Photography Books

[Tuck]

Can anybody recommend good books on photography,
Such as on composition, Lighting and such

Cheers

[Shadowman]

Check out this collection.

http://www.photoworkshop.com/pages/books.html

[Markvetnz]

I started off reading Brian Peterson's books. They are easy to read and quite practical. Not particularly geared to digital photography but really good if you want to try and get as much as possible right in camera.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...sure&x=18&y=19

[ktuli]

In a different vein from the ones above, I like the "100 ways to take better [insert style] photographs" series.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...graphs&x=0&y=0

They're usually not very technical, but the learning process they use is interesting. Basically it gives you 100 techniques or things to pay attention to while taking your preferred style of photography (regular, portrait, wildlife, landscape, b&w are available so far). The techniques/hints vary in complexity, but for the most part each one spans one page with examples (some spill onto a second page). So they are quick reads, easy to pick up and open to a random page and challenge yourself to try the technique listed, etc.

They're not overly technical, but I still really enjoy them.

- Bill

[rpcrowe]

Virtually any book by Scott Kelby...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...al+photography

OTOH... There is a plethora of up-to-date and free information lurking out there in cyber space just waiting for a Google search...

[PaulMiller]

Michael Freeman: The Photographer's Eye and the follow up volume The Photographer's Mind
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...ichael+freeman

[Malcgeorge]

Michael Freemans Pocket Guide to Exposure is a good book to read too. See and buy it on Amazon.

[tbob]

These are the optimal combo of cheap price /excellent advice/environmentally friendly as they are ebooks. I highly recommend the whole lot.
http://craftandvision.com/

[Tuck]

Thanks everyone, now to read through all the recommendations

[inkista]

Lighting, (since nobody's mentioned it), the go-to text on how light works is Light: Science and Magic.

For on-camera basic techniques, go for Neil van Niekerk's On Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography he's brand-agnostic and uses both Canon and Nikon gear. Folks will probably also point you to Joe McNally's books, specifically The Hotshoe Diaries, but if you shoot Canon instead of Nikon, prepare to do a lot of mental translation when he goes into gear/CLS specifics. Speedliter's Handbook might be better for Canon shooters, but I haven't read it.

[Shadowman]

http://www.livebooks.com/

[Eric M]

I like Bryan Petersen's books (and videos, youtube) and anything Scott Kelby writes. Joe McNally's "Hotshoe Diaries" is great too, if you are into off camera flash.