I was looking through some photography books yesterday at the bookstore and I saw one called "How to Photograph Your Life: Capturing Everyday Moments with Your Camera and Your Heart" by Nick Kelsh. I wasn't sure what to expect when I grabbed it, but the book was filled with great examples of how to take typical situations that are normally captured as a "snapshots" and shows how to instead get "photographs".
Each 2-page spread focuses on one photo situation ("Photographing a new baby", "Photographing a graduation", etc.) On the left side, he shows what a typical, predictable amateur photo would look like (and it was funny, unfortunately, how those resembled a lot of my pictures). He then gives some "professional wisdom", and shows its application in another, much more compelling, picture on the right page.
As I was thumbing through the book, I thought about DPC, and how the pictures on the left would do terribly in a challenge, and how the ones on the right -- even though this book focuses a lot on photographs containing people and children -- could actually do quite well.
And the author shot the entire book with a point-and-shoot digital camera, to prove that you don't need expensive equipment to get great-looking pictures.
All I can say is, "highly recommended". It should be on the "required reading" list before submitting your first DPC submission. =]
How to Photograph Your Life
Other books by Nick Kelsh:
How to Photograph Your Baby
How To Photograph Your Family
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