For example:The Digital Photography Bookby Scott Kelby.
Haven't seen this one myself, so no comment..
Or.
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film orDigital Cameraby Bryan Peterson.
Went through this one once. I'd peg it as a tutorial primarily useful for those who don't yet grok aperture, shutter speed, ISO, their relationships, and some other fundamentals..
Which of these or other books would you advice?.
You might want to consider one of Hedgecoe's handbooks if you're looking for a reference with suggestions for a variety of subjects and circumstances, and some bits about studio lighting. My copy of "The Photographer's Handbook" predates the existence of mass-market digital cameras, so I'm not aware of whether the newer editions are better in this respect but many of the fundamentals are the same in either case...
The one that I read repeatedly is "The Tao of Photography" by Tom Ang. It is an approach that you will not get elsewhere. It is a book of philosophy of photography...
I assembled a list of book recommendation threads. For faster reading, you may want to switch to FlatView because those threads usually have under 10 posts and the posts themselves are relatively short..
Http://forums.dpreview.com/...forums/read.asp?forum=1002&message=23682051.
Unfortunately I cannot edit that post to add new ones, but maybe after a few more have been posted, I will just recreate a new list of threads post .
Idream wrote:.
Hello,.
I am fairly new to dSLRs and I am looking for good books for novicesto study the basic and more advanced principles of photography..
For example:The Digital Photography Bookby Scott Kelby.
Or.
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film orDigital Cameraby Bryan Peterson.
Which of these or other books would you advice?.
Comprehensive 2007 speculation and predictions: http://1001noisycameras.blogspot.com..
You need to actually look at the books before you buy them..
Kelby is mostly, as far as I know, a computer guy who understands very, very well what you can do with photographs by using a computer..
If that's of interest, probably a fine choice..
Peterson's book, at least the vesrtions I've seen, is confusing and lacks info and doesn't handle digital well, and more..
Look for John Hedgecoe and Tom Ang books, and make sure they are current, and cover aspects you care about. And National Geographic Field Guides (these are written by different people, describing different phtographic siutuations).
BAK..
Not books, but links that may be of some help..
The first is an easy to understand tutorial by Bill Huber of the Olympus Talk Forum. ( Click on the Thumbnails ).
Http://www.pbase.com/otfchallenge/the_basics.
This allows you to compare/practice settings..
Http://www.photonhead.com/exposure/simcam.php.
And finally this is an online site that has fairly comprehensive chapters that can be printed and kept for later reference. (click on each chapter and there will be subcategories.).
Http://www.shortcourses.com/using/Joe B..
Best wishes.
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