the most important 攝影器材,

maanmo

books are the most important 攝影器材

for people who want digital photography to be simple, neat, easy, beautiful
here is a simple neat easy, beautiful book i found in the library
and have read personally, it gives grounding in basic concepts


burnaby library has the latest edition
the vancouver library has the first 2003 edition

40 digital photography techniques / [John Kim]
by Kim, John.



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the next book
by scott kelby, my favorite author on books about photoshop

he writes with a funny light attitude
i have read practically all books he wrote about photoshop, trying to absorb that funny playful
attitude into my head, and i am still trying

his book on digital photography
       
The digital photography book : the step-by-step secrets for how to make your photos look like the pros'! / Scott Kelby.

available in vancouver and burnaby library


[ 本帖最後由 maanmo 於 2008-2-1 13:59 編輯 ]

chobit

Thanks for sharing!  I don't think I have read those..!  But I used to spent lots of time at Chapters, and read many of their useful books there..  ( I buy some of the good ones..but not all..)

While I can't say books would be the most important thing, it can be very important for beginners or for those who wanna continue to improve their skills.

I have to admit some of the best books I purchased are from Japan(Tokyo), so if you happen to be in JP, don't forget to check out their bookstore =D

[ 本帖最後由 chobit 於 2008-2-1 16:33 編輯 ]

maanmo

for you, the scott kelby book will be still be nourishing

maanmo

scot kelby's first digital photography book , which i read last summer
is the most light hearted funny book on how to play with the camera,

now the vancouver public library  has newly acquired
volume 2


scot kelby's webpage about this book
http://www.kelbytraining.com/?page=product&id=100

scot kelby's blog
http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2007/archives/764
check out a book review
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/14/1255082.php

[ 本帖最後由 maanmo 於 2008-5-14 10:33 編輯 ]

布小熊

I just put holds on all 3 books from richmond library but looks like I have a long wait for the Scott Kelby books ... I am #5 in the wait queue.

shutterbug

I tihnk the most important "equipment" is the eye and the brain lor...

maanmo

the way one do photography has a lot in common with the ways one do singing, diving, math , drawing...

the ultimate equiment is your brain..

you have to learn to use your brain first,

when it comes to singing, diving, drawing, i like them all but i never had a good teacher
so i dont do well in these areas

i also never had a good math teacher , but i found i could learn some real math from reading books
i leaned all math from books, never from a human

in learning about photography, it is the same situation,
you may want to find a good teacher, but you may not be lucking enough to meet a good friend
who can show you the way,
taking courses is no guarantee because there are many boring teachers even in the best schools

if you ask people online, the amount of effort and thought  people have to use to give you a
suitable answer is enormous

so here we have  scott kelby,  a guy who likes to talk , to write, he thought about all the questions
a camera users ask, and he answers them in workshops, on the internet, in books
he is a best seller, and he makes lots of money doing this

i like all his books, they enlighten me, they make me want to play
as someone who only learn math from books, i know there are good books, and bad books
scott kelby's books are good,
he write his books in a way  such that you can understand them if you are very smart
or if you are very stupid
that is his secret of being a great teacher