A Guide to Digital Photography. Point and line on a plane. Model. Posing problems

First, let's add an archive of books PDF format. These books cover such important topics for a photographer as studio lighting, copyrights, choosing processing programs (Lightroom vs Photoshop), shooting in manual mode and much more. Download, choose the books you are interested in and add to your knowledge base.

If you don’t want to download everything, and you are only interested in books on a specific topic, for example, street photography or by lighting, you can choose a book from the list below. Many of them are in the archive.

23 free books from the photo:

Ultimate Field Guide to Photography from National Geographic. This book can be a great help for beginners as it covers the fundamentals of photography - from camera settings to composition and perspective. For more experienced photographers, it will help refresh forgotten knowledge.
Going Candid, Thomas Leuthard. Thomas Leuthard, street photographer, talks about his many years of experience and approach to street photography. The book is suitable for anyone interested in the genre of street photography.
Essays on Inspiration, Vision and Creativity in Photography, Scott Bourne This book contains essays from photographer Scott Bourne, his advice and opinions on vision and creativity in photography.
Insights from Beyond the Lens, Robert Rodriguez Jr. This book is about landscape photography. From which camera is best for this type of photography to tips on how to use the light you have to create stunning landscape photos. Robert Rodriguez also gives several examples from his experience, inspiring novice photographers.
Good Photos in Bad Light, Darwin Wiggett. How often has it happened that bad lighting ruined great photos? After reading this book, this will no longer happen. Darwin Wiggett talks about ways to take great photos even in poor street lighting.
Set Up Your Own Photoblog, Nancy Messiah. To create your own photo blog, you need to know a lot - from choosing a hosting to ways to attract readers. In her book, Nancy Messiah reveals in detail all the questions about creating a photo blog: what you need to know, what to do and what to remember.
Street Photography, Alex Coghe. Street photographer Alex Cog has created a truly comprehensive guide to street photography. In this book you will find a description of the approach to street photography and ways to improve your art, as well as tips from Alex’s own practice.
A Photographer's E-Guide to Making Sharp Photographs, Scott Bourne. Of course, clarity is not all that is required from a photograph to be considered professional, much less brilliant. However, clear photos can make a stronger impression than blurry photos. Scott Bourne explains how to avoid blur and make your photos clearer.
Urban Exploration Photography, Neil Ta. The book talks about the genre of industrial photography and techniques from personal experience photographer Neil Ta, who is passionate about this genre. Read, take a camera and experiment with the abandoned places of your city.
Collecting Souls, Thomas Leuthard. Street photographer Thomas Leithard talks about the different aspects of street photography and how he learned about the genre. This book is filled with amazing ideas, food for thought, and opportunities to improve your street photography skills.
Bicycle Touring Photography, Paul Jeurissen. This book combines cycling travel and photography. The author, Paul Gerison, went on a bicycle tour with his wife, taking photographs along the way, so in this book you will see both - a bicycle tour and lessons in composition and various photography techniques.
Introduction to External Flash Photography. This is a very short guide to using flash. In just nine pages everything is revealed important points- from using flash indoors to bounce flash. Light and in simple language explains how to use flash outdoors and how to get better results.
How to Take Stunning Food Photos. This book teaches you how to take amazing food photographs, using the right lighting and composition. It says that for great food photos you need to take into account only two factors - thoughtful composition and adjusted exposure.
Explore Flickr, Thomas Leuthard. Flickr Explore is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, with its help, your photos receive a lot of views and comments, on the other hand, you gradually become dependent on it. Street photographer Thomas Leithard, who is quite famous on Flickr Explore, gives some tips on how to get your photos featured on these pages.
Lighting 101, Strobist. Here you will find a lot of information about lighting: artificial lighting, mixing artificial and natural light, equipment, lighting patterns and much more.
Nine Motivational Essays on Photography, Scott Bourne. All photographers periodically lose motivation and don't know where to get inspiration from. Nine motivational essays by photographer Scott Bourne will help you survive a creative crisis and tell you how to regain your inspiration.
The Shy Photographer's Guide to Confidence, Lauren Lim. There are situations in which a photographer feels awkward while taking photographs. Lauren Lim shares how to overcome self-consciousness and always feel confident at work, in meetings or travel.
. If you want to start your own photography business, but have no idea where to start, this book is for you. Professionals talk about different aspects of the photography business, as well as how to better manage your finances. Everything is written in simple and accessible language.
Street Faces – The Art of Candid Street Portraiture, Thomas Leuthard. Street photographer Thomas Leithard prefers to take photographs strangers on the street from very close range. At the same time, he does not ask permission so that the photos turn out natural and candid. In this book, the photographer talks about his experience using this approach and how you can do it yourself.
Photojournalism, Technology and Ethics, Scott Baradell. This book is about ethics in photojournalism and how digital technologies change reality. It provides several axiom rules that can be used by young photojournalists in their work, as well as a selection of famous photo falsifications of the past and staged photographs.
31 Days to Overcome Your Fear of Shooting Street Photography, Eric Kim. Photographer Eric Kim has created a 31-day guide to street photography. Every day he offers you a new lesson in this area of photography, so in a month you will significantly improve your skills.
. If you think that the main thing is to do cool photo, but selling it will be easy, you are very mistaken. In this book, you will learn what problems a photographer faces who wants to make money from his work, where to start, what should and should not be done when selling his work.
Lightroom 5 Quick Start Guide. This complete guide for those who want to work with Lightroom 5, from installing and importing photos to editing techniques and full description opportunities.

