Last Updated on May 29, 2023
Free Photography e-Books
We have decided to put all the FREE Photography e-Books together on one page. You can find E-Books about photography basics, tips and techniques, landscapes, flowers, portraits, photoshop, lighting, composition, and much more.
I’ll be updating this list of resources from time to time when I come across new free E-Books, so be sure to check back soon.
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Page Contents
Insider Secrets For Great Street Photography
In this guide, you get to learn all the insider secrets which have taken Coghe a lifetime to perfect. You even get to learn about the beliefs and motivations that inspire his work.
Here are all the topics covered in this comprehensive work.
- What Is Street Photography?
- The Street Photography Manifesto
- Why Am I Doing Street Photography?
- You Are Photographing Yourself
- A Guide to Understand and Use Zone Focus For Street Photography
- Pre-Set Focus With Leica X2 and Ricoh GRD IV
- The Perfect Camera For Street Photography
- Composition In Street Photography
- On the Street & techniques
- To Be Close Or Not? This Is the Problem
- Compositional Aspects and the Instinct of a Street Photographer
- The Importance of the Result
- Sampling In Street Photography
- The First Few Times On the Street
- Weak Street Photography
- Shooting From the Hip & Thinking For Project
- Overcoming Your Fear of Getting Close to Your Subjects With Street Photography
- Thoughts About Street Photography
What Camera Should You Buy?
With this ebook, you’ll get answers to my questions too. Ones like:
- Is a DSLR worth buying? (All I want to do is post selfies on Instagram
- Can my smartphone truly replace my point-and-shoot?
- What are the disadvantages of buying a mirrorless camera?
If you’re about to pull the trigger, then you, more than anybody else, need to get your hands on this and read it! It’s free for a limited time, so, you know, hurry!
Free Ebook On Wildflowers Photography
Whether you ran out of time, or there was too much wind, or you just couldn’t get the light right, with this ebook, you’ll learn 13 different tips to getting your wildlife photography down.
Whether you ran out of time, or there was too much wind, or you just couldn’t get the light right, with this ebook, you’ll learn 13 different tips to getting your wildlife photography down.
31 Days to Overcome Your Fear of Shooting Street Photography
Street photography has helped me to become a better person. Before shooting street photography, I would always let myself get pushed around by other people
If you have this problem as well, stand up for your rights and stand your ground. Not only will doing this help your street photography but your own life as well.
Bicycle Touring PHOTOGRAPHY
The first part of this book covers basic ideas and tips on improving your cycling pictures, and links to several other inspirational photographers. Since you’ll want to photograph more than just your bike, it also recommends various travel, landscape, and portrait photo tip websites.
The second section contains information on submitting images to magazines and companies – including some basic how-to’s, pitfalls to watch out for, and information on getting your images published.
Lighting 101
Once you have your flash, the question is how to use it better. Briefly, your decisions are:
- Where am I going to put the light – and why?
- How am I going to get it to stay there?
- How am I going to trigger it?
- What will the quality of the light be: Hard or soft?
- What will the beam spread of the light be – wide, narrow?
- How will I balance the strobe’s intensity with the ambient light?
- How will I balance the strobe’s color with the ambient light?
Essays on Inspiration, Creativity & Vision in Photography
Why tell stories with your camera? Well, for one thing, people who look at pictures will enjoy looking at a story over a snapshot any day.
Telling stories with your camera forces you to slow down and think about what you are doing. What is it about this scene that makes you want to make a photograph? What moves you or attracts your eye? Is there a point of view that you want to capture and preserve?
Nine Motivational Essays on Photography
Relax. Take a deep breath. This is not life or death. The problem can be exacerbated if you put a lot of pressure on yourself to overcome the lack of motivation.
It happens to just about everyone at some point in time. While this may or may not be helpful, know that you aren’t alone in this problem.
Rethink what you are photographing. Stop shooting ANYTHING that doesn’t excite you. Shoot only things that interest you. Photographing people, places, or things that you love may be all you need to get you over this hump.
Photojournalism Technology and Ethics: What’s Right and Wrong Today
Today, the profession of photojournalism as we know it is threatened by technological transformation, by the rise of video, by fragmentation of the media.
It’s under fire from a suspicious public – watchdog bloggers, cable and radio pundits, and other critics who question the profession’s credibility and authority to bring us an accurate picture of the world.
