Greatest Photography Books "The Complete Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography" by Lee Frost is one of the greats IMHO. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 12, 2007 at 01:05 AM

beauport Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #6 · the Greatest Photography Books If the mechanical/technical aspects are also important in addition to the inspirational/art portion, "Photography" by London, Stone, Upton has passed the test of time, though be aware it is principally geared to film, but the real aspects of photography apply to film and digital alike. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 12, 2007 at 02:54 AM

MSC Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #7 · the Greatest Photography Books Well it is a very narrow topic, but I really got a lot out of "Bystander, a History of Street Photography." Also recently read "Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits" which was great. Neither are educational in nature, but you learn by seeing what others have done, why, and somewhat how...but mostly the "how" of it you have to figure out yourself. Also some of the Ansel Adams books are great, as well as those of Cappa and the founding of Magnum...much of which is covered in Bystander. I started a couple of books on Annie Leibovitz but I found the whole think so self-indulgent that I was not interested in finishing either...but that is just me of course. Oh, studying the works of Henri Cartier-Bresson helped me see photography differently too...of course becoming different is far more difficult than being inspired. But seeing this in a new light has been a help. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 12, 2007 at 03:01 AM

Brian Kersey Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #8 · the Greatest Photography Books Arthur Morris's The Art of Bird Photography II the best, BAR NONE Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 12, 2007 at 07:04 AM

mohamed alfari Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #9 · the Greatest Photography Books thanks alot guys, keep it coming. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 12, 2007 at 07:19 AM

Chrono1081 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #10 · the Greatest Photography Books A book that really helped me out when I was starting was "PC Magazine Guide to digital photography" by daniel Grotta. This helped me learn about aperature and shutter and such. Whats REALLY weird is when I got to the end of the book one of the images was of a friend of mine!!! not sure how he got in there but whatever. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 12, 2007 at 07:49 AM

jcolwell Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #11 · the Greatest Photography Books My favourite is another one by Freeman Patterson, "Photography for the joy of it". Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 12, 2007 at 09:45 PM

papageno Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #12 · the Greatest Photography Books If you can find it, The Language of Vision by György Kepes should be interesting counterpoint to all the nuts and bolts books. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 13, 2007 at 01:32 AM

Roy Pertchik Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #13 · the Greatest Photography Books john_edwards wrote: You would have to put "Light, Science & Magic" on the list at least if you do any product shooting. John Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. (Really for any kind of shooting. Totally demystifies lighting technique.) Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 13, 2007 at 05:07 AM

jay tieger Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #14 · the Greatest Photography Books go/start here for inspiration http://www.aperture.org/ Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 13, 2007 at 01:01 PM

matt4626 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #15 · the Greatest Photography Books Most anything by Galen Rowell IMHO. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 13, 2007 at 07:26 PM

mohamed alfari Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #16 · the Greatest Photography Books thanks everyone, i bought some of the books you mentioned. Edited on Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 13, 2007 at 07:54 PM

zoetmb Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #17 · the Greatest Photography Books Don't forget the classic 3--volume set from Ansel Adams: The Camera, The Negative, The Print. Although obviously geared to film photography, there's a lot to learn from here. Dec 14, 2007 at 03:45 AM

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