Digital photography for beginners book

[John D]

One of the best books in my opinion is 'The Birdwatchers Guide to Digital Photography' by David Tipling forward by Chris Packham.
Covers, equipment,using the camera, editing, RAW and JPEG conversion etc, composition, resizing, sharpening and printing etc etc. All written in a way and easy to understand. Plenty of illustrations throughout.
Got it from Amazon
John D

[Blackbrook Eye]

Originally Posted by Blue

Thank you all for your replies
I've decided to join a beginners photography course and I'm going to read the books you have suggested.

Cheers
Blue

Probably the best decision you can make as a beginner, you will be taught 'hands on' which is by far the simplest way to learn.

[zan]

no-one's mentioned it yet I don't think, but 'Understanding Exposure' by Bryan Peterson is a very good book to help you understand the basic principles of photography. It doesn't sound the most exciting thing to read, but it's very good and very clear and takes you through all the basics of ISO, apertures, shutter speeds etc and when and how to change them.

You'll maybe find it difficult to see clear differences between settings with a compact camera because they don't cover the same extremes that you can reach with a full SLR, but the basic principles are the same and with a bit of trial and error you should get some great shots

Good luck!

Zan

[Blue]

Thanks Zan, that book sounds perfect, just what I need!
I've just ordered it

Blue

[Blackbrook Eye]

Originally Posted by John D

One of the best books in my opinion is 'The Birdwatchers Guide to Digital Photography' by David Tipling forward by Chris Packham.
Covers, equipment,using the camera, editing, RAW and JPEG conversion etc, composition, resizing, sharpening and printing etc etc. All written in a way and easy to understand. Plenty of illustrations throughout.
Got it from Amazon
John D

I hope you are right John, Ive just invested my Pensioners Christmas bonus in it, thank you all for your contribution

[Gaina]

I found Tom Ang's books helpful, also subscribing to photography magazines. However the very best way for me to learn was the 'click it and see' method - just taking loads of photographs and seeing what the effect was when I changed the aperture and what have you.

The good thing about software like adobe bridge and others is you get the EXIF data when you load the photograph onto the computer so if you get one shot you're really pleased with you can see how it happened .