What books should beginners read?

True blue will never stain. The best shortcut to learning digital photography is to buy some good books.

First of all, I think digital photography is divided into many processes and fields, and we must master them one by one. The approximate sequence is as follows: 1. First of all, introduce photography technology and literacy. 2. Learn simple ps post-processing. 3. Learn composition and use up. 4. learn raw format processing. 5. Other related books.

1, photography knowledge literacy.

If you have money in your pocket, you can buy the famous new york Photography Course, which adds up to almost 200 yuan. If you have no money, buy an American digital photography manual. (Ha ha, first of all, I recommend two foreign books. Am I a little idolized? (* _ _ *) ... hee hee).

If you don't like the poor translation of digital photography manual, buy Introduction to Digital Photography or Introduction to Digital SLR Photography by China Electric Power Press (both official courses of Oak Photography Network), especially the book Introduction to Digital SLR Photography edited by Yang Pin, a famous digital photographer, which is very good, with beautiful pictures and rich techniques.

My suggestion is that 1-2 is enough for the best literacy books, and there is no need to buy too many.

Best recommendation for books on digital photography literacy: Introduction to Digital Photography or Introduction to Digital SLR Photography by China Electric Power Press. These two books are official tutorials of Oak Photography Network, which are very systematic and contain all aspects of digital photography. The pictures are very beautiful and typical. Each photo can explain a photographic term or skill, and it is by no means a pure appreciation of the album. These two books are very popular at present, and they are the best two digital photography books written by domestic authors.

2. Learn simple ps post-processing.

Buy Photoshop if you have money in your pocket.

CS3 Digital Photo Professional Processing Technology (Color Printing) (79 yuan). If you have no money, you can buy Photoshop digital photo processing technology, which will be full-color printing. Dangdang can't go to 30 yuan after the discount. This book is written entirely from the photographer's point of view, which is very simple and easy to learn. Each case is typical and the handling method is simple. Absolutely understandable, you can learn.

Best recommendation of Photoshop books: Photoshop digital photo processing skills encyclopedia, which is the easiest ps book to learn at present. Many ps books can't be read and learned, but even the elderly who don't understand computer operation can learn this book. In addition, this book contains almost all the problems that photographers encounter when dealing with digital photos. There are also DVD discs and video tutorials, which are really easy to learn.

3. Learn composition and use up.

China Youth Publishing House not only has a signature book "Digital SLR Photography Bible", but also books with light consumption and composition are the best in China, such as Composition Photography Composition and Two Raiders for Photography Composition. Of course, the digital photography composition written by Koreans is also very good, and the reputation is also good.

My suggestion is that if you have money, you can buy all these books back. After all, different authors have different aesthetic views and perspectives, and we should absorb them comprehensively and completely.

4. Student processing.

Some people say that the textbook of New York Photography Institute and the Bible of digital SLR photography are professional books, but they are not at all. They are all big and complete literacy books.

Can help you know a little from scratch.

If you want to master truly professional digital photography technology, you must understand the raw format. I recommend "RAW total analysis" and "Photoshop"

Lightroom photographer's professional skills (color printing), especially the complete analysis of RAW, can help you change from an amateur photographer to a professional photographer.

The best recommendation of raw professional digital photography books: Full Analysis of raw, which is the first book in RAW format originally created by China people, gives an in-depth explanation of Adams' regional exposure method and right exposure theory, and introduces the shooting secrets and processing skills of RAW format in detail. In particular, the introduction of Lihgtroom and Nikon NX2 is in place. With this book, many books on landscape photography PS techniques do not need to be purchased at all.

In a word, this book can help you achieve perfect picture quality. I heard from friends on Wuji that the copyright of this book has been sold to Taiwan Province Province, which is a very rare professional digital photography skill book sold to Taiwan Province Province in recent years.

5. Primer for combustion machines.

Most photographers like to play with equipment. I think Zhao Jia's twelve volumes of The Art of War and top photographic equipment are very good. Although reading these books has little effect on improving photography skills and enhancing aesthetic vision, they can make us have fun, hehe.

Summary: Finally, I personally think that most of the digital photography books in Japan and Taiwan Province Province are "picture books", and the pictures are really gorgeous, but they are actually very superficial sugar water photography works, and nothing practical can be learned. These digital photography books in Taiwan Province and Japan are far from the best-selling authors of practical photography in the world, such as Kelby, Haijike, Yang Pin and Lei Yili.

Of course, some people say that "learning poetry is beyond poetry", and so is photography. If you really want to take good photos, you should strengthen your artistic accomplishment. Therefore, I recommend you to read Feng Zikai's books on art and humanities, such as Talk about Famous Paintings, Art of Man and Course of Beauty, which will definitely enhance your aesthetic vision more than the pure photography books recommended above.