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Any good photography books
Well I have a new camera and despite me wanting to get entry level DSLR I was persuaded that it was too expensive when meant to be saving for a wedding so I have The Fuji Finepix S20. Just back from Skye and took hundreds of pics in 4 days and have a couple, literally a couple I like!
Anyway this camera has all sorts of settings etc my old camera didn't and I had great fun playing around but actually had no idea what I was doing
Can anyone recommend a couple of good books I can read I have taken a couple out of the library but they seem to focus (no pun intended) on the editing side of photography rather than the actual capturing of images. I though didgital photography for dummies would be a good place to start but it wasn't particularly informative
Any good recommendations for a complete novice who would like to learn. I see from a thread on Dogsety that "Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera " may be a good start any others?
Thanks
Anyway this camera has all sorts of settings etc my old camera didn't and I had great fun playing around but actually had no idea what I was doing
Can anyone recommend a couple of good books I can read I have taken a couple out of the library but they seem to focus (no pun intended) on the editing side of photography rather than the actual capturing of images. I though didgital photography for dummies would be a good place to start but it wasn't particularly informative
Any good recommendations for a complete novice who would like to learn. I see from a thread on Dogsety that "Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera " may be a good start any others?
Thanks
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That's the very book I was about to reccommend...it is excellent. 
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That's the very book I was about to reccommend...it is excellent.
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I was also going to suggest 'Understanding Exposure'.
Another book I have which is quite handy is 'Mastering Digital Photography' by Michael Freeman.
Another book I have which is quite handy is 'Mastering Digital Photography' by Michael Freeman.
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I think the Peterson book 'Understanding Exposure' is now assuming biblical status.
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Understanding Exposure, is definitely a good buy, also The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman and Within the Frame, by David DuChemin.
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this may help you a wee bit and they are all free but you may need to download a reader
http://www.freephotoresources.com/co...graphy-ebooks/
http://www.freephotoresources.com/co...graphy-ebooks/