12 self-study photography must read _ _

12 required reading for self-study photography (including e-book PDF).

First, the basis of photography

1, Photography Notes is very suitable for beginners. The author explains photography technology to readers through his own personal shooting experience and popular language, so that readers really feel that it is not difficult to learn photography.

2. The Photography Textbook of New York Institute of Photography is famous for its complete system, rich content and direct language to the heart of New York Institute of Photography. The concepts and technical skills of wedding photography, fashion photography, human charm photography, advertising and still life photography, architectural photography, microfilm photography, news photography and other photography categories were explained in detail, and color film development and enlargement, camera rear position, photo decoration, freelance photographer's guide, studio and so on were also taught.

Second, photographic composition

3. Composition art mainly introduces how to make excellent composition in painting design, but painting and photography are interlinked. After reading this book, you will definitely improve your composition.

4. The art of photographic composition is different from the common reference books that explain the methods of photographic composition. The art of photographic composition promotes photographic composition to the discussion of aesthetic principles. In this process, the author establishes a set of rules and methods that can be followed in photographic composition through easy-to-understand analysis and appropriate examples.

Third, photographic color.

5. The 125 color matching scheme and 2500 color matching samples in "Japan Theme Color Matching Quick Check Manual" meet the needs of designers, design students and all color workers. Intuitive, concrete and practical, easily learn the theme color matching of various occasions, and directly find the color matching scheme to improve the color matching level.

6. The book Basis of Design Color Matching explains the basic principle of design color, the psychology of color design and the application of color in graphic design. The content is easy to understand, suitable for reading by Xiaobai who has just come into contact with color knowledge.

Fourth, the beauty of photography.

7. The book "Shooting Masterpieces" has a lot of dry goods and is very practical. If you are interested in portrait photography, you must not miss it. After reading it, you will certainly benefit a lot.

8. The book Shooting Beautiful Women starts with the spine, center of gravity, joints and other factors that affect posture, focusing on the face, waist, elbows, arms and other parts, sharing different posture styles, expressions, posture skills of couples and so on. At the same time, this book also provides a large number of portrait photography works, asking questions for readers to think and practice.

Five, photography light

9. The author of "The Carving of Light" shows a large number of the latest photographic works in the book. These wonderful flowers are masterpieces of his use of light, which can be called a model of using light. He started from the simplest application of single lamp, and gradually expanded to double lamp and multi-lamp. With his own experience and understanding of magazines or commercial pictures, he showed readers the colorful world of flash photography in simple terms.

10, "Light and Shadow Art" involves the properties of light, light classification, light distribution skills and all aspects of the later stage of the picture, and is suitable for people who have a certain light foundation for portrait photography.

Sixth, later retouching.

1 1, the post-processing foundation of landscape photography not only teaches you how to retouch the picture, but also tells you the aesthetic principle behind the processing, introduces the commonly used post-processing tools in simple terms, and shows some advanced post-processing technologies in the field of landscape photography in China and the West. Thorough explanation, suitable for beginners.

12 The Master's Road in the Late Digital Photography is a summary of many years' teaching practice by Li Tao, a well-known domestic graphic and image expert. He elaborated on the later stage of digital photography through three parts: preparation before shooting, operation in the later stage, processing in the later stage and application in the later stage.