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Old 12-04-2007, 06:11 PM
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I am learning how to take better photos from my new camera -rebel XTi. Do you have any recommendations on any books good for digital photography for beginers? or even online courses that worth trying? thanks for your advice!!
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Books i have and LOVE
  1. Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera by Bryan Peterson
  2. The Complete Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography by Lee Frost
  3. Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies by Lee Varis
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The Digital Photography Book
The Photographer's Eye
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I would like to add to this list, The Digital Photography Book Vol.2 by Scott Kelby.
It is different than vol 1, and a great companion book.
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I have Peterson's Understanding Exposure, Langford's Starting Photography, Kelby's Digital Photography and Digital SLRs and Photography for Dummies.

I love the Peterson and Langford books. I'm just reading the Kelby book now and it's a different read to the other two. He has quite a sense of humour and it makes a lighter read because of this.
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thanks NP now I just spent 60 bucks on amazon for books!
Im interested the lee frost books on low light and night shots and they suggested i get the filters one from him also so of course i got it too....lol!

I personally like Tom Ang's books. He seems to break things down easiest for me when I was getting into it.
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