Questions tagged [books]

are a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side.

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What are the differences between "The Digital Photography" volumes 1, 2 and 3 by Scott Kelby?

I looked through the contents of The Digital Photography Volume 1, 2 and 3 by Scott Kelby and I noticed that there are repeated chapters (chapters with the same name) like shooting wedding and shooting with flash like a pro, ... I wonder what are…
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Technical photography book for a very non-technical person?

I know somebody who is a keen photographer with, I think, an exceptional eye for artistic composition but who takes most (all?) of her photographs on Auto. I want to get her a book (for Christmas) to introduce her to the more technical side of…
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Best Descriptive book for a Canon 7D?

I recognize that "best" is kind of open ended, but almost every review of the top 10 books on Amazon all have reviews which read "the little green manual is better.....this book just repeats that info on a full-sized page." or "the author spent 3…
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Looking for a technical book

I'm looking for a book about digital photography that is dealing with the technical stuff in an exhaustive way. It maybe something like explaining from what is a histogram to describing how sensors work, optic formulas etc... I had such a book for…
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How to choose a post-procesing photography book

I am looking for some advanced book on post processing. I have the basic knowledge of the functionalities of Photoshop and camera raw. I had a look on Amazon, but it is not easy to know if a book is yet another Photoshop manual or if there is some…
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