Resolved: Be a Better Photographer — A Book List
To celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas from now through Epiphany and to advocate for the idea of reading books to support New Year projects, resolutions, and goals, I’m writing a series of posts with themed book lists for various popular resolutions. So far…
Day 1: Be More Fit
Day 2: Be Happier
Day 3: Be a Better Cook
Day 4: Be Smarter about Money
Day 5: Be More Purposeful and Get Things Done
Day 6: Be More Creative
Day 7: Be a Better Reader
Day 8: Be a Better Writer
Day 9: Be a Better Gardener
Photography books can be inspiring just to look at. The explanations of how to create similar photos myself are a bonus.
The photo book that I used most this year and I’m still learning from is Plate to Pixel by Hélène Dujardin, the September pick of The Kitchen Reader book club. Since cameras don’t come with manuals, to speak of, these days, we’ve also found the Digitial Field Guide series published by John Wiley & Sons helpful.
I have a book on my shelf, recommended by a photography teacher, that I hope to get to this year: Photography and the Art of Seeing by Freeman Patterson.
Vicki of I’d Rather Be at the Beach chose photography as the topic for one of her books or the New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge: Digital Photography by Henry Horenstein. The subtitle is A Basic Manual and it looks like a terrific way to get started.
What books have helped you improve your photography? I’m linking this to Saturday Snapshot at West Metro Mommy Reads and hope to get responses from the regular participants in that meme.
If you’re reading books to improve your photography in the new year (or for other goals, projects, and resolutions), join us at The New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge!
I need to spend some more time working on my photography. It seems most of the pictures I take are done so with my cell phone and my DSLR just sits up on a shelf! Sigh!
I might check Plate to Pixel out after I read Digital Photography. Photography and the Art of Seeing sounds good too! I think I’m going to add them both to my library TBR list if they have them available.
Plate to Pixel is a wonderful book … it really has helped me with my food photography. I would still like to take a digital camera/photography class, as I am a hands on learner and value having someone ‘show me’ how things are done.
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!! Have a great 2014!
Here is my snapshot post.
I like your themes for the 23 Days of Christmas – nice to have some positive goals to link in with. My Snapshot is at http://goo.gl/t488Ge
Looks like a great book, I love photography and food photography sounds like a lot of fun. Looks like a nice coffee table book too.
I have two books that have inspired me to try some things with photography this year. One is Photo-op: 52 Projects for the Adventurous Image-Maker. The other is A Beautiful Mess. Both have lots of ideas. Hope to try a few this year.
Those book look good! My library has a A Beautiful Mess, so I’m going to start with that one!
Those are wonderful resolutions, all the best! That’s one beautiful book cover, BTW.