Langford's Starting Photography: A guide to better pictures for film and digital camera users

by Philip Andrews

If you are serious about learning photography this is the book needed to get started.

This authoritative classic, written by a leading international photography writer and lecturer has been updated by successful photographer, lecturer and best-selling Photoshop Elements author, Philip Andrews.

Benefit from his skill, experience and knowledge quickly as you learn how to use photography creatively, from scratch. All the fundamental basics are how to select and compose a good picture; how different cameras operate, whether film or digital; how to use the camera's controls - shutter speed, focus, zoom, flash etc; advice on how best to tackle different subjects - people, places, animals, landscapes, or close-ups, as well as invaluable scanner and printing techniques.

Genres: Photography, Art, Nonfiction, Reference

306 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Philip Andrews is Adobe Australia's official Photoshop and Elements Ambassador. He is an experienced photographer, author, magazine editor and online course creator. He was previously a lecturer at the Queensland School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Australia and Nescot, England. He is a beta tester for Photoshop, an alpha tester for Photoshop Elements and a Photoshop specialist demonstrator for Adobe Australia. Philip is also co-founder of photo-college.com, an online photography training college. He's a regular contributor to several magazines including Shutterbug, Amateur Photographer, Australian Photography and Better Photography, and is senior contributing editor for Better Digital, columnist for What Digital Camera, and co-editor and publisher of Better Photoshop Techniques magazine.

Reviews

[Hannah Leimkuhler · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you have literally zero knowledge of photography then this is the book for you. Good information but it’s easier to just watch a YouTube video at this point in time

[Trina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being a newbie photographer, this book is GREAT!

[kaitlyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very helpful guide to starting photography. It covers all the basics. I still have problems understanding some of the information, but that's probably just because I'm not too bright.

[Sharada Prasad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book with nice sections on lighting and image manipulation. Worth a quick read

[Katharina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.

[Judi Mckay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the projects at the end of chapters so you could try the techniques out. A good book for someone who wants to get to grips with the harder parts of digital photography.