The Beginner's Photography Guide: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Manual for Getting the Most from Your Camera and Phone (DK Practical Photography)

Lovely, easy to follow yet very insightful book for beginners and improvers alike.

The book covers all the basics about DSLR cameras and lenses, and most of techniques/settings to use in specific situations. If you have any previous knowledge about photography (understanding exposure and basics of aperture, shutter speed and focal length) this book will be an easy read, yet giving you more understandig of correlation of each, and how one influences the other... Long story short, for any beginner starting to use his first DSLR (or mirrorless) this book is a must have to speed up the learning curve and minimise frustrations, especially considering low cost (got mine for 10£ incl shipping from UK to Croatia). For more advanced users, or a beginner after fully understanding this book, and after few months of practice, knowing what are you doing... there are other bigger books to consider, but this one is "the best first book for photography", not too big, not too small, covers all the basics and motivates you to go out and shoot.

I chose this DK photo guide because they usually do a good job of illustrating simple theory. This book is no exception. If your recipient finds duration/aperture/sharpness/depth-of-field etc. difficult, this will save you having to explain it again and again. Flash and lighting gets a mention too. How to take a great photo in all sorts of situations is best covered by looking at relevant YouTube videos and experimenting; then practicing for the rest of your life!

Excellent concise and well illustrated book for beginners interested in "serious" photography rather than smart phone imagery. Covers what you need to know with easy to understand explanations.

Bought this book to help me with my camera. IT IS A LARGE BOOK full of information. TAKES you through camera settings and how to take various types of photos. It is a book I use now and again.I like to dip in and out of the book.THE Information given is very good. It is a standard book in that the information applies to most cameras available these days.

Very well written. Clear and precize explanations. Lots of illustrations.

Absolutely brilliant book for new beginners using digital cameras like me

Excellent book to assist me on my photography journey, little disappointed as there was slight damage on the corners and the spine of the book due to inadequate packaging.

After I bought my first SLR which is D5300, thought to buy a book through which I can learn some Nitty-gritty of Photography. Fortunate enough I purchased this book ( Fresh 2nd edition, fully revised and updated. ) I chose Flexibound format, found it much better and light in weight, cheap in price. Buying a hardcover has no difference except the cost. Books are forever, keep it neat and safe and it'll be with you forever either spiral or Flexibound. Now about the content:- --------------------------------- If you get this book I can assure you will learn a lot about Photography and it is more than best for a novice Photographer. You will get to learn in very simple terms, very easy and straight forward English, no heavy jargon. Book will tell you know your camera man!!! This book can easily teach you about the most important aspect of Photography which is Exposure and that comprises of Aperture settings, Shutter speed and ISO. Also teach you about SLR body parts, you will know your camera better then. Many of us beginners got confused on f-stop values related to aperture size and here this book take your boat to the other shore. This book includes almost all the matter related to a modern SLR's settings and photography modes like P S A M and much more. CHAPTERS: ---------------- 1- Equipment 2- Exposure 3- Focusing 4- Lenses 5- Available light 6- Flash 7- Image enhancement Well arranged Glossary and Index on the back. The page quality is super glossy and thick. I should say it's much more in this price tag and thanks to DK Publishing for keeping the price minimum for this awesome book. I loved it!! Thank you for taking your time reading this review and if you found my review helpful, please give me a like dear friends!!!

Great and well designed. I loved the book, but if you were also taught how to take pictures using a smartphone, the book would be better.

I very much enjoyed this book and it definitely helped me improve in a few aspects. It’s very descriptive and covers a tremendous amount of areas with great advice, at least in my opinion, that helped me with a few things I had been struggling with. Certainly worth the purchase and I would definitely recommend for anybody looking.

ES EN INGLES. MUY DIDACTICO ES UN MAGNÍFICO LIBRO PARA PRINCIPIANTES DE TODAS LAS EDADES

This is an excellent beginners (or a refresher) guide to getting the most from your camera. It covers every setting and how and why to use it.