That's it. I hope these books will help you improve your photography skills in different genres, start your own photo blog, or successfully sell your work.

If you know of any useful free books for photographers, please mention them in the comments.

How to become a photographer from scratch on your own and start earning money

A guide for beginner photographers with photos

Victoria Borodinova

ISBN 978-5-4485-2335-9

Created in the intellectual publishing system Ridero

Annotation

The profession of a photographer is very exciting. There are practically only one advantages to it: communication with interesting beautiful people, creativity, bringing your ideas to life. The only downside is that it takes a long time to retouch and process photos, but this problem is easy to solve. This practical instructions“for dummies” with secrets on how to master the profession of a photographer yourself and achieve good results.

Introductory part. General Features photographer profession

Very interesting and important feature The thing about the profession of photography is that it can be learned without complicated special education. There is even a joke: “I’m a photographer now, so I bought a camera!” And this thought is not far from the truth.

So that you won’t be able to become a photographer... (after all, you can?). It's hard to even imagine what the reason might be. Therefore, thousands of beginning photographers succeeded in becoming professionals – and you can too.

Pros and cons of being a photographer. Pros:

– Creative and interesting work.

– Communication with beautiful and different models.

– Communication with related creative professions – stylists, makeup artists, fashion designers, etc.

– Independence, your own business.

– Models admire you (if you have reached a good level).

– Prospects. Opening your own photo studio. Work for glossy magazines and other photo advertising. Photographer-journalist.

– A photographer for a client is like a terrorist. When he takes photographs, then he will do so, and no one can tell him to do so.

– Low pay at the entry level with a heavy workload.

– Requires sociability and high communication skills. You won't be able to "hang out" at home.

– Frequent communication with strangers takes a lot of energy. Therefore, the profession of a photographer is for those who are stress-resistant and thick-skinned in this regard.

– Heavy photo processing. It’s easy to shoot a photoset in half an hour, and then you can process the photos for several days.

– There are a lot of expenses for equipment, which are then difficult to cover with earnings from photo sessions.

Questions and points that we will consider with you:

1. What needs to be prepared and studied at the very first stage? Buying a camera and lenses. Learning the basics of composition.

2. Is it possible to become a photographer with bad camera?

3. Creating an interesting business card for a photographer.

4. Where to “get your teeth into” and get your first experience for free? Assistant photographer at MK. Walking through parks with business cards. TFP projects and training on them.

5. Attendance at paid lessons and courses. Does it make sense?

6. Study free online lessons.

7. How do photographers earn money? Wedding photos, events, family photos.

8. Determining the cost of your services and the number of processed photos. Flexible system.

9. Agreement (contract) between the photographer and the customer. Lawyer. Experience of other photographers.

10. Photos in nude style. Pros and cons.

11. Programs for photo processing. Photoshop, Lightroom, Avatan.

12. Live photo.

13. Developing your own style. Filters. Handwriting. Details.

14. We learn to select only the most valuable frames for processing.

15. Home studio. Pros and cons. Purchase of backgrounds, decorations and other things.

16. Photographer’s props, outdoor installations, animals for rent.

17. Photography in studios and locations. Peculiarities.

18. Working with a reflector.

19. Photo processing for money on the Internet.

What does a budding photographer need to get started?

