Photography technique Book Reviews

Bryan Peterson's Exposure Solutions looks at the most common photography problems with exposure and how to solve them. Bryan Peterson explains that there is a key difference between what your camera says is the right exposure, and what is the creatively correct exposure. Your camera may tell you what it thinks is right, but you might want to achieve a different effect, and so the book takes us on a journey of how to master exposure in almost any situation. The first chapter discusses ho...

Creative Photography: 52 More Weekend Projects is designed to keep you busy for a year with creative photography ideas that everyone who has a passion for photography can have a go at. Creative Photography gives you the ideas for the images, and then talks you through how to achieve them step by step, whether it be focus stacking to create a brilliant perfectly clear image or learning the secret of levitation, the book shows you how to do it all. There is a nice mix of physical technique...

Beautiful Beasties: A Creative Guide to Modern Pet Photography is quite a large title that tells you everything you could possibly need to know about pet photography. Author Jamie Pflughoeft wrote the book for 'passionate hobbyists and professional pet photographers alike' so, whether you photograph pets as a job, or you simply can't get enough of the medium, then this book is for you. It is very much a guide book, and is set out a lot like a school text book, with the addition of lots o...

Great Photos – Simple cameras is a book all about lomography cameras, film cameras, and simple digital cameras, that can still take great images despite their age or status. The book goes through different types of cameras in turn, showing the reader loads of fantastic images that the camera has taken. Bernd Daub is a very knowledgeable author, and he guides us through the cameras, introducing them, giving us a case history, and explaining just why they are still so great. The book cover...

The New Street Photographer's Manifesto is a handy and informative guide to street photography, no matter what camera you may have. The introduction makes a point that the book can be used by anyone to take great street shots, as it is more about the technique than the equipment. The book also brings your attention to the various safety aspects for street photography, and the importance of knowing cultural norms when travelling to avoid getting into unnecessary scrapes. Street photograph...

The Long Exposure is a specialist ebook on long exposure photography. Author David Cleland runs the FixelPix website, which is a reportage photography website. He is an experienced photographer who sees long exposure photos as the most relaxing form of image capture. He obviously loves what he does. The Long Exposure is full of stunning images from the British coast, displaying David's skill at capturing silky smooth seas using long exposures. The ebook starts at the very beginning, ...

Food Photography for Bloggers is one of a series of titles in the Focus On series from Focal Press. Written by top food photographer Matt Armendariz, this book is mouth watering all the way through. Matt's blog, MattBites, is one of the best 50 food blogs in the world. Being a good food blogger is all about having appetising looking images, and so Matt talks us through every step of getting your photos spot on. Starting at the very beginning, Matt goes through the history of food pho...

Fashion Photography 101 is written by Lara Jade, a fashion photographer who started showcasing her photos on ePHOTOzine a few years ago. She is now a big name in the fashion photography circle, and this book shares her knowledge of the genre with you. The book is marketed as 'A complete course for new fashion photographers', and it does not let the reader down. It starts with the very basics – equipment. To be a good fashion photographer, you need to have the right equipment to create tho...

The Rules Of Photography And When To Break Them is a very informative book that challenges the general rules of photography. The book starts off by going through some basic photography techniques, from which type of camera to choose through to how to get the best exposure, before going into the rules and how they can be broken to create some great photos. This book is great because it not only tells you how to take great photos using the rules, but also covers how to break the rule and st...

Shoot Sexy: Pinup photography in the digital age is a quirky and fun book which guides you through the technique of pinup photography. The book covers everything from shooting pinups in a studio, shooting pinups on location and how to pose your shoots. These is also a section on burlesque shots, and editing your images to get the best effects. The book covers all the basics from setting up your studio, what models should wear and the key poses in the genre, to the lighting you should use...