The Heart of Portraiture
The Heart of Portraiture has 20 images and discussions on what I was thinking about when setting up the portrait, what the ‘moment’ was all about when I made the image, and what camera/lens I used to shoot it. Very simple gear. There are no lighting diagrams, and there is a reason why.
Exposure Understanding Light
Any composition will produce a poor image if the lighting is wrong. Bright or dull, hard or soft, sunlit or cloudy, sunrise
or midday; all these give different light qualities that need to be used, in the best way to generate the best images.
In this first lesson, I help you understand what light is, why it acts the way it does, why things don’t always come out the way you hope them to, and how the digital camera goes about controlling the color of light, under a range of lighting conditions.
Insights from Beyond the Lens – Robert Rodriguez Jr
Insights from Beyond the Lens is a short new book from landscape photographer Robert Rodriguez Jr that explores the art and craft of landscape photography from a holistic perspective.
This book is available for download with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device.
Street Photography by Daniel Hoffmann
What is street photography or for that matter, street photography? There are as many definitions as there are ‘street photographers’. The genre certainly lends itself to considerable flexibility, but I think there are limitations. It’s something more than simply a photograph taken on the street.
Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden is often quoted as saying, ‘If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it’s a street photograph.’ But this too is open to interpretation.
Basic Photography – Jeff Curto
From an overview of the components of a camera to an exploration of exposure, aperture, shutter speed, lenses, depth of field, composition, and more, this book will help you get started on the path to mastering the medium of photography.
Whether you’ve just picked up a camera for the first time or you’ve been photographing for a long time, you’ll find the details of how photography works, both technically and aesthetically from an author with more than 30 years of experience teaching photography at the college level.
Guide To Portrait Photography Basics – Adorama & Mason Resnick
You’ve probably tried your hand at portrait photography before—many times—without really thinking about it. Any posed snapshot of family and friends is a portrait, but with a little practice and a few easy tips.
You can turn those snapshots into wonderfully flattering portraits that you’ll be proud to share, frame, and hang on your wall.
The best part? You can get started with the camera you already own, no matter how basic.
8 Types Of Natural Light That Will Add Drama To Your Photographs – Anne McKinnell
The first step to becoming a better nature photographer is to understand light.
Discover the eight types of natural light and learn techniques you can use to increase the quality and dramatic effect of your images.
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- BACKLIGHT – make flowers glow, make dramatic silhouettes
- SIDELIGHT – emphasize texture and shape
- FRONT LIGHT – great for sunset shots
- REFLECTED LIGHT – make peaceful water reflections
- DIFFUSED LIGHT – great for close-ups
- DRAMATIC LIGHT – there’s nothing like a storm to create a dramatic image
- TWILIGHT – beautiful blues and pinks in the sky
- NIGHT – great for capturing city lights
Street Photographer’s DNA – Jan Bisbjerg
- What is street photography?
- Why does street photography appeal to so many people?
- What is the characteristic of good street photography?
- What personal skills does the street photography demand of the photographer?
- Which photo equipment is best suited for street photography?
Photography Composition – Lluís Ribes I Portillo
Do you want to take better photos?
Lluís Ribes has adapted his tutorial on Photography Composition for iBooks. Download it for free, and in 13 chapters you will be able to go over the most essential composition rules and take more…
High Dynamic Range Photography – Steve Huskisson
High Dynamic Range Photography by Steve Huskisson shows images captured by Steve in South Florida. Using multiple exposures or bracketed shots, Steve combines the photos to make truly magnificent photos.
Photography – Craig Stottlemyer & Elizabeth Stottlemyer
A book on photography with illustrations to educate on aperture and shutter speed, and how these interrelate. Also provides information on light and ISO.
Photography – Nicholas Thumiger
Have you ever wanted to take a picture that makes other people say “Wow”? Well, you have stumbled upon the right book. Every photo should create or stimulate an emotion within the viewer.
This book will teach you about different techniques subjects and settings you can use to do this. It even provides 20 tasks for you to complete.
This collection of free photography e-books is to teach you how to take good photos and to show you examples of them so that you can become a better photographer.
InstaPower–Convert Your Snapshots Into Great Shots In Minutes – By Prathap D. K.
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Happy to help Adam, enjoy the reading.
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