Recommended Reading?

[Gem]

Hey, all.

Just wondering if anyone has good recs for some photography reading? I'll soak up pretty much everything (history of, how-tos, techniques, tales about, theory, etc). I've just started Take Your Photography to the Next Level: From Inspiration to Image. Also got Understanding Exposure on hold - heard it's a fairly good read.

If anyone knows of anything, I'd appreciate a comment :)

[Bambi]

Hey, all.

Just wondering if anyone has good recs for some photography reading? I'll soak up pretty much everything (history of, how-tos, techniques, tales about, theory, etc). I've just started Take Your Photography to the Next Level: From Inspiration to Image. Also got Understanding Exposure on hold - heard it's a fairly good read.

If anyone knows of anything, I'd appreciate a comment :)

this website :cool:

seriously. the podcasts are great and the members here will answer any question you ask. I've read some books but they don't seem to work as well for me.

[casil403]

I have heard so many great things about this book and this author I am thinking aobut buying it myself:

Freeman Patterson : Photography and the Art of Seeing (http://www.freemanpatterson.com/book2.htm)

[Marko]

I have that book - awesome.

[Gem]

Bambi, this site is definitely an invaluable resource! :D

Thanks for the book, Casil. I'll be sure to look it up :)

[casil403]

I just bought the book "Photography and the Art of Seeing" by Freeman Patterson and I have to say I just know it will be a keeper and valuable and constant resource for me....especially when I get a block.
I highly recommend it for people that have problems with visualizing shots, or conceptualizing what it is they want to capture and how to capture it. It book that shows you how to see an image and make a photograph that takes the image beyond the ordinary.
Just Awesome........ :clap:

[Iguanasan]

I just bought the book "Photography and the Art of Seeing" by Freeman Patterson and I have to say I just know it will be a keeper and valuable and constant resource for me....especially when I get a block.
I highly recommend it for people that have problems with visualizing shots, or conceptualizing what it is they want to capture and how to capture it. It book that shows you how to see an image and make a photograph that takes the image beyond the ordinary.
Just Awesome........ :clap:

So, what you are saying is that I should totally pay the $75 to spend a day at a Freeman Patterson workshop in October?

[casil403]

So, what you are saying is that I should totally pay the $75 to spend a day at a Freeman Patterson workshop in October?

Really????
Wow you are lucky!...and I am green with envy! :wall-an:
I would go in a heartbeat! :thumbup:

[Marko]

+1, you should totally go.

[Iguanasan]

I'll see if I can get a seat if it's that well recommended. :)

[asnow]

I've heard good things about the LensWorks books by Brooks Jensen

[asnow]

If anybody is interested ... Freeman Patterson is giving a talk about his photography (and gardening) in Oakville, Ontario on the evening of Sat, Nov 6th. See the attached link.

Special Event Freeman Patterson (http://www.oakvillehort.org/Special%20Event%20Freeman%20Patterson.html)