Aug 21, 2011

Welcome to the ultimate collection of totally FREE photography eBooks! Whether you’re after some general digital photography advice, looking to increase your photo editing skills, want some specific street photography tips, or even have a desire to take amazing shots of dragonflies – whatever you’re looking for, we have you covered. As well as...

Aug 12, 2011

 SimpleSLR: Hands-On Photography Training, is a fantastic book from Andy Lim – well known in the photography world for his photography classes and tutorials (as well as great images, of course!). His new book (which is available to buy here) is an extension of his classes; fitting in lots of practical lessons and examples to get the new DSLR-owner up to...

Jun 26, 2011

The Speedliter’s Handbook, by Syl Arena The Speedliter’s Handbook, by Syl Arena, is the best book about off-camera flash photography that I have ever read. Go buy it – it’s that simple! (It’s available from Amazon US and UK, by the way). If a three-sentence review isn’t quite good enough for you, though, you may want to...

Mar 30, 2011

Captured By The Light by David Ziser (available from Amazon US and UK) is the best wedding photography book I have read so far – and I’ve gone through a fair few, I can tell you! There are many reasons why I rate it so highly, but perhaps the overriding factor that makes it stand out from the rest is how it is written for the layman – simple to...

Jul 19, 2010

If you’ve just splashed out on the brilliant Canon T2i (knows as the 550D in Europe), then you may be a little bewildered with all the controls and functions your new camera has to offer. If you’re anything like me, and you devour any reading material to do with photography, then you might want to look into getting the Digital Field Guide for the...

Apr 6, 2010

If you’re into your photography (and the odds of that are pretty high since you’re reading this!) then you have probably heard about this book by now, as, apparently, it is the best-selling digital photography book of all time.  This is a statement which is proudly displayed on the book’s cover, and, to be honest, it’s pretty easy to see why it has...

Mar 7, 2010

Understanding Exposure: Revised Edition by Bryan Peterson (available at Amazon US and UK) was one of the first photography books I read, and I thoroughly recommend it to any budding photographer. The title of the book sounds dry, like it’s going to be very technical and hard to read – but this couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s actually written in...