Photography books
Summer photo reads
Some of these titles will fit in your holiday luggage… but if not, they will certainly complete a photography lover’s coffee table
Landscape Photography Workshop (Updated edition)
£17/$20
www.ammonitepress.com
Co-authors Mark Bauer and Ross Hoddinott have a decade’s experience in running landscape photography workshops, but their newly updated book targets those who might not have the time or the money to attend one of their sessions. In nine chapters, the authors lay out everything you could want to know about this most accessible of genres, including exposure, composition, lighting and post-processing. It concludes with a series of creative assignments, FAQs and a glossary.
VERDICT
A great way of starting your landscape photography journey.
Plant Photography
£19/$20
www.crowood.com
Adrian Davies has been a regular contributor to Digital Camera over the years and can count on three decades of experience as a photographer of plants and nature. His latest book does exactly what the title suggests: drawing on his knowledge and insights, readers will get a solid grounding in the basics of plant photography, learning some advanced techniques that go beyond his mini-series of projects in our Photo Active section (see page 24).