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Photojojo! [Book Review]

Photojojo! [Book Review]

We haven’t done a photography book review in a while and I’m a little behind.  I have, sitting on my desk, a few books that need to be reviewed for you guys and today we’re looking at Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas by Amit Gupta with Kelly Jensen.
Photojojo the book is [...]

5 Outstanding Photography Books

In keeping with the whole year in review lists I wanted to go back over the many photography books we’ve reviewed here at Your Photo Tips. While we, as a society, are moving more and more to the digital realm of everything (music, movies, photography) I’m not heading into getting my photography books in [...]

Top 10 Tips for Dynamite Digital Photography

Top 10 Tips for Dynamite Digital Photography

By Tom Grimm and Michele Grimm,
Authors of The Basic Book of Digital Photography: How to Shoot, Enhance, and Share Your Digital Pictures
Here are 10 easy ways to greatly improve your digital photographs and avoid the pitfalls that are common with today’s automatic cameras. Professional photographers Michele and Tom Grimm offer these and many more tips [...]

3 Simple Ways To Stay Inspired

3 Simple Ways To Stay Inspired

These are just a few things to keep you thinking about photography when you’re in a drought. Hopefully they’ll help get you inspired enough to grab your camera and shoot something.

Within The Frame [Book Review]

Within The Frame [Book Review]

Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision (Voices That Matter) by David duChemin
Within The Frame is about finding and expressing your photographic vision. A rare book on the why, rather than the how, of finding, chasing, and expressing your vision from with a camera from your eye.
About the Author
David duChemin is an international [...]

Wedding Photography Unveiled [Book Review]

Wedding Photography Unveiled [Book Review]

Wedding Photography Unveiled: Inspiration and Insight from 20 Top Photographers by Jacqueline Tobin
Wedding Photography Unveiled reveals the art, philosophies, strategies, business practices, and techniques of twenty top wedding photographers from across the United States and showcases their favorite images. The focus is on the freshest styles–especially the blend of photojournalism with more relaxed lifestyle [...]

National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide To Landscape Photography [Book Review]

National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide To Landscape Photography [Book Review]

 
National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide to Landscape Photography (National Geographic Photography Field Guides) by Robert Caputo
This is an updated, new edition to National Geographic’s most popular field guide: landscape photography. The new information is comprised of information on digital cameras and digital software in the field of landscape photography.
Never before have I seen [...]

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 [...]

David Pogue's Digital Photography The Missing Manual [Book Review]

David Pogue’s Digital Photography The Missing Manual [Book Review]

If there’s one huge bonus about starting the photography book club it’s that I’ve been getting more photography books to review in the mail. I’ll continue to review these books mid-month so they aren’t confused with the more participatory “book club”.
David Pogue’s Digital Photography: The Missing Manual
About The Author
David Pogue , Yale ‘85, is [...]

Understanding Exposure [Book Review]

Understanding Exposure [Book Review]

I was pretty excited to get my copy of Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition) in the mail from Amazon. I had heard such wonderful things about the scope of this photography book that it really should have been in my library long ago.
Understanding Exposure: [...]

Light & Exposure [Book Review]

Light & Exposure [Book Review]

Described as a pragmatic guide for digital photographers looking for a creative way to explore the world, Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers really emphasizes that equipment alone won’t help you capture compelling images. Of course this is a topic we speak about often here at Your Photo Tips.

Minimalist Lighting [Book Review]

Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography
Admittedly I was pretty excited when I got this book in the mail.  My initial background was in portrait and wedding photography so I do have a special love for lighting techniques.  In the studio we used professional strobes with large softboxes and at weddings it was natural light,on [...]

Book Review: The Camera by Ansel Adams

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 [...]

Skin - A Book Review

Skin – A Book Review

It’s actually fairly rare that we go over Photoshop techniques on this website. I like it that way because I believe that as much of the work should be done in camera as possible. That alone will eliminate post processing time and get you back out in the field and behind your lens.
Before [...]

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