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Photo
books that I have used:
Travel
Photography - a guide to taking better pictures (Lonely
Planet) by Richard I'Anson (£10)
-Richard
I'Anson is the man accredited with many of the images you'll see
in LP travel books. This book is brilliant because it isn't a
purely travel photo book; all the info will improve your photography
beyond measure no matter the style of photography you prefer.
Extremely good and well worth buying if you want to improve you
shots. Also good for students as he teaches without preaching.
Class.
Teach
Yourself Photography (hodder
& stoughton) by Lee Frost (£8)
-this
gave me the basics of photography & really provided the necessary
facts I needed to get more involved in photography; exposure,
depth of field using flash. It also begins by helping you select
the right camera for you (compact v SLR etc) and gives you a hand
with composition. A great book especially considering the price.
Michael
Langford's 35mm Photography (Ebury Press) (£11)
-a
very similar book to Teach Yourself Photography, but with more
pictures and rather more fancy in general. I found this hindered
my learning a bit, but that's more because I prefer the simpler
text & look of TYP. Still a very useful book that will probably
appeal to more people than TYP.
Basic
& Advanced Photography (Focal
Press) by Michael Langford (£20)
-Both
of these books are what you might call more photo-educational,
appealing to the student at college or maybe the photographer
that needs to know more about the technical side, chemistry or
film latitudes. I use them frequently even 3 years after buying
them as they hold almost all the information I need. A bit pricey
but well worth it.
Photoshop
Visual Quickstart Guide (peachpitpress)
http://www.peachpit.com/
(£15.00)
-
a very good book for getting you started & using for reference
once you have become used to photoshop. I reckon this is the most
reasonably priced book considering how much it costs.
Fundamental
Photoshop (Osborne) (£36.00 eh??)
-
ok so this is a whopping great reference book with plenty of info
but I found it quite unreadable! it is definately not suitable
for beginners as it is just to heavy to read and learn photoshop
as well. buy this bible sized book a year or two after you have
got to grips with the fundamentals(!).
Fireworks
Short Order Guide (Hayden
Books) (£15.00)
-
this is a brilliant program for getting graphics onto the web,
but I don't think it's really ideal for the photographer. if you
need to make your graphical images web-perfect (ie ultra short
download times etc) then it is worth the money, especially with
the Dreamweaver bundle. the book itself is great for getting an
understanding of the program, with good examples and reasonably
easy to read!
Other
books worth a look at:
Web
Design
HTML
4.0 Short Order Guide
- This really is invaluable as it is important to have a bit of
an idea of what's going on behind all the graphics. It's easy
to read and takes you from the ultra basics right through to chat
rooms & scripts. Perfect!
Simple
Guide to Creating Your Own Web Page by Michael Dreyfuss (Prentis Hall)
£6.99 - This is worth its weight in gold when it comes to designing
you first web site, especially considering the price! I don't
think that anyone could be confused by the plain straight forward
manner in which it has been set out, so you can get on with learning
the HTML way of web page design.
Easy
Web Pages by
Ned Snell (Que) £18.49 - very pricey ultra easy read, might be
ideal for you if you have never ever designed a webpage, but I
would say you will outgrow this book within a month.
Click
here for Capturedsight galleries
See
the bbc website for
more info on the weather in Britain - a vital photographers tool.
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