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Anonymous
Hey, /p/, I've recently taken an interest in photography and am trying to pick up the basics. I've made a couple of trips to my local library, and googled enough to know the very basics like the rule of thirds.

I was wondering if there were any texts that you /p/hotographers would personally recommend? I don't yet have a good camera, and am actually working mostly with a point-and-shoot & my cellphone, but it's just composition studies anyways at this point. One text I'm especially interested in is The Camera Phone Book, by National Geographic.

Any book recommendations are welcome! I'm not a huge fan of the "For Dummies" series, but that may be unfounded, so let me know.
>> Vincent
Thats a real book? I'm curious as to whats in it now...

The shot taken on the front couldn't have been taken by a cellphone camera though. Though they could mean almost anything by "Camera Phonebook"

I personally didn't read any books, I just read reviews and a bit of technical info on aperture / shutter speeds / ISO stuff, And then when I saw a Pic I liked I deduced how the shot was taken etc...

Thats the way I learned anyway, I tried buying a photography book one time, but it seemed so basic I couldn't learn anything from it.

My parents have some old B+W film photography books that use some amazing lighting techniques (My one big weakness) So those are what I look at when I get stumped. I don't have many models to work on it either though....
>> Anonymous
What the hell is NatGeo doing publishing a book telling people they can "shoot like a pro" with a camera phone?
>> des
The old Time Life books~
>> angrylittleboy !wrJcGUHncE
Scott Kelby
>> Anonymous
Seems real:

http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/product/175/3690/122.html
>> iProd !8x7lXo9zIQ
>>76958
The camera does not make the photographer >:3
>> Anonymous
>>76980

no but it can make the photographer furious
>> Anonymous
Thanks for the suggestions,>>76973&>>76962, and thanks for the tips>>76955.

The book has me really curious, too,>>76958, that's why I'm trying to track it down: if it's about photography using such limited tools as a camera phone I'm guessing it focuses on things like good image composition and working with natural lighting, which would be useful too me given my limited photographic arsenal.

Thanks for the help so far, /p/, please keep it coming!
>> Anonymous
Hey, /p/, in my quest for photography texts I've come across some interesting finds (in pdf form), and I figured I'd put them up here as they popped up in case anyone else is in the same position as me. Posted to mediafire for sharing convenience:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1dibdhbbyi3
>> Anonymous
And here's a second one. All I've got for now, but there is definitely more out there.

http://www.mediafire.com/?0vcsjd1ddgg
>> angrylittleboy !wrJcGUHncE
David Hurns' "On Being a Photographer" is interesting (especially if you're into street photography or documentary)


http://rapidshare.com/files/56671043/LensWork_Publishing_-_On_Being_A_Photographer__1997.pdf.html
>> Anonymous
>>77711
bump, because that is actually pretty interesting.