Can anyone recommend any good photography books? I am reading Understanding Exposure right now and have read a few of Nick Kelsh's books. Now that I have my 30D, I really want to work on my photography skills. :)

what experience do you already have? (that may help us direct you)

Let's see...I have been taking pictures since I was a kid, like 10 or so. I have always loved photography, but have really only taken snapshots up til about 2 years ago and then I started working on portraits of my kids.

I just got a Canon 30D, before that I was shooting with an Olympus c5050. It was a point and shoot, but you could adjust aperture and shutter speed if you wished to do so.

I am really wanting to learn the technical aspects of it all, if that helps at all. :)

Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson
Understanding Digital Photography by Bryan Peterson
The Digital Photogaphy Book by Scott Kelby

As you can see, they are my favorite photography authors, LOL! SK's Photoshop books also rock! I really think you can't go wrong with one of their books cause they aren't dry at all like some.

When I got my first dslr I went to the library and checked out everything that looked good--many of them just didn't do it for me but I figure I gleaned something from all of them!

And I know I sound like a broken record but there's nothing you can't learn at ILP (lol!) ILP (Powered by Invision Power Board) (http://ilovephotography.com/forums/index.php?) .

Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson


i had a local photographer second this book today....off to buy it later this week!

i had a local photographer second this book today....off to buy it later this week!

Cool! Do you want to do the exercises together? We could compare photos and discuss the exercises. There are 6 or so, from what I counted paging through the book. They're doing this at ILP but they started quite a while back and there are too many people involved imho. ;)

If you can't find it discounted locally (believe it's $25 or so at my Barnes and Noble) and want it for $16.47 plus free 2-day shipping or $2 overnight shipping, lmk and you can use my Amazon Prime account. :)

Cool! Do you want to do the exercises together? We could compare photos and discuss the exercises. There are 6 or so, from what I counted paging through the book. They're doing this at ILP but they started quite a while back and there are too many people involved imho. ;)

If you can't find it discounted locally (believe it's $25 or so at my Barnes and Noble) and want it for $16.47 plus free 2-day shipping or $2 overnight shipping, lmk and you can use my Amazon Prime account. :)

yes..that'd be great.

i am going to go to borders tomorrow and return a few books that i don't need and hopefully they will have it there...if not i'll pm you so that i can use your amazon account. that'd be great.

that is a great idea!

read scott kelby's book...it's AWESOME!

It's a really easy fun read and i learned a TON!