Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: (Photography Books, Top Photography Tips)
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Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for the new wave of snapshooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy, packed with hands-on tips.
Split into five sections, the book covers composition, exposure, light, lenses and the art of seeing. Masterpieces by acclaimed photographers – including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Fay Godwin, Nadav Kander, Daido Moriyama and Martin Parr – serve to illustrate points and encourage readers to try out new ideas.
Today’s aspiring photographers want immediacy and see photography as an affordable way of expressing themselves quickly and creatively. This handbook meets their needs, teaching them how to take photographs using professional techniques.
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is part of the internationally-bestselling ‘Read This’ series, which has sold over half-a-million books worldwide and has been translated into over 20 languages.
Coming soon: Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing People by Selwyn Leamy (September 2019)
More titles in the ‘Read This’ series:
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll (9781780676241)
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places by Henry Carroll (9781780679051)
Use This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: A Photo Journal by Henry Carroll (9781780678887)
Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786270542)
Use This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786274052)
Read This if You Want to Be a Great Writer by Ross Raisin (9781786271976)
Read This if You Want to Be Instagram Famous edited by Henry Carroll (9781780679679)
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (3 Mar. 2014), Laurence King Publishing |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 128 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1780673353 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1780673356 |
| Dimensions | 14.35 x 1.78 x 19.81 cm |
by Doro
This is one of the best photography books I have had in my hands. But it’s not about how to use your camera. For this you have the manual. It’s about taking interesting pictures not perfect and boring.
by Messis
Ok
by Woolly The Wombat
This book is great if you’re just starting out in photography and feel a bit overwhelmed by your camera and the technical aspects of photography. The explanations of the raw ingredients that go into making a photograph are very clearly communicated, and the supporting images illustrate each point quite well. The page layouts and overall design of the book is also very good. It’s short enough to read the entire thing in an evening, and its small enough to take in a bag, making it handy to dip in and out of when out and about.
The bit that concerned me was that the author is worryingly dismissive of ‘manual’ mode. Whilst I agree that it’s perhaps a bit too complex if you’re just starting out, I would not go as far to say that it’s, and I quote, “a complete waste of time.”
Overall this is a decent little book and it has given me some good ideas, as well as firming up my grasp on the technical aspects of photography. The section on the artistic side or “seeing” as the author puts it, could have done with being a bit longer but was good food for thought nevertheless.
Whether it will indeed allow me to take great photographs is yet to be seen, but it has definitely given me a good handle on the basics of photography.
by nina james
A short and easy to read book which explains important art concepts like composition, as well as ones more specific to photography such as exposure, in an unpretentious and straightforward manner. Importantly, every point is illustrated with relevant photos, meaning you can easily see what’s being discussed. While best suited for beginners, personally I found that this was a good, concise refresher on what I remembered from a long-ago course at art college. While it only really covers the fundamentals, a good grounding in basic principles goes a long way. Worthwhile, as long as you don’t go in expecting advanced and esoteric techniques.
by Mike Wolf
Don’t buy this book if you are looking for step by step guides or a thesaurus type information of all the technical aspects that others like to offer.
However if you are looking to read a book that helps you to think about what you are doing then I can’t recommend this book enough. Perhaps you are going through a block then it will provide ideas.
I’ve read many photography books over the years and can honestly say that this book is a breath of fresh air with no heirs and graces just honest down to earth information. If Amazon would confirm it I actually purchased a second copy to keep in my caravan. Well done to Henry Carroll and thanks for a great book.
by Tango Joe
Enthused me as a beginner. Showed me that actually I don’t need all the technical blurb..it’s about seeing and feeling what’s right.
by Nikk51
Ideal for beginners into photography
by Nikk51
I used to be into photography way back when we used film and used to develop our pictures in a dark room, that was a long time ago now! I’ve become more and more interested in photography since iPhones etc have improved so much. I wanted to jump into DSLR photography, to up my pictures as much as I can – but I got bogged down in all the books that waffled on about technical aspects of cameras. I am very much a learn by doing type person, this book is amazing it teaches you exactly what you need to get going and start shooting – my pic quality increased dramatically. If you have an idea of what you want your images to look like but never quite get them right (like me) this book is perfect! I take it with me for a quick reference if I need me – and I now spend more time taking pictures than fiddling around with unnecessary controls. This may not be a pro level book – but it certainly has got me going and ignited my passion for photography again – I will be investigating the other books in this series.