In order to start your creative path and work as a photographer, you will need two main things: photographic equipment and training.

A good photographer needs a good camera, lenses, reflectors, etc. Is it worth buying a simple camera for training if you can buy good equipment? No, it's not worth it. It is better to immediately learn with a good camera than with a bad one (if possible).

Where and how to buy a camera and lenses? For the wealthiest - of course, only new equipment in specialized stores for photographers.

At the pawnshop. You can find a good camera much cheaper in pawn shops. But most often, equipment is handed over there by people who received it illegally and treated it poorly. Photographic equipment from a regular (non-specialized) pawnshop is very often dirty, scratched, etc.

Hands-on through advertisements or from a professional photographer friend. Best option- from a photographer friend. It often happens that pros switch to equipment that is more high level, and they sell their old (but also good) one. The advantage is that if you want to sell equipment, an experienced photographer can quickly and free teach you how to use it and some other basic knowledge and secrets of photography.

Many beginning photographers even take out loans to buy the necessary equipment. Whether to risk it is up to you. But perhaps the more money you spend on equipment, the less temptation there will be to give up your dream.

You also need several lenses - for portrait photography, a macro lens, a wide-angle lens. This number of lenses is worth purchasing only if you are completely sure that the profession of photography is your passion for life.

It wouldn’t hurt to buy a reflector, a tripod, or a portable street light (flashlight).

Another important area for a beginning photographer is training and learning the basics of composition.

A good and unusual composition in a photo is already half of a great photograph. High-quality photography with good equipment without a sense of composition is not photography, it is not professional. Composition skills can be gained by reading articles on the Internet and looking at a lot of other people's work and the work of famous photographers.

When you already have a camera, carefully study the instructions for it. Try to catch the focus and different shooting modes and settings until you find the best acceptable option for yourself. Previously, without “at-home” filming experience, I do not recommend experimenting with strangers as models.

Cheap DSLR – will you get beautiful photos?

Is it possible to become a photographer with a bad camera? Theoretically, it's possible. There are masters who take beautiful pictures even on an old smartphone. But nevertheless, poor photographic equipment for amateurs in any case loses as much as possible in comparison to professional equipment. It’s another matter if you don’t have the opportunity to purchase a high-quality camera and have to somehow get out.

I was in a similar situation. There wasn’t enough money for anything, let alone good DSLR and lenses for your hobby. So I bought a simple DSLR from an advertisement. The seller wanted 7,000 rubles, I paid 4,000 rubles. My camera was simply disgusting: Sony A-100. Low photo resolution, constant noise, faded photos, poor focus and many other unpleasant things. However, I had it for a long time.

The only advantage of this camera was the presence of autofocus. When there was little time for a photo shoot, using autofocus is quite convenient.

I attach examples of my photographs on a terrible DSLR for beginners. There are quite good photos, but how wonderful they would be if you had an expensive, high-quality camera and different lenses for it.

But I wouldn’t recommend filming people for money using such cheap equipment. I myself used this camera to take pictures of my children, cities, or did TFP photography for free.

We come up with an original photographer’s business card

Many private traders today have completely abandoned business cards: you forget about them all the time, it’s inconvenient to print them out, the contacts in them change and “those 300 pieces” are just in the trash, etc. But on initial period career, I still recommend handing out your business cards left and right. Moreover, these business cards should be memorable and unusual. Then there is a chance that it will be passed on to a complete stranger and he will call.

Do you have good camera, but don’t have enough theoretical knowledge to create brilliant pictures? There is a set of books that every self-respecting photographer should read. They have been tested by time and thousands of experienced photographers. The Kabanchik.ua service has created a selection of special literature for you. Which will allow you to understand the camera settings, learn the features of genre photography, correctly build a composition and significantly improve your level.

1. Photomaster

The most detailed book (at least in the Russian version) telling about the history of photography. In the publication large number illustrations - including restored images taken by the first prototype cameras. History is very important for any photographer, because despite changing technologies, the basics of creating a photograph remain the same.

