(Below) Advanced Digital Black and White Photography
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: ILEX (17 Sep 2007)
Language English
Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 18.2 x 1.6 cm
Product Description
Digital cameras may capture colour images, but many photographers love black and whites unique graphic qualities. A growing number have never owned a film camera but see in black and white and sense there must be more to it than simply throwing away the colour in Photoshop. While many books cater for both ambitious newcomers and advanced darkroom enthusiasts, black and white is too often treated as an afterthought. Its relegated to a few pages and outmoded techniques, and never explains how the special character of the black-and-white image affects how you work on the digital image. Advanced Digital Black and White Photography works at the frontier of black-and white photography and digital imaging techniques. After learning the best ways to make the picture black and white, the reader learns advanced methods of fine tonal control, how to fine-tune the monochrome image, and how to emphasize the subjects qualities. Suitable for beginners and experienced Photoshop workers, with both quick solutions and methods for finer control, this book places technique in a monochrome context and lets you produce the finest, most expressive black and- white interpretation of the picture. John Beardsworth is a London based photographer with a wealth of experience shooting both digitally and on film. His pictures have appeared in a number of photography books and magazines. He is the author of Step-by-Step Digital Black and White Photography, Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers, and Photoshop Fine Art Cookbook, also published by ILEX.
(Below) Blink offers a wide variation of photographs which is really helpful when looking for new photographers and photographs for inspiration. A really big book, If your looking for a book to buy/read which covers lots of different types and genres of photography then this book is good as its not dedicated to just one.
Hardcover: 440 pages
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (April 2002)
Language English
Product Dimensions: 34.8 x 23 x 4 cm
This book features David LaChapelle photographs, He is an amazing unique photographer, who's style is very alternative and experimental which also includes fashion.
I suggest if your looking for inspiration or playful ideas then this book will certainly inspire you. His concepts are outstanding, Beautiful and shocking.
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Taschen GmbH; illustrated edition edition (2 Feb 2007)
Product Dimensions: 38.2 x 30 x 4 cm
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Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Aperture (18 April 2005)
Product Dimensions: 38.4 x 21 x 1.6 cm
Synopsis
David Hilliard's vibrant color photographs, usually triptychs or larger compositions, present elaborate narratives exploring a range of themes and situations, from the awkwardness of adolescence to masculinity disarmed. Formally, these staged photographs share the style of contemporary photographers Gregory Crewdson and Anna Gaskell, among others. Yet Hilliard draws less from the realm of the fantastic and instead looks to his immediate surroundings to draw inspiration, as he deftly fuses autobiography with fiction to engage a host of complex ideas. This lush monograph is the first major publication of Hilliard's work. Included are works from the artist's ongoing series about his father, which demonstrate Hilliard's ability to tangle fact with fiction. These images, underscored by the artist's wry outlook on the world, convey a distinct poignancy. Other works engage issues of intimacy, homoeroticism, and identity. The resulting scenes are often as elegiac as they are comical, always orchestrated with precision, and with a marriage of form and content that immerses the viewer in the visual narrative.
(Below) Hotel Lachapelle
Hardcover: 167 pages
Publisher: Skylight Edition (Oct 2006)
Product Dimensions: 37.6 x 29.8 x 2.6 cm
Reviews on the book:
If you like David Lachapelle's work and haven't yet bought any of his books, BUY THIS. You will NOT be sorry! It is so beautiful and breathtaking. It doesn't matter if you don't like the people on the pictures, or don't know them, it's still an amazing piece of work. Colour, details, (self) irony and pure genius. And lots of it. I truly love this book, and can only recommend it.
(Below) 360 Degrees New York - Nick Wood
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd (1 Sep 2003)
Language English
Product Dimensions: 32.6 x 16.8 x 2 cm
The first in a series devoted to the world's greatest cities, this lavishly produced book consists of stunning panoramic colour photos of the Big Apple - with a CD-Rom of moving images thrown in for good measure. All of the landmarks are here - from Grand Central Station and Union Square to Broadway and Bloomingdale's - in a combination of exterior and interior shots, gatefolds and montages. The book also pleasingly combines its breathtaking wide-angle images of the Manhattan skyline at night, with less expected ones from inside diners, museums and Dylan's Candy Store. If you know the city, it's a wonderful (if slightly idealised) reminder of its delights. If you don't, it's the kind of visual celebration that makes you want to be there, ASAP.
Product Description
360 degrees is a totally new concept, a way of seeing the world in the round. In New York, the nightlife of Times Square, the granduer of Grand Central and the art deco gallery of the Chrysler Building are just some of the scenes that take on fascinating new angles when photographed this way. 
(Below) Photo/Stoner
Publisher: Chronicle Books (26 Jan 2007)
Language English
Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 25.7 x 2 cm
In 1965, coastal Southern California truly was the promised land. Surf photographer Ron Stoner effortlessly captured all of its graces--its balmy beaches and bikini-clad girls and achingly beautiful waves. Several years after cementing his reputation as the best surf photographer in the business, Ron Stoner mysteriously walked off this sunny stage, never to be seen again. For the first time ever, Stoner's strange story is recounted by surfing historian Matt Warshaw, alongside Stoner's best work, hand selected by photography legend Jeff Divine. More than a monograph, Photo: Ron Stoner is a poignant ode to a lost era and a lost man.
(Below) Scott Kelby
This book by Scott Kelby is particularly helpful as he explains how to do so much in photoshop, if your stuck in photoshop or want to find ways of improving your photographs, this book will really help guide you.
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: New Riders; 1 edition (23 Dec 2008)
Language English
Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 20.3 x 2.8 cm
Reviews:
"I just Loves Scott Kelbys Books and have many. He has taught a complete photoshop novice over the years to do some sunning things in photoshop. I bought this book when i up grades to the new CS4 and was disappointed as i have the CS3 version of this book and it is almost the same. New photos and different cover but covers almost all the same things. So if you have the CS3 book don't bother with this one, if you don't it is a fantastic book from the Master of Photoshop!"
(Below) The Photo Book
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd; Midi ed edition (20 April 2005)
Language English
Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; illustrated edition edition (7 April 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1405304383
ISBN-13: 978-1405304382
Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 23.4 x 2.6 cm
Product Description
Whether you are a complete novice or proficient amateur, this classic guide is now updated and expanded to help you to take even better photographs. Features practical, easy-to-follow advice on everything from taking still-life portraits to shooting exciting action sequences. With new images and all the latest information on digital and manual cameras, plus developments in image manipulation, this is the must-have guide to taking not just good pictures – but great pictures.
About the Author
John Hedgecoe is a former professor of photography at the Royal College of Art and an eminent writer, with his work appearing in The Times, The Observer, Paris Match, Life and Vogue among many others. His photographs are on permanent display in major collections in New York and London and he is the recipient of several major awards. He is also the author of The New Manual of Photography. John lives in Norwich.
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Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Rankin Photography (2 Aug 2007)
Language English
Product Dimensions: 32.4 x 25.8 x 3 cm
Product Description
This unique book draws together two decade's worth of work by the ubiquitous British photographer Rankin. Acting as a retrospective, Visually Hungry documents the iconic creative genius throughout an extraordinary career in which he has shot many of the world's leading personalities, models and celebrities. This collection spans Rankin's extensive back catalogue, including seminal work from his early career, right through to his era-defining portraiture, genre-challenging fashion and his impossibly erotic nudes. It is - in short - a selection of Rankin's favourites.
Overall I found all of these books particularly helpful and inspirational and I would suggest them to anyone who would like inspiration or help trying to achieve professional quality and looking photographs.
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