Portfolio Book Reviews

If you're looking for photography technique advice such as tips on f stops, focal lengths and framing you're looking at the wrong book as this title's all about making money from photography. The author gives photographers advice, facts, ideas and even a few leads to help them succeed in a market that grows more competitive every day. A big plus for this book is it's centred around the UK market. Also, the advice art directors and picture editors have to offer in chapter seven is really ...

With little writing apart from the odd quirky description from different photographers, this book is a fun flick through and a possible inspiration to budding photographers. This book offers new ideas and gives people something to smile about. With its amusingly bizzare idea of finding faces in everyday places and inamimate objects, 'Found Faces' would make a great gift, and is affordably priced at £6.57

The book 'Northerners' is diverse in its audience and offers the reader an insight into Sefton Samuels personality, both through his photos and his descriptions. This book gives you both humour and art, and is easy to read and enjoy. The layout benefits from simplicity as you open up to any page and there's one of Samuels' impulse inflicted photographs followed by a brief and quirky explanation. Personally, I think this book is well worth treating yourself, or maybe a loved one with, if you'...

Lola Goes To London is a book that demonstrates how Lola Evans, a photo artist, sees London. The colours used are unusual and many of the images show popular London locations from a new angle. A diary of Lola's thoughts and feelings can be found alongside the text although, you may need a magnifying glass to read it clearly! It's an interesting book and if you collect quirky photography related titles this one should be right up your street.

This is a quick reference book that gives you an insight into Rick Sammon’s way of working. Although the theme seems to be about taking photographs on holiday, the tips can easily be applied to more local forms of photography. The information is given in small, easy-to-read sections and the language used is easy to understand. As the book is split into small sections, you can pick the book up and read as much, or as little as you want, and the large images make it an entertaining read. ...

Transient beauty is a book made-up of a series of photographs by award-winning photographer Tamany Baker. The images documents Tamany's relationship with her later mother as well as a variety of other subjects, thoughts and feelings the photographer had. The beautiful cover and binding of the book make the images look even more stunning then they already are. The intriguing journey that was influenced by a fallen statue will keep any reader turning every page to see what image will ...

Movie photos is a great book for not only photographers wanting to go into the industry but for anyone who has an interest in the film world too. Alex has 25 years experience in the industry and the words he writes in the book are an educational treat. The work in the book is varied. You can see everything from romantic scenes to equipment used on set. They also come with captions telling you what they were taken on and how. The text is easy to follow, very informative and a great overall in...

This annual book contains the most haunting and inspiring photographs from the previous year. Photos are submitted by over 4100 photojournalists, picture agencies, newspapers and magazines throughout the world. The ones that appear in the book are selected from over 63,000 images and represent the most powerful, moving and sometimes disturbing images of the year. Needless to say, this book is not for the faint hearted! Many of the images contain a brief detail about the situation, so they are e...

No introduction necessary for this photographer who's famous photos of the Brazilian mine workers have been seen all over the world in almost ever year book and "Great Image" guides. This book features some of these along with other reportage shots where he explores the live's of the world's unseen people. If you like his work you'll love this book - 156 pages with 129 duo toned black & white photographs beautifully reproduced in a 13x11in format.