2. Basics of composition and artistic photography

The book covers almost all aspects of photography: from the artistic value of images to the processing of finished photographs. The main advantage of the publication is a large number of exercises for photographers after each section. By performing them, you can increase your professionalism as you read the book and bring many skills to automatism.

3. The Tao of Digital Photography: The Art of Taking Great Pictures

Despite the rather unsuccessful translation of the title, the book turned out to be wonderful - the material in it is presented in accessible language, with a large number of the author's examples. This is literally the ABC of a modern photographer, with which you should begin to delve into art. It teaches you not just to be technical, but also develops the eye of an artist, to take photos with meaning and emotions.

4. A new history of photography

Edited by Michel Friso, Volume I

Another wonderful history book, covering the time from the birth of automatic drawings to pictorealism. The book was created with the participation of the best historians and scientific research. The work rethinks many stereotyped approaches to art.

5. Photography as...

One of best books for photographers. She teaches you not to mindlessly “click”, but to plan, feel, and fill each shot with meaning. The author of the book is sure: photography is hard work, a whole philosophy that needs to be mastered to good job. Along with mastering the technique, you need to read this textbook.

6. The photographer's view

The book examines a lot of questions: how and why photographs are recognized as works of art, how to correctly assess the cost of photographs, how to understand the styles and trends of modern photography. Detailed attention is paid to genres, creative means and techniques, and the secrets of photographers. 200 generally recognized photographic masterpieces are given as examples.

7. Emotional photography

The book contains more than 230 photos with detailed technical and compositional techniques. An overview of the methods and tools used by the world's best photographers is given. The reader can learn to see interesting objects for shooting, build a convincing composition, shoot great even on a point-and-shoot camera, and edit photos efficiently.

8. Live figure

The book is dedicated to color in digital photography. Its author is a photographer-colorist, who in his work uses knowledge about color and the capabilities of modern computer tools. All aspects of working with color are considered: features of perception by the human eye, the relationship between composition and color, correct technical color correction. The book will appeal not only to photographers, but also to designers.

9. Hot Shoe Diary

The author of the book is worldwide famous photographer from the USA. His main talent is the ability to work with light. He knows how to describe it, what shape to give it, how to control the lighting. The artist can create optimal lighting conditions even using a standard hot shoe flash. The book contains many personal reflections and examples that will be useful to all photographers.

10. Wedding photography

The book reveals the secrets of creating stunning wedding photographs. Examples of 350 photographs with detailed technical and compositional analysis are given. Many secrets and professional tricks have been revealed.

11. Portrait retouching using Photoshop for photographers

The most popular modern author of manuals for photographers in his next book reveals several techniques for working with image processing software. In particular, readers will learn how to work with portraits: smooth the skin, create luxurious lips, improve eyes, eyelashes and eyebrows, eliminate skin defects, retouch photos while maintaining naturalness.

12. Model. Posing problems

The author does not limit his students and does not fill their heads with prohibitions and dogmas. He only points out the most common mistakes and teaches you to look at the world in a new way. If a photographer discovers this talent in himself, he will avoid many mistakes when working with a model and will be able to work in any style.

13. The Art of Digital Landscape Photography

With this book you can learn how to create landscape photographs that will take your breath away. The author teaches how to work with composition, lighting, color, and describes everything in detail. modern methods landscape photography and gives more than 300 examples of photos from detailed analysis. Bonus - the most complete collection professional secrets from modern photographers.

14. 101 secrets of digital photography

This book is a godsend for a beginning photographer. It provides advice on exposure and composition in accessible language, defines key terms, and tells you how to properly use equipment.

15. Digital photography

An ideal book for those who do not like long spatial discussions. The author gives specific and simple tips: what lens to use, what aperture value to choose, how to focus the image for each specific case. All this without complex terms and the narcissism characteristic of many authors. After reading such a book, you will take a very big step towards professionalism.

I would like to note right away that this article does not pretend to be a complete presentation of the basics of photography. This is more of a beginner's guide to photography, aimed at enthusiastic beginners who want to learn the basics of photography and learn how to take technically sound images, but don't know where to start.

