Langford's Starting Photography: The guide to creating great images

by Philip Andrews

This established, detailed beginner's guide is the perfect choice if you're looking to develop your knowledge and skills, and take your photography to the next level. This authoritative classic by leading photography writer and lecturer Michael Langford has been refreshed and revised by best-selling photography author Philip Andrews for today's photographers. Strongly focused on digital, but with key references to traditional photography where relevant, offer a full grounding in the topic. Langford's Starting Photography is an ideal technical introduction.

All the core basics are included, from how to select and compose a good picture to how different cameras operate and how to decipher their controls. Different subjects are explored, with advice on how to tackle people, places, animals, landscapes and close-ups, and valuable guidance on presenting and assessing finished work.

Genres: Photography, Art, Nonfiction, Reference

352 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.