If you are a photography obsessed geek like me then you’ve probably already heard of the Digital Photography School, but have you read the latest downloadable E-Books? If you are looking to get to know your camera better and take stunning portraits then the Digital Photography School books are a great way to get started.
Don’t forget to check out the latest e-book Transcending Travel and learn to never take a boring vacation photo again.
The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography
This 78 page downloadable e-book is the perfect guide for moms or anyone who is interested in taking great pictures of their friends, family and children. This easy to read e-book is filled with portrait photography advice, tips and wonderful images. The people at Digital Photography School compiled some previously published but updated tutorials as well as fresh content for this e-book designed for anyone that wants to improve their portraits.
I downloaded the e-book and immediately uploaded it to my Nook to save on paper and storage. The e-book covers several topics on from taking stunning portraits to posing, portrait lighting and how to shoot portraits like a pro on a budget.
If you want to learn how to capture that “wow” moment then check out The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography. You can download this photography e-book online at Digital Photography School for $19.95.
Photo Nuts and Bolts: Know Your Camera and Take Better Photos
Did you know that 73% of digital camera owners wish they had more control over their camera? It wasn’t long after I bought my first DSLR that I was venturing out into the manual settings trying to get the shot right.
The Photo Nuts and Bolts is a downloadable PDF E-Book designed to break you out of the comfort of digital and into the creative manual side of your camera. You will not only get to know your camera better but you will also be able to take better photos.
This 10 lesson e-book will give you control over your camera in no time. You will learn about light, lenses and focus, exposure and stops, shutter, aperture and a whole lot more.
Photo Nuts and Bolts is available for download for $19.97 at Digital Photography School.
Transcending Travel: A Guide to Captivation Travel Photography
Most of us have only one opportunity to take that trip of a lifetime – so coming home with stunning and magical images is the key to reliving that vacation. Can you imagine coming home only to discover your images are uninspiring and flat?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could learn how to take stunning travel photos by a top travel photography? Well now you can with Transcending Travel: A Guide to captivating travel photography available now on Digital-Photography-School.com. You will have 80 pages fresh tips and lessons. This show-you-how e-book contains inspiring real life examples of images and great exercises that get you doing something.
This e-book is designed for the beginner shooting with basic gear to the more advanced photographers with high-end DSLR’s.
You can download your copy of Transcending Travel for $19.97 at Digital-Photography-School.com and be ready to capture every amazing moment of that perfect vacation.
If you are looking to improve your photography then you should definitely check out one of these downloadable PDF e-books and if you have a Barnes and Noble Nook you can upload straight into your Nook and carry the e-books to go.
Darren Rowse the guy behind Digital Photography School has graciously offered one lucky winner a chance to win their own Guide to Portrait Photography.
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The most challenging part for me is lighting. Where should the sun be? How do I put people of different skin tones in the same photo and not over/under expose them. That is my biggest challenge.
Please enter me into the drawing.
Lyn-Dee
Lyn-Dee,
Lighting is a big issue with me too. Especially because my main subject is my daughter and she doesn’t always want to keep still long enough for me to practice. And to add to that she tells me where to place the lights. Mommy that one should be lower… Yes she’s only 5.
I frequently struggle with lighting, as well as depth of field. I want to get in tight, but with a squirming (or sometimes completely unwilling) subject, it is difficult for me to make all of the adjustments to make it “just right.”
Lighting is usually the biggest hassle for me. It’s either too dark, shadowed, or even with 2 shots one right after the other, same settings, the lighting can suddenly change and be completely different with one small movement.
Which setting to use. I’m trying to get away from using the auto setting for everything. I just bought a lens, now I need to know how to use everything.
We are Twitter pals.
For me groups, keeping them all in focus…ugggg
When taking portraits … lighting and poses. Even after multiple Photog Shootouts I still have trouble getting stunning portraits. I would like to blame my lens, but I think that it’s I don’t really get in there for a good shot.
Darnit, I’m already your fan, subscriber, and follower.
Congrats on the Forbes list by the way. That is so awesome!
Even as a professional photographer, lighting and posing is still a challenge, so you guys shouldn’t be too hard on yourselves.