The basic and most essential setting of your camera is exposure. As you learn about exposure, you'll learn how to properly use your camera and ultimately take better photos. Once you understand the concepts of shutter speed, aperture and ISO sensitivity, and understand the essence of determining the correct exposure ratios, you can move away from full automatic mode and understand what your camera is capable of in different conditions.

If you only have time to study one aspect of photography, then, undoubtedly, you should start with exposure, or rather, by becoming familiar with its three parameters: aperture, shutter speed and ISO sensitivity, which have different affect both the exposure itself and other image properties.

If we consider exposure in the order in which light hits the camera sensor, then the aperture is first in its path. The principle of operation of the diaphragm is very similar to the operation of the pupil of the eye - the more it expands, the more light it lets in. That is, the aperture controls the amount of light passing through the lens by increasing or decreasing the diameter of the opening. In addition, aperture values also affect other important indicators, the main one of which is depth of field, but we will return to its consideration a little later. I considered exposure to be something complicated and incomprehensible, but only until I understood the scale of standard aperture values. Therefore, I advise you to first study this scale, understand the dependence of the aperture values on its diameter, and try to remember all this.

Standard aperture scale: f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22

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Next to the aperture is the shutter speed. It determines for what period of time the camera shutter should be opened so that the required amount of light falls on the matrix. Shutter speeds are directly related to what you're shooting and how much light you have available. Different shutter speeds may have different uses. So, for night photography from a tripod, set the shutter speed longer, somewhere around 30 seconds, and, for example, when, as a rule, they use short shutter speed, about 1/1000 of a second, which allows you to freeze movement. But, as technical method and in order to emphasize the dynamics of what is happening in the frame, they set a shutter speed of a second, and then the moving object leaves behind a blurred trail.

When I got my first one DSLR camera, then I began my acquaintance with its settings with shutter speed, because at that moment I really wanted to be able to freeze the movement in the frame and remove any potential blur from it. Although now, looking back, I understand that I should have started with the diaphragm.

Unfortunately, even with correct settings shutter speed and aperture, it is not always possible to obtain a sufficiently bright and not blurry image. This happens due to lack of light. In such situations, you may find it useful to use an exposure parameter such as increasing the sensor's light sensitivity. The sensitivity value (ISO) characterizes the ability of your camera sensor to perceive light flux. So, at low ISO values, your camera is less sensitive to light and vice versa, the higher the light sensitivity of the matrix, the more sensitive it is, therefore, it needs less light to take a good picture. As a rule, ISO values are increased in low light conditions or when you want to capture something unique. But be careful, as higher ISO values increase image sensor noise or film grain.

Exposure metering

Not every beginner is capable of even difficult situation set the correct exposure. Therefore, I advise you to actively use automatic system exposure metering. Exposure metering evaluates the degree of illumination of the subject in the frame and selects the desired aperture and shutter speed. All you have to do is look at the display and find out what aperture the required shutter speed will correspond to.

There are 3 types of exposure metering: spot, matrix and center-weighted. In simple situations, when there are no sharp changes in brightness, all three measurements will give approximately the same readings. But with more difficult conditions shooting, their results can be completely different. My advice to you: practice a lot, experimenting with exposure metering, remember, draw conclusions, and soon you will be able to understand and feel the connection between these parameters in your work, and setting the correct exposure will no longer be a difficult task for you.

Depth of field

When shooting in low light conditions, you always have to increase the aperture size to ensure that enough light enters the lens. But a wide open aperture has one rather impressive side effect- shallow depth of field. And although blurry background, obtained with a shallow depth of field, allows you to highlight the main subject of shooting and can be used very creatively; it is not always desirable in the frame. There are many situations, such as macro photography, landscape photography, or when you want everything to be in focus, and this requires a narrower aperture.

White balance

White balance will set the main shade of the entire photo, and it is its settings that determine which tones will predominate in your photo - warm or cool. Since in most cases automatic setting cameras are not effective, they are mainly used manual setting white balance. This is especially true for situations where shooting is carried out with several lighting sources that have different color temperatures. Therefore, in order to avoid future disappointments and be guaranteed to get pictures with real color reproduction, I recommend that you learn how to set the correct white balance yourself as early as possible.

