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10/04/2004 08:13:48 AM · #1 |
Hi everybody,
Just wondering what is on everyones bookshelves at home, what photography books do you recommend, which photographer's books are filled with great pictures.. Myself I love PS for photographers by martin evening and the art of pixel processing by tom ang and for pictures the national geographic portraits thats just out.... |
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10/04/2004 08:16:23 AM · #2 |
| almost forgot, in our time, the world as seen by magnum photographers which got me interested in photography in the first place many years ago! |
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10/04/2004 08:21:12 AM · #3 |
Yeah, the Nat Geo book looks great, and is quite affordable.
I've got the fullsize book of the Eath from the Air by that French photographer, which is just superb.
My favourite photographer is Martin Parr... I particularly like his early stuff from Hebden Bridge (very near-by in Yorkshire). I love his understated humour, and observations on English culture.
I have loads of coffee-table cinema books full of movie stills, I'm quite a film buff. They're always worth looking at from a photographic point of view.
I grew up with the 35mm Photographer's handbook, and I remember it being informative and interesting... although I didn't actually take many photos at the time.
Message edited by author 2004-10-04 08:22:14. |
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10/04/2004 08:55:35 AM · #4 |
John Shaw's Landscape photography
Ansel Adams - BW and Colour
Over Beautiful British Columbia
The Yellow River
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10/04/2004 08:57:56 AM · #5 |
| The Art of Black and White Photography by John Garrett |
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10/04/2004 09:19:34 AM · #6 |
As a photoshop book I am finding the "How to Wow" book by Jack Davis & Ben Willmore great. Comes with a cd with all the photos from the book in there so you can follow the editing instructions on the same photo.
I am only about 20% through the book and just now getting into the fun parts.
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10/04/2004 11:33:13 AM · #7 |
I have another one that's quite interesting.
The Tao of Photography
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10/04/2004 12:28:49 PM · #8 |
This is an answer to another thread which seems to have been rather unnecessarily locked. Overenthusiastic admins seem to be going a bit overboard with locking down threads which are on similar, but distinct topics.
Any ideas?>
Susan Sontag's 'On Photography' is sitting on my desk right now, and was on the reading list when my wife studied the issue of photography in anthropology. From the back cover: 'In this book Susan Sontag examines a wide range of problems, both aesthetic and moral, raised by the presence and authority of the photographed image in the lives of everyone today'. |
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10/04/2004 12:43:04 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
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The references in this previous thread may prove helpful.
One of the reasons for cutting down on the number of threads is to reduce the chance that useful information like this is "lost" -- personally, I get tired of typing the same responses over and over again as people pose the same question anew ... as it is, people frequently start a new thread identical to a previous one instead of searching to see if the information is already there. The "Search" field was moved to the home page some time ago to try and facilitate this.
That doesn't mean no new threads should be started, but I'd really like it if people would make at least a cursory search (pun intended) for an existing thread first.
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10/04/2004 02:44:18 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
This is an answer to another thread which seems to have been rather unnecessarily locked. Overenthusiastic admins seem to be going a bit overboard with locking down threads which are on similar, but distinct topics.
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Yes, especially since making it clear that the new announcement only affected the fact that the Rant section was now monitored....ha ha!
Edit: typoe
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10/04/2004 02:50:27 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
This is an answer to another thread which seems to have been rather unnecessarily locked. Overenthusiastic admins seem to be going a bit overboard with locking down threads which are on similar, but distinct topics.
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Yes, especially since making it clear that the new announcement only affected the fact that the Rant section was now modified....ha ha! |
The announcement noted that the Rant section was now being actively monitored like all the other threads already were.
Did not the link to the thread I provided pretty much exactly duplicate this thread as well? |
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10/04/2004 02:56:14 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
The announcement noted that the Rant section was now being actively monitored like all the other threads already were.
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I have no idea about the relationship of the two threads, but I've been noticing more thread-locking going on in all departments. This is a good thing, overall, as long as nobody's being over-zealous...
Message edited by author 2004-10-04 14:57:29. |
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10/04/2004 02:58:57 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
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Did not the link to the thread I provided pretty much exactly duplicate this thread as well? |
Actually, looking into it...the question that Bobster Lobster was answering was only related to this thread in that they both asked about books. |
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10/04/2004 03:08:01 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
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Did not the link to the thread I provided pretty much exactly duplicate this thread as well? |
Actually, looking into it...the question that Bobster Lobster was answering was only related to this thread in that they both asked about books. |
I agree ... I think the thread I referred to was more in line with that particular question, although whoever started this thread might also have looked for the other one first.
Message edited by author 2004-10-04 15:08:23. |
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10/04/2004 03:28:58 PM · #15 |
back to the topic at hand...
The new Rolling Stone issue is their 50th anniversary captured in photos. There's a bio on each photo as well. Great stuff.
I also love the photographers in Vanity Fair. Annie Leibovitz who now works for VF started out with RS. |
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10/04/2004 04:07:35 PM · #16 |
Eeeek...I'm so sorry for any frustration caused with starting a seperate thread earlier today. I just didn't want anybody to feel I had hijacked the thread they had started by posting about books that the original poster may not have been interested in. A lesson learnt :o)
BobsterLobster - Many thanks indeed for the book recommendation. I've just been checking it out on Amazon and it will certainly be the next book I'll be purchasing. |
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10/04/2004 06:18:06 PM · #17 |
$7.98 - Masterclass in Photography by Michael Bussell and Julien Bussell. Thanks to Skiprow for suggesting it here in the forums a while back.
$6.99 - Light and the Art of Landscape Photography by Joe Cornish and Charlie Waite.
$14.98 - Spectacular America by Dana Levy (Editor) and Letitia Burns O'Connor (Editor).
I haven't made too much of a dent in actually reading any of them but I have gone through almost all of the images. The books are terrific quality (2 are hardcover) and have amazing color images. I have started to read the Masterclass in Photography book and it's very good. There are a ton of beautiful images that include critiques and tech info. I would highly recommend these books. You can't go wrong for the price, either!
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