The Best Digital Photography Books

What are the best digital photography books? is a question I am often asked. Learning photography can be a time-consuming and complex task but with the right book you can cut the learning curve to a gentle slope.

All of the photography books below have solid information in an easy-to-follow format with great pictures by well-respected authors. Every book listed here gets either five stars or 4 and a half from Amazon customers.

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Portrait photography

• Digital Portrait Photography: Art, Business & Style (A Lark Photography Book) - a complete course in digital portrait photography
• Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers
- learn how color, direction, form, and contrast affect your final portrait
• Portrait Photographer's Handbook - details the fine art of capturing formal and casually posed images
The Art of Children's Portrait Photography - in-depth handbook explaing modern techniques such as tightly cropped close-ups, vignettes, wide angles, and shallow depths
• The Best of Family Portrait Photography: Professional Techniques and Images - artwork from 30 of the industry's top photographers used to highlight clear-cut shooting strategies
• Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop - learn the most effective ways to create professional-looking, retouched final images without spending hours grinding away at painstaking, detailed techniques
• Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography - explains what makes a photo memorable, how to spot the universal themes that everyone can identify with, and how to use lighting, setting, and exposure

Wedding Photography

• Fine Art Wedding Photography: How to Capture Images with Style for the Modern Bride - life-style photography to wake-up your style, stay current, and stimulate business
• Digital Wedding Photographer's Planner - a reference guide to planning and executing a successful wedding day shoot
• Fast Track Photographer: The Definitive New Approach to Successful Wedding Photography - helps you to be clear about your gifts and talents as an individual and build a vision from that starting plot point
• Wedding Photography: Advanced Techniques for Digital Photographers - a detailed handbook
• Advanced Wedding Photojournalism: Professional Techniques for Digital Photographers - an in-depth reference exploring the roles of preparation and patience
• The Complete Guide to Professional Wedding Photography: Creating a more profitable and fulfilling business - a guide by two exceptional wedding photographers at the top of their game
• Master Posing Guide for Wedding Photographers - how to combine traditional posing techniques with the spontaneous techniques of photojournalism

Photographing Children

• Photographing Children Photo Workshop: Develop Your Digital Photography Talent - how to create beautiful photographs in a variety of lighting situations
• The Art of Children's Portrait Photography - how to create contemporary photographs that capture a child�s mood or personality
• Children's Portrait Photography Handbook: Techniques for Digital Photographers - a guidebook to photographing children of all ages - from infants to teenagers with strategies to maximize client cooperation
• Studio Portrait Photography of Children and Babies - an all-in-one resource for portrait photographers including a month-by-month and year-by-year developmental guide
• Mamarazzi: Every Mom's Guide to Photographing Kids - a fun guide which shows mothers how to photograph children with the style, clarity, color, and beauty you see in professional photographs
• Photographing Children and Babies: How to Take Great Pictures - a guide for parents on how to dramatically improve their baby photos and create memorable albums without extensive experience, technical knowledge, or equipment, including more than 150 images
• The BetterPhoto Guide to Photographing Children - how to use light, composition, and exposure to improve your photographs, capture a moving target, and develop rapport with even the shyest or most rambunctious child

Landscape Photography

• John Shaw's Landscape Photography - teaches you how to make technical proficiency second nature so it doesn't interfere when composing pictures
• Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Masters - shows you what can be learned from Adams working process
The Digital SLR Expert Landscapes - practical demonstrations and step-by-step examples from five leading professional photographers
• Creative Landscapes: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques - explains how to approach the subject creatively, choose and use appropriate equipment, and refine photographic technique
• National Audubon Society Guide to Landscape Photography - step-by-step instructions, pictograms, and before-and-after comparisons build into a complete course - for digital as well as traditional cameras
• Digital Landscape Photography - written specifically for the digital photographer
• Contemporary Landscape Photography: Professional Techniques for Capturing Spectacular Settings - the newest techniques for capturing professional-quality images, illustrated with hundreds of inspiring images

Lighting & Flash Photography

• On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography - learn techniques using simple accessories to create professional images while avoiding the common pitfalls of using an on-camera flash
• Christopher Grey's Lighting Techniques for Beauty and Glamour Photography - this guide describes the artistic and technical nuances of different genres plus posing and compositional techniques
• Speedliter's Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites, ePub - an exploration of light and color which moves through a discussion of the Canon Speedlite family and all the accessories and equipment available
• Off-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Photographers - provides practical examples of off-camera flash used on real assignments
• Sculpting with Light: Techniques for Portrait Photographers -

Starting a Photography Business

• The Business of Studio Photography: How to Start and Run a Successful Photography Studio - strategies for portrait and wedding photographers
• Wedding Photography 101: The Complete Guide to Starting and Growing a Wedding Photography Business - how to start and run a wedding photography business
• How to Create a High-Profit Photography Business in Any Market - guide to running a successful portrait studio
• Tucci and Usmani's The Business of Photography - how to establish a business, design a product line, market services and products
• The Digital SLR Expert Landscapes - techniques for creating flawless lighting and how to take full control of the photographic atmosphere

General

• VisionMongers: Making a Life and a Living in Photography - how to stay true to your craft and vision, while fusing that craft with commerce

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