The greatest book on photography this is mine what's yours?

[straycat]

i have learn so much from this book.

if you read it and understand it things become clear and it improves your photography no end.
its hard to find now and you may doubt what i say,but once you read it you will thank me.

its pre digital but that does not matter its far more than the mechanincs of photography its more about the visual and why some things work.

have you a book of equal brilliance you would reccomend?

 

[ChrisGilbert]

Quite inspirational. Is there an updated version available ?

 

[straycat]

there are some on Amazon
this one has the same cover as mine and is very cheap ive seen some go for a lot of money.
i keep intending to start reading mine again as i expect some things ive forgotten.

its one of those books thats hard to put down,the more you read the more it becomes clear and you want to learn more.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pictures-Pa...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357320443&sr=1-2

 

[ChrisGilbert]

Sorry, I worded that one badly. I was referring to the Charles Campbell book to which I provided a link.

 

[viewfromthenorth]

Pictures on a page is a fabulous book. Picked up my copy for £3 about 10 years ago, and it remains one of my favourites.

David DuChemin's Within The Frame is also superb, and I've very much enjoying Michael Freemans recent books - The Photographers Mind, The Photographers Vision and The Photographers Story. And also Galen Rowell's Inner Game Of Outdoor Photography.

There's also photographic monographs, but that's for a different thread..........

 

[Jan K.]

...have you a book of equal brilliance you would reccomend?

I'm not familiar with your recommended book (yet), so can't say this is "equal brilliance"...

Over the past 30 years I've dragged this monster home from the library again and again, until when I recently got the splendid idea to check it in google

Peter Pollack: The Picture History of Photography!

Above pic linked from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-picture-history-photography-beginnings/dp/B0006CPAB6/ref=cm_cmu_pg_t

Got my second edition (+700 pages) for the ridiculous price of some $30 including postage!

 

[robahob]

Light. Science and magic

 

[Davec223]

Basic photography by Michael Langford, a brilliant book, although the copy I have is pre digital, but the basics are still the same.

 

[straycat]

I'm not familiar with your recommended book (yet), so can't say this is "equal brilliance"...

Over the past 30 years I've dragged this monster home from the library again and again, until when I recently got the splendid idea to check it in google

Peter Pollack: The Picture History of Photography!

Above pic linked from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-picture-history-photography-beginnings/dp/B0006CPAB6/ref=cm_cmu_pg_t




Got my second edition (+700 pages) for the ridiculous price of some $30 including postage!

That looks like my kind of book,thanks.

 

[simonblue]

A couple of good books their,mine at the moment is Magum contacts

 

[Keebsuk]

A couple of very interesting books to look at, thank you .

My contribution to this thread is a book called, "First Light, a landscape photographers art" by Joe Cornish.
It's an excellent read and some of the images are sublime. I would go so far as suggesting that it's a must read for anyone remotely interested in landscape photography.

Andy