One of the best books I can recommend is Michael Freeman's "The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos".Michael Freeman's famous book:
This is an excellent book is a rare gem, in that covers all aspectsit does a pretty superb job of covering all the critical artistic topics of photography, in all areas. Its a must-have book for our type (I amgenerally agnostic way. Michael Freeman is a software engineertalented photographer, and also struggled withhis communication of compositional aspects of photography is second to none. You may not learn everything about the artistic side of things.) Another excellenta specific kind of photography from this book, but you'll definitely learn the general basics that can be applied to most forms of photography.
Two other books by Michael Freeman is "Perfect Exposure: The professional guide to capturing perfect digital photographs"should also find their way into your collection:
These three books comprise my favorites out of my entire collection, and have been the most useful (and most used) over the two or so years I've been doing photography. This book is a bitThey do not get into the specifics of any specific field of photography, so if you are looking for detailed information information about a blend between fully understanding howsingle field, you will have to use the technical tools and concepts oflook deeper. I generally do landscape photography, and how to achieve artistic photographs usingI can offer some superb books for that knowledgefield that can help you expand your artistic horizons beyond the fundamentals covered in Freeman's books. Not quite as artistically centric as hisFor other bookfields, but still an excellent readlike portraiture, architectural photography, street, etc., others can hopefully help you find what you need.
- "Developing Vision and Style: A Landscape Photography Masterclass" by Joe Cornish, Charlie Wait, and David Ward
- Excellent resource of other photographers work. One of the best ways to learn the artistic side of photography is observe the artistic photographs of other great photographers.
— An excellent resource of other photographers' work. One of the best ways to learn the artistic side of photography is observe the artistic photographs of other great photographers.
- Alain Briot's "Mastering Landscape Photography: The Luminous Landscape Essays"
- Alain Briot has been a long-time contributor to the Luminous Landscape web site
- This book is a more thorough compilation of his works on that site.
— Alain Briot has been a long-time contributor to the Luminous Landscape web site. This book is a more-thorough compilation of his works on that site.
- David Noton's "Waiting for the Light"
- Another excellent book for landscape photographers, this one explains how to find and use natural light
— Another excellent book for landscape photographers, this one explains how to find and use natural light.
