Practice and own experiments - it was good. But there is always something to learn from the pros, and you should not neglect it. Immediately I warn you, this post is for those who are well-read in English, or at least ready to sit with the dictionary to understand the secrets of the art of photography from experienced photographers. In this article you will find a large collection of free e-books on photography.
First, add the file to knigamiv PDF. These books cover such important topics for the photographer as studio lighting, copyrights, choice processing software (Lightroom vs. Photoshop), shooting in manual mode, and more. Download, choose interesting books and replenish the treasury of knowledge.
Archive of books on photography
If you do not want to download everything, and you're interested in a book only on specific topics, such as street photography or lighting, you can choose a book from the list below. Many of them are in the archive.
23 free books on photography:
- Ultimate Field Guide to Photography by National Geographic. This book can be a serious help for beginners, because it covers the basics of photography - from the camera settings to the composition and perspective. More experienced photographers it will help refresh forgotten knowledge.
- Going Candid, Thomas Leuthard. Thomas Leuthard, street photographer, talks about his long-term experience and approach to street photography. The book is suitable to all who are interested in the genre of street photography.
- Essays on Inspiration, Vision and Creativity in Photography, Scott Bourne This book contains an essay by photographer Scott Bourne, his advice and opinions on the vision and creative approach to photography.
- Insights from Beyond the Lens, Robert Rodriguez Jr. This book talks about landscape photography. Starting with what camera is best suited for this type of photography and ending with tips on how to use the available light to create stunning landscape photos. Robert Rodriguez leads a few examples from my own experience, inspire novice photographers.
- Good Photos in Bad Light, Darwin Wiggett. As often happened that the poor lighting spoil great photos? After reading this book, this does not happen again. Darwin Wiggett tells about how to make great photos even in poor street lighting.
- Set Up Your Own Photoblog, Nancy Messiah. To create a photoblog, you need to know more - the choice of hosting up ways to attract readers. In his book, The Messiah Nancy detail reveals all the questions to create a photoblog: What you should know what to do and what to remember.
- Street Photography, Alex Coghe. Street photographer Alex Koh created a truly comprehensive guide to street photography. In this book you will find a description of the approach to street photography and ways to improve their art, as well as advice from the practice of the Alex.
- A Photographer's E-Guide to Making Sharp Photographs, Scott Bourne. Of course, the sharpness - it's not all that is required of the photos to be regarded as a professional and even more brilliant. However, clear photos can make a stronger impression than the blurry pictures. Scott Bourne tells how to avoid the blurring effect and make pictures sharper.
- Urban Exploration Photography, Neil Ta. The book describes the genre of industrial photography and receptions from personal experience photographer Neil Ta enthusiastic this genre. Read, take your camera and experiment with zabroshkami their city.
- Collecting Souls, Thomas Leuthard. Street photographer Thomas Leuthard said on different aspects of street photography and how he was learning this genre. In this book you will find many wonderful ideas, rich food for thought and an opportunity to improve their skills of street photography.
- Bicycle Touring Photography, Paul Jeurissen. This book combines journey on a bicycle and photography. Author Paul Zherison, went with his wife to tour by bicycle, taking photos along the way, so that this book you will find both - a bike tour and lessons in composition and different techniques Photo.
- Introduction to External Flash Photography. This is a very brief guide to the use of flash. A total of nine pages reveals all the important moments - from using the flash indoors to bounce flash. Easy and simple language explains how to use the flash on the street and how to achieve the best results.
- How to Take Stunning Food Photos. This book describes how to shoot great food images, pick the right lighting and composition. It says here that for cool pictures of food you need to take into account only two factors - an elaborate composition and accurate exposure.
- Explore Flickr, Thomas Leuthard. Flickr Explore - this is a double edged sword. On the one hand, with the help of your photos get many views and comments, with another - gradually you become dependent on it. Street photographer Thomas Leuthard, quite famous in the Flickr Explore, gives some tips on how to see your photo on these pages.
- Lighting 101, Strobist. Here you will find a lot of information about lighting: artificial lighting, a mixture of artificial and natural light, equipment, lighting, and more templates.
- Nine Motivational Essays on Photography, Scott Bourne. All photographers periodically lose motivation and do not know where to get inspiration. Nine motivational essay photographer Scott Bourne help survive a creative crisis, and tell us how to regain inspiration.
- The Shy Photographer's Guide to Confidence, Lauren Lim. There are situations in which the photographer feels uncomfortable taking pictures. Lauren Lim explains how to overcome shyness, and always feel safe at work, in meetings or traveling.
- Starting a Photography Business. If you want to open your photo business, but have no idea where to start, this book is for you. Professionals talk about the different aspects of the business in the field of photography, as well as on how to better allocate your finances. All written in simple and accessible language.
- Street Faces - The Art of Candid Street Portraiture, Thomas Leuthard. Street photographer Thomas Leuthard prefers to photograph strangers on the street with a very close distance. However, he does not ask for permission to photos obtained by natural and frank. In this book, photographer talks about his experience with the use of this approach and how you can do it yourself.
- Photojournalism, Technology and Ethics, Scott Baradell. This book is about ethics in photojournalism and how digital technologies are changing the reality. It provides a few rules-of axioms that can be used by young photojournalists in their work, as well as a selection of famous fotofalsifikatsy past and staged photographs.
- 31 Days to Overcome Your Fear of Shooting Street Photography, Eric Kim. Photographer Eric Kim has created a guide for street photography of the 31 days of training. Every day it offers a new lesson in this area of ​​photography, so that in a month you will greatly improve your skills.
- Selling Fine Art Photography. If you think that the main thing - to make cool pictures, but to sell it will be easy, you're wrong. In this book you will learn what are the problems faced by the photographer, who wants to earn on his work, where we should start, what to do and not to do during the sale of their works.
- Lightroom 5 Quick Start Guide. It is a complete guide for anyone who wants to work with Lightroom 5, from installation and import photos and finishing techniques of editing and full description of possibilities.
That's all. I hope these books will help you to pump your photography skills in different genres, found his photo blog, or to successfully market work.
If you know of any useful free books for photographers, please mention them in the comments.