National Geographic Photo Basics: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Great Photography

I bought this book for my 15 year old son who is just starting to get into photography, and he has said great things about it, I also have looked at it and it is an understandable, easy read which clearly underlines the basic skills needed, as well as gives things for you to practice. Another thing about the book which is great is that every section it will show a picture done by the author, a great photographer, and analysis it, explaining what techniques were used, as well as the context. Over all a great easy fun read for people just starting out in photography, also covers a wide range of photography disciplines which is nice.

I like this book. I’ve been trying to learn how to make photographs for the past several months using a combination of a few YouTube subscriptions, two video courses, and now two books. This particular book was the second. It consists of 10 short chapters each comprised of 8-10 two-paged lessons, and includes 10 (or so) exercises. Appropriate to the beginner, the book includes but does not deal in depth with the technical aspects of exposure or post-processing. Even after finishing the book it’s a nice book to thumb through, examining the many example photos and re-reading the short accompanying text. The book can stand on its own for a leisurely quarter- or semester-long self-study course, but as I mentioned at the start I came into this book about mid-way or so in my pursuit. The author also is the instructor for one of the video courses that I’m using, and I find the book and videos complementary, albeit with a different focus.

I've been doing nature photography on my own for a few years so I thought I would pick this up to learn more of the proper background of photography. It's really really good I very much suggest this book even to people like me who have been doing this for a while as a supplemental for the nitty-gritty .

Bought this as a graduation gift for our God daughter whose starting up with photography. She completely loves it! She says it's easy to understand and loves how the lessons are broken down and well explained. She has already taken some wildlife pictures and they came out amazing.

Usually wouldn’t be a huge deal, but when I purchased a NEW book I’d like to receive one in perfect condition.

Joel is one of my favorite photographers and I have met him in the past. I signed up for notifications at his website, so I was able to pre-order this book. One of the things I like about the book is that it gives some assignments AND it has tips for taking photos with a smartphone.

Bought this for my cousin for Christmas and he loved it! Perfect for kids wanting to get into photography!

This book was so good that when I lost my first book, I had to order a new one. This is pretty definitive.

This was a gift. I was told it was easy to read and retain information, and that they are enjoying it a lot.

As the title says, it's meant for beginners. Great photo samples. The explanations are a bit vague, but it's a good overall starter for people completely new to photography. Includes tips for smartphones as well.

I bought this book for my 15 year old son who is just starting to get into photography, and he has said great things about it, I also have looked at it and it is an understandable, easy read which clearly underlines the basic skills needed, as well as gives things for you to practice. Another thing about the book which is great is that every section it will show a picture done by the author, a great photographer, and analysis it, explaining what techniques were used, as well as the context. Over all a great easy fun read for people just starting out in photography, also covers a wide range of photography disciplines which is nice.

I like this book. I’ve been trying to learn how to make photographs for the past several months using a combination of a few YouTube subscriptions, two video courses, and now two books. This particular book was the second. It consists of 10 short chapters each comprised of 8-10 two-paged lessons, and includes 10 (or so) exercises. Appropriate to the beginner, the book includes but does not deal in depth with the technical aspects of exposure or post-processing. Even after finishing the book it’s a nice book to thumb through, examining the many example photos and re-reading the short accompanying text. The book can stand on its own for a leisurely quarter- or semester-long self-study course, but as I mentioned at the start I came into this book about mid-way or so in my pursuit. The author also is the instructor for one of the video courses that I’m using, and I find the book and videos complementary, albeit with a different focus.

I've been doing nature photography on my own for a few years so I thought I would pick this up to learn more of the proper background of photography. It's really really good I very much suggest this book even to people like me who have been doing this for a while as a supplemental for the nitty-gritty .

Bought this as a graduation gift for our God daughter whose starting up with photography. She completely loves it! She says it's easy to understand and loves how the lessons are broken down and well explained. She has already taken some wildlife pictures and they came out amazing.

Usually wouldn’t be a huge deal, but when I purchased a NEW book I’d like to receive one in perfect condition.

Joel is one of my favorite photographers and I have met him in the past. I signed up for notifications at his website, so I was able to pre-order this book. One of the things I like about the book is that it gives some assignments AND it has tips for taking photos with a smartphone.

Bought this for my cousin for Christmas and he loved it! Perfect for kids wanting to get into photography!

This book was so good that when I lost my first book, I had to order a new one. This is pretty definitive.

This was a gift. I was told it was easy to read and retain information, and that they are enjoying it a lot.

As the title says, it's meant for beginners. Great photo samples. The explanations are a bit vague, but it's a good overall starter for people completely new to photography. Includes tips for smartphones as well.

it was the perfect gift to give my brothers brother in law, he is learning to be a photographer!

Came on time. As described.

Gift for my son who is a budding photographer. He loves it. Fast shipping.

Really like this resource for wildlife photographers. Well-written explanations of the tools and thinking involved in creating stunning photos.

I am using this book to teach my basic photography classes.

Great book for beginners!

amazing price

Wonderfully descriptive, beautiful images, detailed narrative, love the pro tips for everyday phone cameras use!

Useful tips.

Excellent Book!

recommended for new photographers

Daughter loves it.

The book has many useful lesson. Instructions are described by picture help me to quickly overview and understand.

GREAT book! Using it to teach Photography for kids and teens :)

Great book if you want to learn photography

Very well illustrated

If you take pictures, get this book. It says it all, from photography equipment to how to use it, what for, what you can do with it, and how to edit and manage your image library. You can throw away your other photo books. This book is a dump from the brain of a stupendous professional photographer, lecturer and humorous man. Included is a collection of magnificent photos by Sartore and Perry, worth the price of the book without the gloriously written text. Severely underpriced.

I bought this as a gift to help someone learn photography to join me in the hobby. The images in this book are stunning, but I was disappointed that the images lack the camera settings that were used to take the pictures. It would be much more useful if all the images included the camera settings (f-stop, aperture, iso, lens type)

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