Photography books

This is one of the quickest ways to learn photography if you are motivated to read it cover to cover and apply what has been said. Most photography books out there teach you the exact same things and hope to get the buyers attention with an excellent image on the cover. Others offer very little to no advice at all but they still sell like hot cakes because it is published by a known photographer.

The truth is that none of these books will really tell you how to take great pictures. Instead they tell you how you should go about maximizing your chances at getting a great photo. Photographers try to be very secretive in general about their work because they feel someone else might use to their techniques and take away some of their business.


These photography books are still an excellent read and will most likely share something with even professionals they didn’t know. One book that helped me tremendously when I started with photography was Understanding Exposure by Brian Peterson. Brian explains everything you might want to know in very easy and understanding terms with examples!

The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography is another book which I got only recently. It covers mostly the same as the above but with focuses more on modern day digital photography that is meant to WOW the audience. I strongly suggest you get both these books and start reading Understanding exposure first because the second book can be quite technical if you don’t already know some of the basics.

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Happy shooting!