Photography Book Recommendation

[Laly]

Hi All,

My husband is fishing for Mother's Day gift ideas and I would love to have a book on Black and White photography or Nature photography. Amazon.com has several to choose from. Any recommendations?

Thanks!

[Kass]

You can't go wrong with anything on Ansel Adams. This is the one I have:
http://www.amazon.com/Examples-Making-Photographs-Ansel-Adams/dp/082121750X

[Aaron]

I'm with @russianblue , Ansel Adams is a great choice. I love my copy of "400 Photographs."

[Edie]

Do you want a 'how to' or a coffee table book?

[Laly]

@edie I am looking for a "how to". I am interested in the Examples Making Photographs book mentioned earlier. I am also taking a look at this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Black-White-Photography-Techniques/dp/0470597755/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2ERD9THU06E05&coliid=I3UAEEXKZABQIG

Any advice would be appreciated!

[Edie]

That one looks amazing actually. I don't know the author but I'm not really well versed in who is who. I have a couple of books and I like Scott Kelby. I tried to search and see if he has one specifically geared towards black and white but I got too many hits and I have to go pick up my daughter from school. I'd say check him out but I really think the one you posted looks great. (which, of course, means I am judging a book by it's cover...)

[Laly]

@edie @russianblue @grizzlysghost Thank you for your suggestions. I have put in my requests with the husband: Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs & Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques. Hoping to post some amazing black and whites after a while.

[John W. Cundiff]

check the photo. for dummies series. these are very complete books with clear understandable writing.

[Tim Erskine]

I realize you're looking for a "how to" book, but you should also consider something - anything - by the naturalist John Muir. He wasn't a photographer but his descriptions of the wilderness he encountered are so vivid that you can't help but "see" nature better after reading his stuff.
http://www.amazon.com/John-Muir-Eight-Wilderness-Discovery/dp/089886335X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367638388&sr=8-1&keywords=%22john+muir%22

[Padlock]

Hi, I have found books by Michael Freeman are very good. Plenty of photos to show you what he means. Also you can get them from other book suppliers at a reseanabke price( that is UK prices). Hope this helps

[Laly]

@chapjohn @timerskine @padlock I appreciate your replies!

Tim, that book looks really interesting. I will have to look into that one as well.

[Andreas]

If you haven't already read the Barnbaum book, that is the book to get. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Photography-Approach-Personal-Expression/dp/1933952687/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367735846&sr=1-1&keywords=bruce+barnbaum

[Laly]

@primitiveprobe Thank you, I will check it out!

[Padlock]

Try "the practice of contemplative photography" very thought provoking about how and why we take a picture