All Entries Tagged With: "book review"
Click [Book Review]
Click: The Ultimate Photography Guide for Generation Now by Charlie Styr with Maria Wakem
Click is designed as an easy-to-follow guide with an amazing showcase of incredible work taken by teens from all over the world. It was written by 17-year-old photographer Charlie Styr, with writer and photo editor Maria Wakem.
Special thanks to Amphoto Books [...]
Ingnore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity [Book Review]
This is gonna be a short review not in the format of our typical reviews because this book isn’t specifically about photography.
So why do the review on a photography tips website?
Because this is one of those well thought out, well written, highly insightful and informative books geared towards all creatives. This is a book [...]
The Photographer’s Survival Guide [Book Review]
“At last, a down-to-earth, no-nonsense guide that provides guidance and tools for all levels of photographers-from those just starting out to those who want to move to the next level”
I couldn’t agree more.
But first, a very special thanks to Amphoto Books and Watson-Guptill Publicatoins for sending this advanced copy of The Photographer’s Survival Guide: How [...]
Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography [Book Review]
I was pretty excited to read the book Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography as a former portrait photographer. I hadn’t really done very many portraits since I quit the biz and thought that a refresher was in order.
There were many pleasant surprises throughout the book. Some things I had never really looked at [...]
Book Review: The Camera by Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams has long been known as one of, if not the, most influential and famous photographers ever. His knowledge of photography and cameras, especially in the technical area, are unsurpassed. Ansel Adams was an artist, craftsman, and precise technician in the field of photography.
In reading The Camera by Ansel Adams I found myself whisked [...]
Camera Lucida Book Review
Our first book in the Your Photo Tips Photography Book Club is Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes. In hindsight (which is of course 20/20) I could have gone with a book that was easier to consume, but that’s not really my style. One of the most important pieces of literature about photography Camera [...]




