Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography 

Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography has always been my favorite single book for most people who want to learn how to take better pictures. It is profusely illustrated and is a much more casual read than The Art of Photography. If you're willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a new camera or lens, you owe it to yourself to get a copy of each of these books.


What makes both editions of this Brenda Tharpe book stand out so far from every other book about how to take pictures is that they are the only books I've read that cover everything you need to know, like seeing light, shadow, balance, composition, color, interpretation, texture, and everything that matters in just one book, and wastes no space on the things that only get in the way.

The first edition covered the same things, but covered them from a film perspective. I suggest the first edition for those of you upgrading to film since it explains subtleties like when to use an 81C versus 81B filter and film types. The new edition is all you need for shooting digital.