Focal length determines the angle of view of the lens, as well as the degree to which the subject is reduced or enlarged at a particular shooting point. Reducing focal length, we remove the image and at the same time increase the perspective, expanding the boundaries of the frame. And, conversely, when we increase the focal length, we bring the subject closer without changing our location. Depending on the focal length, lenses are divided into wide-angle (10-20 mm), standard (18-70 mm) and telephoto lenses (70-300 mm), and each of them has its own typical application. Thus, wide-angle lenses are usually used for landscape and architectural photography, standard lenses for documentary and street photography, and telephoto lenses for photography. sporting events, birds and wildlife.

Crop factor

Sensor digital cameras captures less of the projected image than a traditional 35mm film frame, resulting in an incomplete and slightly cropped image due to the narrower angle of view of the lens. In other words, the crop factor shows the difference between the size of your sensor and the 35mm frame. This indicator is very important and is mainly used to determine the focal length of the lens when installing it on different cameras. The crop factor is one of those concepts in photography that you simply need to understand. By understanding what crop factor is, you can make more informed choices when purchasing lenses and using them in the future.

"Half a ruble"

For those who don’t know what “fifty dollars” is, I’ll note that this is the name given to a standard lens that has a focal length of 50 mm. Its angle of view is virtually the same as that of the human eye, so photographs taken with such a lens look most natural, even without any perspective changes. I would advise all beginners who want to master photography to start with the “fifty kopeck”, since, firstly, it is easy to use, and secondly, it has enough high quality at a relatively low price.

I'm not saying that everyone is without exception nice photos include composition rules. It may sound stupid, but in reality these rules are just guides, you don't have to follow them at all, but the more you know about them, the better understanding you will have about photography, the better you will be able to break all these rules.

This is probably the very first compositional rule any photographer comes across, and there's a good reason for it - it's quite simple, and it works flawlessly. The rule is that by dividing the frame vertically and horizontally into three equal parts, you can easily find the intersection points of these conditional lines, which will be the most effective zones, where the main subject of shooting should be located.

Visual weight

Visual weight is enough powerful tool in constructing a composition, it allows you to create visual symmetry, harmony and balance in the frame. It is assumed that each object in the frame has a certain weight in relation to everything else. Often visual weight is obvious, for example, between small and large objects, because it always seems to us that the larger the object, the heavier it is. If the sizes are the same, the weight may be affected by the color of the item. By using weight correctly, you can more effectively draw the viewer's attention to a particular subject in the photo.

The principle of balance

The principle of equilibrium is that objects that are located in different parts frame must be balanced, that is, match each other in size and color. Equilibrium has great influence on what we feel when looking at a photograph. So, an unbalanced photo makes us feel some discomfort, so everything in the frame should be balanced. It doesn't really matter whether you shoot symmetrical or asymmetrical photos, as long as you understand why you chose one or the other and whether there are reasons to justify that choice. Again, this is one of those situations where the more you know about it, the easier it will be for you to achieve the desired effect.

I hope you found my advice on the basics of photography for beginners useful and now you know where to start on your journey to photography. Thanks for reading.

First, let's add an archive of books in PDF format. These books cover topics important to photographers, such as studio lighting, copyrights, choosing editing software (Lightroom vs Photoshop), shooting in manual mode, and much more. Download, choose the books you are interested in and add to your knowledge base.

If you don't want to download everything and are only interested in books on a specific topic, such as street photography or lighting, you can select a book from the list below. Many of them are in the archive.

23 free books on photography:

Ultimate Field Guide to Photography from National Geographic. This book can be a great help for beginners as it covers the fundamentals of photography - from camera settings to composition and perspective. For more experienced photographers, it will help refresh forgotten knowledge.
Going Candid, Thomas Leuthard. Thomas Leuthard, street photographer, talks about his many years of experience and approach to street photography. The book is suitable for anyone interested in the genre of street photography.
Essays on Inspiration, Vision and Creativity in Photography, Scott Bourne This book contains essays from photographer Scott Bourne, his advice and opinions on vision and creativity in photography.
Insights from Beyond the Lens, Robert Rodriguez Jr. This book is about landscape photography. From which camera is best for this type of photography to tips on how to use the light you have to create stunning landscape photos. Robert Rodriguez also gives several examples from his experience, inspiring novice photographers.
Good Photos in Bad Light, Darwin Wiggett. How often has it happened that bad lighting ruined great photos? After reading this book, this will no longer happen. Darwin Wiggett talks about ways to take great photos even in poor street lighting.
Set Up Your Own Photoblog, Nancy Messiah. To create your own photo blog, you need to know a lot - from choosing a hosting to ways to attract readers. In her book, Nancy Messiah reveals in detail all the questions about creating a photo blog: what you need to know, what to do and what to remember.
Street Photography, Alex Coghe. Street photographer Alex Cog has created a truly comprehensive guide to street photography. In this book you will find a description of the approach to street photography and ways to improve your art, as well as tips from Alex’s own practice.
A Photographer's E-Guide to Making Sharp Photographs, Scott Bourne. Of course, clarity is not all that is required from a photograph to be considered professional, much less brilliant. However, clear photos can make a stronger impression than blurry photos. Scott Bourne explains how to avoid blur and make your photos clearer.
Urban Exploration Photography, Neil Ta. The book talks about the genre of industrial photography and techniques from the personal experience of photographer Neil Ta, who is passionate about this genre. Read, take a camera and experiment with the abandoned places of your city.
Collecting Souls, Thomas Leuthard. Street photographer Thomas Leithard talks about the different aspects of street photography and how he learned about the genre. This book is filled with amazing ideas, food for thought, and opportunities to improve your street photography skills.
Bicycle Touring Photography, Paul Jeurissen. This book combines cycling travel and photography. The author, Paul Gerison, went on a bicycle tour with his wife, taking photographs along the way, so in this book you will see both - a bicycle tour and lessons in composition and various photography techniques.
Introduction to External Flash Photography. This is a very short guide to using flash. In just nine pages, all the important points are covered - from using flash indoors to bounce flash. Explains in easy and simple language how to use flash outdoors and how to achieve better results.
How to Take Stunning Food Photos. This book teaches you how to take amazing food photographs, using the right lighting and composition. It says that for great food photos you need to take into account only two factors - thoughtful composition and adjusted exposure.
Explore Flickr, Thomas Leuthard. Flickr Explore is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, with its help, your photos receive a lot of views and comments, on the other hand, you gradually become dependent on it. Street photographer Thomas Leithard, who is quite famous on Flickr Explore, gives some tips on how to get your photos featured on these pages.
Lighting 101, Strobist. Here you will find a lot of information about lighting: artificial lighting, mixing artificial and natural light, equipment, lighting patterns and much more.
Nine Motivational Essays on Photography, Scott Bourne. All photographers periodically lose motivation and don't know where to get inspiration from. Nine motivational essays by photographer Scott Bourne will help you survive a creative crisis and tell you how to regain your inspiration.
The Shy Photographer's Guide to Confidence, Lauren Lim. There are situations in which a photographer feels awkward while taking photographs. Lauren Lim shares how to overcome self-consciousness and always feel confident at work, in meetings or travel.
. If you want to start your own photography business, but have no idea where to start, this book is for you. Professionals talk about different aspects of the photography business, as well as how to better manage your finances. Everything is written in simple and accessible language.
Street Faces – The Art of Candid Street Portraiture, Thomas Leuthard. Street photographer Thomas Leithard prefers to photograph strangers on the street from very close distances. At the same time, he does not ask permission so that the photos turn out natural and candid. In this book, the photographer talks about his experience using this approach and how you can do it yourself.
Photojournalism, Technology and Ethics, Scott Baradell. This book is about ethics in photojournalism and how digital technology is changing reality. It provides several axiom rules that can be used by young photojournalists in their work, as well as a selection of famous photo falsifications of the past and staged photographs.
31 Days to Overcome Your Fear of Shooting Street Photography, Eric Kim. Photographer Eric Kim has created a 31-day guide to street photography. Every day he offers you a new lesson in this area of photography, so in a month you will significantly improve your skills.
. If you think that the main thing is to take a cool photo, and selling it will be easy, you are very mistaken. In this book, you will learn what problems a photographer faces who wants to make money from his work, where to start, what should and should not be done when selling his work.
Lightroom 5 Quick Start Guide. This is a complete guide for those who want to work with Lightroom 5, from installing and importing photos to editing techniques and a full description of the features.

That's it. I hope these books will help you improve your photography skills in different genres, start your own photo blog, or successfully sell your work.

If you know of any useful free books for photographers, please mention them in the comments.